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dorsa_mel 's review for:
Dr. Stanton
by T.L. Swan
2.5-3 stars - rounded up because I’m feeling generous!
I loved the beginning and end of this book but the middle REALLY pissed me off! Good God all of the characters annoyed me; not just h and H but even the side characters like H’s brother. H was a domineering asshole that did things that were frankly unforgivable and h was a doormat who forgave him. They both continuously made dumb and immature decisions.
Aside from that, the biggest flaw in this book, in my opinion, was the writing. One of my pet peeves is that I hate it when an author overuses a word or phrase. T.L. Swan LOVES the word “smirk”. I was tempted to turn it into a drinking game - every time I read the word “smirk” I would drink - but she used it with such utter abandon that I would have died of alcohol poisoning after the third chapter! “Smirk” is used ONE HUDRED AND EIGHTY time! It was honestly ludicrous! I’m buying T.L. a thesaurus and sending it to her for Christmas. Everyone was constantly smirking, even in situations where it wasn’t appropriate. H and h would be having a soft, romantic moment and one, or sometimes both of them, would “smirk”. A smirk
I loved the beginning and end of this book but the middle REALLY pissed me off! Good God all of the characters annoyed me; not just h and H but even the side characters like H’s brother. H was a domineering asshole that did things that were frankly unforgivable and h was a doormat who forgave him. They both continuously made dumb and immature decisions.
Aside from that, the biggest flaw in this book, in my opinion, was the writing. One of my pet peeves is that I hate it when an author overuses a word or phrase. T.L. Swan LOVES the word “smirk”. I was tempted to turn it into a drinking game - every time I read the word “smirk” I would drink - but she used it with such utter abandon that I would have died of alcohol poisoning after the third chapter! “Smirk” is used ONE HUDRED AND EIGHTY time! It was honestly ludicrous! I’m buying T.L. a thesaurus and sending it to her for Christmas. Everyone was constantly smirking, even in situations where it wasn’t appropriate. H and h would be having a soft, romantic moment and one, or sometimes both of them, would “smirk”. A smirk