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A review by chelyely
Block Shot by Kennedy Ryan
5.0
I am very conflicted as to how it happened.
This book is a true testament to "Entre los individuos, como entre las naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz..." it is a true journey of understanding all that respect means and entails. Which is ironic given that respect or lack thereof for others and for one self is a major theme throughout the book. Even when I completely condemn and dissapprove of the way a certain Spanish word was used, [ I full-on was cringing in Mexican born, Southern California raised Interpreter and Translator]. Even when once again, I saw my culture being represented by construction workers with health problems who center their lives around a quinceañera, I lie the beautiful parts if my culture were also very well represented. Even with the glamorous way, the pressure and false pretenses the media uses to force people into dangerous and obsessive weight loss programs were represented. Even with all that, and being they are the reasons I give other books lower ratings.
The way this story was written, I can't bring myself to give this lower than 5 stars. I can't bring myself to dislike this book. I feel as morally gray as Ban and Jared. Because they are both gray, if different shades of it. Maybe is that I listened to the majority of this book and the fact that Seraphina Valentine and Teddy Hamilton did such an amazing job. Maybe it was the fact that Teddy Hamilton spoke my native language, and that caused a short circuit in my brain and moral compass. Whatever it was. This book had me feeling and kaleidoscope of emotions, and for that alone, I can not give it a lower rating.
This comes with soo many triggers, I once again wish they were explicitly stated somewhere before the start of the book.
This book is a true testament to "Entre los individuos, como entre las naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz..." it is a true journey of understanding all that respect means and entails. Which is ironic given that respect or lack thereof for others and for one self is a major theme throughout the book. Even when I completely condemn and dissapprove of the way a certain Spanish word was used, [ I full-on was cringing in Mexican born, Southern California raised Interpreter and Translator]. Even when once again, I saw my culture being represented by construction workers with health problems who center their lives around a quinceañera, I lie the beautiful parts if my culture were also very well represented. Even with the glamorous way, the pressure and false pretenses the media uses to force people into dangerous and obsessive weight loss programs were represented. Even with all that, and being they are the reasons I give other books lower ratings.
The way this story was written, I can't bring myself to give this lower than 5 stars. I can't bring myself to dislike this book. I feel as morally gray as Ban and Jared. Because they are both gray, if different shades of it. Maybe is that I listened to the majority of this book and the fact that Seraphina Valentine and Teddy Hamilton did such an amazing job. Maybe it was the fact that Teddy Hamilton spoke my native language, and that caused a short circuit in my brain and moral compass. Whatever it was. This book had me feeling and kaleidoscope of emotions, and for that alone, I can not give it a lower rating.
This comes with soo many triggers, I once again wish they were explicitly stated somewhere before the start of the book.