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anil 's review for:
Rookie Mistake
by L.A. Witt, Anna Zabo
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
As a romance novel: fun and enjoyable. Pacing is somewhat unconventional but it works which I thought was fun. Wish there'd been a BIT more development of the relationship before they got together.
As a hockey novel: maybe I just have to face the fact that I am too picky about this aspect. There is actually some number of 'action' scenes in this which I absolutely count in the books favour even if they're not the best written or whatever. I don't like the changes they made to the league though and I don't like the way that long stretches of time you can just forget it's a hockey book.
Part of this is the way homophobia is like not a thing here I guess. Which - in addition to the way I just kept mentally comparing everything to what irl Kyle Beach went through - made it hard to suspend my disbelief. It all felt weirdly artificial to me and I couldn't fully get into it.
Also did they just play one single game as the scf? I am not skipping back in the audiobook to check I didn't miss anything so I'm not 100% confident but I think they did? Yeah that's about the level of accuracy here.
As a hockey novel: maybe I just have to face the fact that I am too picky about this aspect. There is actually some number of 'action' scenes in this which I absolutely count in the books favour even if they're not the best written or whatever. I don't like the changes they made to the league though and I don't like the way that long stretches of time you can just forget it's a hockey book.
Part of this is the way homophobia is like not a thing here I guess. Which - in addition to the way I just kept mentally comparing everything to what irl Kyle Beach went through - made it hard to suspend my disbelief. It all felt weirdly artificial to me and I couldn't fully get into it.
Also did they just play one single game as the scf? I am not skipping back in the audiobook to check I didn't miss anything so I'm not 100% confident but I think they did? Yeah that's about the level of accuracy here.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault
Moderate: Outing, Alcohol