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Playing the Lines by J. Colby

reading_addict_lemon's review against another edition

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1.0

This "book" really happened? Because I have the impression that I've read an excerpt or something like that. I mean, I have nothing against short books but this was short. I was just trying to understand what is going on and to memorize the characters' names and then bam - it ended.

So, this was ok. Really, I have nothing to say because I felt like reading a snippet, an article, not even a short story. I felt nothing, I saw nothing, the writing style was telegraphic, the characters were more than uni - dimensional. Boring and "I dunno what to say but I will say it cause we need dialogue".

Nothing memorable, nothing, Nothing. I think this in the 'nothingiest' """"boook"""" I've ever read. Don't waste your time!

words_i_read's review

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2.0

I do not even know how to rate it, because the only thing I've been thinking while reading it, is: "I'm sure I've read that before!"
Is it based on fanfiction maybe?
It's driving me mad!

Anyways it's heavy on inner monologue of one of the MCs. So much so that it makes it hard to read.
It kind of goes like this:

MC1: "Question?"
Inner monologue for one page.
MC2: "Answer and maybe another question?"
Another inner monologue for at least half a page.

Sometimes I forgot there was even some dialogue and had to look back up to reread.
It got dull really quickly and made me sort of skip-rush-read some parts.

mythicgeek's review

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4.0

Honestly my only real complaint is that it needed to be longer to get more of a sense of the characters. Great short story!
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