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betweentheshelves's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Is this book a bit ridiculous? Absolutely. Was it hilarious and entertaining? Also yes. Did it have the signature TJ Klune found family with a swoon-worthy relationship at its core? Yes yes yes. I'll admit, the writing wasn't always as polished as I wanted it to be (the book is a little long by the end and the plot kind of loses itself), but I didn't care because of how much I loved the characters. They are 100% what propel the story forward, and I loved them even more as I got further into the story.
If you've read any of TJ Klune's newer stuff, you can see how much his writing has grown since this book. And that makes me even more excited to read the other books in this series and see how my new favorite found family fares. Because they dserve the world and I can't wait to see what ridiculous advventures they get up to next.
If you've read any of TJ Klune's newer stuff, you can see how much his writing has grown since this book. And that makes me even more excited to read the other books in this series and see how my new favorite found family fares. Because they dserve the world and I can't wait to see what ridiculous advventures they get up to next.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit
Minor: Pedophilia
purplepenning's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
2.75
Constant ribald humor isn't my thing, but otherwise this is a rollickingly hilarious adventure.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Cursing, and Vomit
grexcarolinii's review
0.25
I generally try not to rate books I don't finish, but I tried so hard with this one as it was a recommendation from a friend, and so really wanted to love it.
It is worth noting - this is a comedy
and humour is one of the most subjective things, so in a comedy book, can obviously make or break the entire experience
And this wasn't my humour in the slightest, not even close
This book was just... sickening to me
Just constant cringe talk of sex - I'd say innuendo, but it wasn't subtle or clever enough to be even that
Add to that a number of "references" to (trigger warning!)rape, and racism and sexual trafficking
that just felt so wholly out of touch, and so left a foul taste in my mouth
The one star I gave this one was for the actual on-page mention of Asexuality, and I'm just that starved for ace-rep
(though yay for yet again conflating asexuality and aromanticism, that neeeeeever gets tiring at all (/sarcasm)
Edit: Taken the star away because I can feel the bile rise in my throat every time I think of this book
It is worth noting - this is a comedy
and humour is one of the most subjective things, so in a comedy book, can obviously make or break the entire experience
And this wasn't my humour in the slightest, not even close
This book was just... sickening to me
Just constant cringe talk of sex - I'd say innuendo, but it wasn't subtle or clever enough to be even that
Add to that a number of "references" to (trigger warning!)
that just felt so wholly out of touch, and so left a foul taste in my mouth
The one star I gave this one was for the actual on-page mention of Asexuality, and I'm just that starved for ace-rep
(though yay for yet again conflating asexuality and aromanticism, that neeeeeever gets tiring at all (/sarcasm)
Edit: Taken the star away because I can feel the bile rise in my throat every time I think of this book
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Trafficking
Minor: Pedophilia and Vomit
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