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A review by astrodish
Judgment Road by Christine Feehan
3.0
I liked this book for what it was.
I think that people read this and thought it was "too dark" and I can see that with the material given. But also the book talks about on the back motorcycle Russian assassins like of course it's going to be messed up.
Some people said that the marketing team dropped the ball but reading the back I think it got the point it was going to be a darker book across.
I think it could have been 100 pages or so shorter and I think it was a little too much on the miscommunication but it was fine.
Also can we talk about a pet peeve of mine when people say what happened to her writing? "I liked her older stuff what happened to it" and "she MUST have a ghost writer because this doesn't feel like her work at all."
Really?
People grow the more they write it's natural. So going on from that angle you should want change not the same thing over and over for 20plus years. Also I think romance writers in particular write about whatever strikes their fancy more so than authors of a different genre.
She writes vampires to leopard people and weird scientific experiments to motorcycle clubs. I think she writes with the same intention of "you know what would be hot? Bikers with paranormal powers"
(snort)
it seems out there and silly because it is. And that's ok we should be entertained. This is a romance right ? We want crazy intense situations with drama and love and sex.
Also yes it does seem like her writing. People like to bring up her dark series the first few books and Does anyone remember them or do we all have the nostalgia glasses on?
I mean they are awful! Those 'alpha male' tropes go ham in those books. I reread the first two recently and they're so much abuse that gets wrapped up with co dependency and overstepping boundaries it's insane.
I can look past these things because it's FICTION a FANTASY of a strong dominant male that can save the day and true love can win it all.
That's just the way she writes and it's in this book. I think that people felt triggered because of the male love interests past and I ABSOLUTELY understand. You should know your limits and not read anything that makes you uncomfortable. Seriously. Not everyone wants to read about that kind of situation and I can understand that but I also don't think that by taking a chance to write something like this makes her a bad author or something.
I'll continue on with the series as it's written
Thanks for reading
SJ
I think that people read this and thought it was "too dark" and I can see that with the material given. But also the book talks about on the back motorcycle Russian assassins like of course it's going to be messed up.
Some people said that the marketing team dropped the ball but reading the back I think it got the point it was going to be a darker book across.
I think it could have been 100 pages or so shorter and I think it was a little too much on the miscommunication but it was fine.
Also can we talk about a pet peeve of mine when people say what happened to her writing? "I liked her older stuff what happened to it" and "she MUST have a ghost writer because this doesn't feel like her work at all."
Really?
People grow the more they write it's natural. So going on from that angle you should want change not the same thing over and over for 20plus years. Also I think romance writers in particular write about whatever strikes their fancy more so than authors of a different genre.
She writes vampires to leopard people and weird scientific experiments to motorcycle clubs. I think she writes with the same intention of "you know what would be hot? Bikers with paranormal powers"
(snort)
it seems out there and silly because it is. And that's ok we should be entertained. This is a romance right ? We want crazy intense situations with drama and love and sex.
Also yes it does seem like her writing. People like to bring up her dark series the first few books and Does anyone remember them or do we all have the nostalgia glasses on?
I mean they are awful! Those 'alpha male' tropes go ham in those books. I reread the first two recently and they're so much abuse that gets wrapped up with co dependency and overstepping boundaries it's insane.
I can look past these things because it's FICTION a FANTASY of a strong dominant male that can save the day and true love can win it all.
That's just the way she writes and it's in this book. I think that people felt triggered because of the male love interests past and I ABSOLUTELY understand. You should know your limits and not read anything that makes you uncomfortable. Seriously. Not everyone wants to read about that kind of situation and I can understand that but I also don't think that by taking a chance to write something like this makes her a bad author or something.
I'll continue on with the series as it's written
Thanks for reading
SJ