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A review by gabberjaws
Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
Did not finish book.
How in the hell does anyone enjoy this poorly written excuse of an UF novel?
There's zero world-building; the characters are all boring as heck, Anita is, quite frankly, annoying as hell. Honestly. What is this narration, even? SHE EXPLAINS ALL THE JOKES. SHE ANSWERS RHETORICAL QUESTIONS. It's so insulting to the reader. WHY.
The vampirism wasn't explained. Vampires are apparently evil because Anita has some weird-ass prejudice against them? Like, she believes ZOMBIES have rights, but Vampires all need to be wiped out? That makes sense???
The Ghouls were given a sketchy af explanation - so thin a butterfly beating its wings could have knocked it over ("no one knows?" Really? You gon' giv me that shit?)
Idk man. I assume that, since it's got about 20 books in the series atm, it'll get better eventually. But LORD, I really don't see the appeal right now.
Welp. On to book 2.
There's zero world-building; the characters are all boring as heck, Anita is, quite frankly, annoying as hell. Honestly. What is this narration, even? SHE EXPLAINS ALL THE JOKES. SHE ANSWERS RHETORICAL QUESTIONS. It's so insulting to the reader. WHY.
The vampirism wasn't explained. Vampires are apparently evil because Anita has some weird-ass prejudice against them? Like, she believes ZOMBIES have rights, but Vampires all need to be wiped out? That makes sense???
The Ghouls were given a sketchy af explanation - so thin a butterfly beating its wings could have knocked it over ("no one knows?" Really? You gon' giv me that shit?)
Idk man. I assume that, since it's got about 20 books in the series atm, it'll get better eventually. But LORD, I really don't see the appeal right now.
Welp. On to book 2.