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351 reviews for:

Hamartia

Scarlett Drake

4.25 AVERAGE

emotional lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
plutofriday's profile picture

plutofriday's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 60%

I really wanted to like this book and love the formatting but unfortunately it has too many problematic perspectives (ie views on bisexuality, sexuality, centering of a white cis male in which all other identities exist to aid/serve him). Maybe some may think it’s not that deep but as a queer poc, I also recognize this was probably not written for someone like me.

I also just didn’t like the personality of the MC (selfish and self serving with little regard for those around him, weaponized incompetence) - so it’s also hard to get through a book where you don’t like the main voice. I did love J though, and hung in there for him (ML). 
adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging emotional funny sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I vibed with this one, hard.

ac3do's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 48%

DNF'd cuz it just felt so fanfiction-ey in a bad way. The cheating was whatever and I didnt care too much about the moral gray-ness of that aspect but there's just something I cant stand about the way Raphael looks at Jaehyun. Its too fast too soon. But also, consantly describing the Asian character as delicate and soft etc etc etc puts a bad taste in my mouth. It almost seems asian fetishy at times and it icks me. This book is for the kpop stans who have zero/weird boundaries with their biases. As a kpop fan, i fucking hate those fans deeply so this book, which is clearly catered to them, isnt for me. I'll try again another time, maybe. But for now, its not happening.
emotional hopeful sad
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

This book was.. something
I was so obsessed with these two from page one (and i mean they are my new personality-type of obsession) i didn’t expect this book to be THIS good and the reason why i didn’t give it 5 stars
The ending was chaotic and so .. overwhelming? The last 7 chapters.. What the fuck was that? And why? A lot of things were unnecessary and they added nothing to the story but i overlooked them
Overall a very fun read it healed a bad slump would definitely recommend!!!!

(p.s  chapter 29??? We got robbed)
emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
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anmusselman's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 29%

Can’t exactly remember. I just put it down and didn’t go back to it.