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Thrown Off the Ice
by Taylor Fitzpatrick
3/5
I randomly found this book in the Recommendation section after finishing Bear, Otter and Kid, and I naively thought it was going to be something similar to TJ Klune's book. If the whole first part wasn't just PWP, I would have definitely enjoyed it more and maybe given it half a star more in the rating.
I'm not saying it wasn't good read, because the writing style wasn't bad, but there was basically no plot in the first half. All that happened in the first part was sex, without even a trace of development in the relationship between the protagonists. They went from being teammates to being sex buddies to being in a relationship in a matter of pages, but we don't really see how that came to be.
It's a pity because the story had potential, I genuinely liked the whole part about the concussion and it was treated with such detail that you just know that the author either did a whole bunch of research or had to deal with it first-hand. When Mike gets one too many concussions while playing, the doctor just tells him to stop because another hit to the head and he would be dead. I think the whole injury and treatment was treated very well and it felt real, which often doesn't happen in fiction, with injuries that magically heal after a day or two, or miraculous recoveries after being beaten to a pulp without any consequences at all for their wellbeing.
I randomly found this book in the Recommendation section after finishing Bear, Otter and Kid, and I naively thought it was going to be something similar to TJ Klune's book. If the whole first part wasn't just PWP, I would have definitely enjoyed it more and maybe given it half a star more in the rating.
I'm not saying it wasn't good read, because the writing style wasn't bad, but there was basically no plot in the first half. All that happened in the first part was sex, without even a trace of development in the relationship between the protagonists. They went from being teammates to being sex buddies to being in a relationship in a matter of pages, but we don't really see how that came to be.
It's a pity because the story had potential, I genuinely liked the whole part about the concussion and it was treated with such detail that you just know that the author either did a whole bunch of research or had to deal with it first-hand. When Mike gets one too many concussions while playing, the doctor just tells him to stop because another hit to the head and he would be dead. I think the whole injury and treatment was treated very well and it felt real, which often doesn't happen in fiction, with injuries that magically heal after a day or two, or miraculous recoveries after being beaten to a pulp without any consequences at all for their wellbeing.