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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
Preface: In no way am I diminishing Jude's feelings, experiences or mental health struggles.
This is basically word vomit on my thoughts on the book, mainly the last quarter.
It felt very repetitive. His reactions every time to them getting close was to think "I'm just a job. He doesn't care. I'm not good enough. etc.". People struggle with this daily but in a piece of fiction, it became repetitive, boring and unrelatable.
Why would he be just a job when Nik personally cleaned him of blood, took Jude with him to the hospital when Maks was sick, brought him round for dinner with his family, called him beautiful in a language he didn't understand and had no intention to tell him, was clearly invested in making sure he was okay and understood he did not care about his quirks and was compassionate? That wasn't a "Oh I can't see what is right in front of me; I can't accept someone actually cares about me because I've been left so many times in my life" reaction. It was a writing mistake. A way to create conflict and tension inorganically that did not work or flow.
Shouldn't it have been clear after a few weeks that Jude and Cliff were not in a relationship? Because Nik was with Jude 24/7 and Jude went to Cliff's all of one time. Literally no other interaction between the two in the book. If he really was in a relationship or servicing him for a job, you'd think it would be somewhat frequent, at least once a month or something.
Mike was 100% completely okay with his employee sleeping with a client and his only response when he found out was "tell him you love him"? Okay, no notes.
Oh the convenient ramblings about love and missed chances by an old man at just the right time when there had previously been no on-page interactions between the two.
The whole rushing to get to him trope did not work. I understand the urge, the need to see the one you love, especially after being apart for a while. But it plays so cliché.
This is basically word vomit on my thoughts on the book, mainly the last quarter.
It felt very repetitive. His reactions every time to them getting close was to think "I'm just a job. He doesn't care. I'm not good enough. etc.". People struggle with this daily but in a piece of fiction, it became repetitive, boring and unrelatable.
Why would he be just a job when Nik personally cleaned him of blood, took Jude with him to the hospital when Maks was sick, brought him round for dinner with his family, called him beautiful in a language he didn't understand and had no intention to tell him, was clearly invested in making sure he was okay and understood he did not care about his quirks and was compassionate? That wasn't a "Oh I can't see what is right in front of me; I can't accept someone actually cares about me because I've been left so many times in my life" reaction. It was a writing mistake. A way to create conflict and tension inorganically that did not work or flow.
Shouldn't it have been clear after a few weeks that Jude and Cliff were not in a relationship? Because Nik was with Jude 24/7 and Jude went to Cliff's all of one time. Literally no other interaction between the two in the book. If he really was in a relationship or servicing him for a job, you'd think it would be somewhat frequent, at least once a month or something.
Mike was 100% completely okay with his employee sleeping with a client and his only response when he found out was "tell him you love him"? Okay, no notes.
Oh the convenient ramblings about love and missed chances by an old man at just the right time when there had previously been no on-page interactions between the two.
The whole rushing to get to him trope did not work. I understand the urge, the need to see the one you love, especially after being apart for a while. But it plays so cliché.
I loved the start of this novel. But something happened in the middle making these characters do a 180. I feel like the balance was off. The first half they were practically enemies. I liked their conflict but I didn’t like how they got together. Jude started to become annoying. the 2nd part was just overly sweet. I’m not explaining this right. It wasn’t believable.
保镖和client之间的故事。这本就是我喜欢的那种不停的back and forth，极限拉扯，哪怕是到最后80%，我以为又要开始老套的thanks giving day就come out环节了，却又来了一次heart break。真是有点惊喜，俩人真是酿酿酱酱到我这么不喜欢看搞事业的，都想问一下保镖你到底什么时候抓到坏人啊，保镖是俄罗斯人，俄罗斯搞基违法这事，绝对给洋妞太太提供了原始又带感的人设
medium-paced
The back and forth constant miscommunication really started to get annoying for me near the end of this book.
I slogged through most of this book because the internal monologue was excessive and extremely boring.
The plot and characters weren’t memorable at all and Maks mystery illness was just silly to say the least.
I slogged through most of this book because the internal monologue was excessive and extremely boring.
The plot and characters weren’t memorable at all and Maks mystery illness was just silly to say the least.
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Michael Dean does a great job of narrating this. The story itself is a little on the boring side. I'm not sure what it is about it, but it's just a little less entertaining than I feel it should be for the plot. Maybe it's a bit slower paced than I was expecting.
The mystery/plot takes a total back seat to the romance, and isn't relevant to any part of the book. It felt like it should have been a bigger part. The extended family and nephews illness played a bigger part in the book than the actual driving mystery.
That said, the characters are cute and nice. Also on the boring side, but even boring folks deserve to have a story.
The mystery/plot takes a total back seat to the romance, and isn't relevant to any part of the book. It felt like it should have been a bigger part. The extended family and nephews illness played a bigger part in the book than the actual driving mystery.
That said, the characters are cute and nice. Also on the boring side, but even boring folks deserve to have a story.
Credo sia la prima volta che mi capita di saltare delle pagine di un romanzo di Sloane Kennedy, ma stavolta la scintilla non è scattata. Ho faticato a empatizzare con i personaggi, ho trovato la prima parte troppo monotona e il finale tirato per i capelli. Per me non è il romanzo più riuscito dell'autrice.
Eh. The plot was a definite afterthought and there were things that didn't really work for me. But it wasn't a terrible story. The conflict resolution was frustratingly convenient and some of the side characters were flat--there to push the plot, not to seem genuine. I did appreciate the depiction of mental illness, though.
Ok...
4 stars for the story
2 stars for the narration.. and that's me being generous
The story is classic Sloane... angst, instalove, some suspense, breakup and an HEA. Hot sex thrown in and it's a good book. Sloane is my catnip and I'm #proud. You know what you expect with her books and this is oddly comforting, at least when you have an idea of what you want to read.
Nikolai and Jude are lovable, relatable and hot together. Nikoli and his family are genuinely nice people, who have been dealt a bad hand in life.
Jude hasn't had the best life either and it shows in his adult life. He's desperate to prove himself and works himself to the bone.
All in all, it was a good book. Not her best, but good.
Now the audiobook....
It was BAD. Dude... I may have finished this book sooner if it weren't for the narration. I've tried several, audiobooks by Mr. Dean... and he is not for me. This will be the last audiobook I'll try by him, and it's really sad because alot of my favorite authors use him exclusively. Bummer...
You know a good narrator has to at least use the basics...
- different tones
- holding an accent
- pausing at a period
4 stars for the story
2 stars for the narration.. and that's me being generous
The story is classic Sloane... angst, instalove, some suspense, breakup and an HEA. Hot sex thrown in and it's a good book. Sloane is my catnip and I'm #proud. You know what you expect with her books and this is oddly comforting, at least when you have an idea of what you want to read.
Nikolai and Jude are lovable, relatable and hot together. Nikoli and his family are genuinely nice people, who have been dealt a bad hand in life.
Jude hasn't had the best life either and it shows in his adult life. He's desperate to prove himself and works himself to the bone.
All in all, it was a good book. Not her best, but good.
Now the audiobook....
It was BAD. Dude... I may have finished this book sooner if it weren't for the narration. I've tried several, audiobooks by Mr. Dean... and he is not for me. This will be the last audiobook I'll try by him, and it's really sad because alot of my favorite authors use him exclusively. Bummer...
You know a good narrator has to at least use the basics...
- different tones
- holding an accent
- pausing at a period
