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A review by natverse
Hot Pterodactyl Boyfriend by Alan Cumyn
2.0
I'm giving this 2 stars for effort. I get what this author is trying to do and I'm totally on board. I don't even have a problem with the pterodactyl or the weird wrangle dancing or the contradictory ostracizing of women too closely associated with the prehistoric boy everyone loves so much (even though he has zero personality).
My real problem lies with Shiels. She is unlikeable, sure, but her personality also makes little sense. She justifies her deep obsession and need for control with crazy or no reasoning at all. It doesn't add up.
Why does Pyke drive her to act irrationally? Was she not itching to be free before? Does everyone have a creepy internal conversation with their heroes? Where did Pyke leave her? Is she even in the same country? Will the town be quarantined because there was some sort of mass gas leak and everyone hallucinated? Will Shiels run a shoe store because she seems fixated on it?
On the other hand, I do recognize a lot of the pressures she faces from school and obligations to her family. I recognize that, as a woman, she is expected to behave in a certain way and when she does not comply she is penalized for it. Despite this, I hate-read Shiels' problems because I do not like her one bit. The whole time all I could think was that it was too bad this pterodactyl didn't have the appetite for humans.
My real problem lies with Shiels. She is unlikeable, sure, but her personality also makes little sense. She justifies her deep obsession and need for control with crazy or no reasoning at all. It doesn't add up.
Why does Pyke drive her to act irrationally? Was she not itching to be free before? Does everyone have a creepy internal conversation with their heroes? Where did Pyke leave her? Is she even in the same country? Will the town be quarantined because there was some sort of mass gas leak and everyone hallucinated? Will Shiels run a shoe store because she seems fixated on it?
On the other hand, I do recognize a lot of the pressures she faces from school and obligations to her family. I recognize that, as a woman, she is expected to behave in a certain way and when she does not comply she is penalized for it. Despite this, I hate-read Shiels' problems because I do not like her one bit. The whole time all I could think was that it was too bad this pterodactyl didn't have the appetite for humans.