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A review by gothmoose
Blind Spot by Laura Ellen
2.0
Welcome to Derpfest 2012!
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet one of the contestants for the Derpiest Book of the Year award!
Look at that cover! No, go look at it! It's creepy! It's haunting! It's mysterious! It promises all kind of weirdand possibly kinky fun!
And that premise! It promises action! Thrills! Fun with handcuffs!
Well, folks, it's a big fat ugly liar.
What we get is a mediocre mystery with a main character that is so utterly stupid she's not only handicapped by her blindness, but by her total naivety as well.
We the reader are gifted with over 200 pages of something that goes a little bit like this:
"WHY IS EVERYONE TREATING ME LIKE I'M HANDICAPPED!? I'M NOT HANDICAPPED!!!!
"Roz, you're blind...."
"WHY DOES EVERYONE HATE ME?!! I'M BLIND!!
"Roz, it's because you're stubborn and won't let anyone help you and you're almost too stupid to live."
"WELL, MR. DELLIAN IS A BIG FAT MEAN STUPID HEAD AND I HATE HIM CAUSE HE'S MEAN FOR NO REASON!"
"Roz, he is rather hateful for no reason...But you're starting to bring it on yourself.
"WHATEVER I DO WHAT I WANT! AT LEAST THE MOST POPULARIST HANDSOMEST GOD-LIKE GUY IN SCHOOL LIKES ME!!!
Charming, I know. The actual interaction is much more painful to read. I found myself (several times, aloud) going, "OH GAWD!!!" in a rather exasperated fashion.
This book rates an 8 on the Derp Scale for me. The author had a really interesting idea and just fucked it all up.
Skip this book, is my recommendation.
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet one of the contestants for the Derpiest Book of the Year award!
Look at that cover! No, go look at it! It's creepy! It's haunting! It's mysterious! It promises all kind of weird
And that premise! It promises action! Thrills! Fun with handcuffs!
Well, folks, it's a big fat ugly liar.
What we get is a mediocre mystery with a main character that is so utterly stupid she's not only handicapped by her blindness, but by her total naivety as well.
We the reader are gifted with over 200 pages of something that goes a little bit like this:
"WHY IS EVERYONE TREATING ME LIKE I'M HANDICAPPED!? I'M NOT HANDICAPPED!!!!
"Roz, you're blind...."
"WHY DOES EVERYONE HATE ME?!! I'M BLIND!!
"Roz, it's because you're stubborn and won't let anyone help you and you're almost too stupid to live."
"WELL, MR. DELLIAN IS A BIG FAT MEAN STUPID HEAD AND I HATE HIM CAUSE HE'S MEAN FOR NO REASON!"
"Roz, he is rather hateful for no reason...But you're starting to bring it on yourself.
"WHATEVER I DO WHAT I WANT! AT LEAST THE MOST POPULARIST HANDSOMEST GOD-LIKE GUY IN SCHOOL LIKES ME!!!
Charming, I know. The actual interaction is much more painful to read. I found myself (several times, aloud) going, "OH GAWD!!!" in a rather exasperated fashion.
This book rates an 8 on the Derp Scale for me. The author had a really interesting idea and just fucked it all up.
Skip this book, is my recommendation.