I gotta say, it's hard to enjoy a book when you detest the main character.
Tallie and Emmett were really difficult to like bec1.5 Stars rounded up to 2
I gotta say, it's hard to enjoy a book when you detest the main character.
Tallie and Emmett were really difficult to like because their behaviour was a mix of inappropriate, unprofessional, unacceptable and invasive. I probably should have dnf'd at 4% when I could tell I would find Tallie a tad annoying but I pushed through. I went in expecting a more moving story but alas this was not the case.
CW: Suicide and depression (view spoiler)[wife committed suicide by carbon monoxide in a car but left door open to house and her child also died, cheating, false imprisonment, infertility, grief, injury in fire (hide spoiler)]
"I'd only made it this far because of dumb luck, because of my boobs."
An earthquake causes a zombie apocalypse and also opens Drivel! Absolute drivel!
"I'd only made it this far because of dumb luck, because of my boobs."
An earthquake causes a zombie apocalypse and also opens up an underground world filled with chisel chested, well-endowed grey men. One of these grey men saves our main character, learns English by listening to steamy audiobooks, and spends the entire book groping her as they make their way through a zombie infested land.
I really wish this novel was not about mermaids and sirens and weird snakey creature things.
The parts that look at racial and gender inequalities in I really wish this novel was not about mermaids and sirens and weird snakey creature things.
The parts that look at racial and gender inequalities in society were really great.
The rest felt...weird. I'm a seasoned reader and I had to work pretty hard to make sense of this world. This is largely because it was quite under developed. It was also because it just didn't hold my attention. There are also some really significant pacing issues. It is so slow and nothing much actually happens. I almost dnf'd when one of them started calling the gargoyle "Gargy". It just got a bit ridiculous to be honest. ...more
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