A review by captainoliimar
Sappho Intl by Mvxx.Amillivn

mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.25

Hoo boy, I have a lot of thoughts on this book, I could probably write a lot about my feelings but Instead I am just going to make a list of them:

  1.  Near the begining of the book there's a vague reference to the main character being a gold star lesbian, which is stated to be a good thing. This is incredibly gross, transphobic, and just all around exclusionary.
  2. The main character is written without any flaws and is rather conceited, which to an extent is fine, but I found annoying.
  3. There is an extreme emphasis on masc/femme relationships, with it kinda coming across like those are the only valid relationships. This is incredibly exclusionary and its weird to be applying hetero relationship standards to non-hetero relationships.
  4. The descriptions of the locations were interesting, but they were far too long and detailed. I didn't feel like I needed a thorough interior decoration lesson each time we moved rooms. 
  5. At some point in the book there is also a bit where the main character mentions that most women she's encountered have never had a real orgasm before and she's the only one who can give it to them. This just feels incredibly egotistical and weird. 
  6. I really didn't enjoy the amount of spiritualism in this book and it made every sex scene hard to read, this may not be a problem for everyone, I just don't vibe with that kind of stuff and it was so heavily intertwined within the book that I couldn't ignore it
  7. One of the plot points in the book is that
    the main character is upset that Flourish is having sex with The Shiek, even though there was an early point where the main character talked about setting boundaries on their relationship because Flourish was too possessive and one of the main rules of the society is that there are no exclusive relationships allowed. I don't understand how the main character could be upset at Flourish when she herself went and had sex with many other women in the book.
  8. The way that the characters talk to each other doesn't feel very natural, and the way the conversations were written meant that I found it difficult to keep track of who was saying what, especially if there was more than two people involved

I also later discovered that the book was self edited, and I think that explains a lot of my issues with the book. If this book had a good, strict editor to help the writer iron out a lot of these issues, I really think I would have liked this book a lot more. As it currently stands, I really didn't enjoy this book and I'm glad I'm done with it.

Characters: 2/10
Atmosphere: 4/10
Writing: 2/10 
Plot: 3/10 
Intrigue: 1/10
Logic: 4/10
Enjoyment: 2/10