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A review by literallylizzie
Priest by Sierra Simone
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
0.5
I hate finished it. This wasn’t about a priest unexpectedly falling in love. This was a horny guy who hasn’t gotten laid in 3 years falling for a girl who confesses some really dirty stuff. He wanted to sleep with her from the minute he heard her voice for the first time in the confessional.
I think the plot and his character was summed up perfectly in a line from chapter 2: “Her eyelashes got me hard.” Vomit.
And she was clearly just a hodgepodge of “what weird life events can we unrealistically cram into a completely unbelievable backstory” that never actually demonstrates who she is as a person. Or is used to show her character developing into more.
It was total crap the entire way through, bad writing, two dimensional characters, cringe and cliche in every chapter. So predictable. And then the last 20ish pages came along… 🤬
No character development, no story development, no real plot, not one iota of earning of forgiveness and demonstrable change after considerable self-work/therapy, no fixing what they broke, no actually seeing what they broke in themselves or the community, no side characters helping them learn lessons. No love story where the sacrifice was worth it. Just horny people being horny in inappropriate places and then the end.
He’s a freaking doormat. Honestly, so was she. They deserved each other. But no one deserves this book.
This was painful and left a bad taste in my brain.
I think the plot and his character was summed up perfectly in a line from chapter 2: “Her eyelashes got me hard.” Vomit.
And she was clearly just a hodgepodge of “what weird life events can we unrealistically cram into a completely unbelievable backstory” that never actually demonstrates who she is as a person. Or is used to show her character developing into more.
It was total crap the entire way through, bad writing, two dimensional characters, cringe and cliche in every chapter. So predictable. And then the last 20ish pages came along… 🤬
No character development, no story development, no real plot, not one iota of earning of forgiveness and demonstrable change after considerable self-work/therapy, no fixing what they broke, no actually seeing what they broke in themselves or the community, no side characters helping them learn lessons. No love story where the sacrifice was worth it. Just horny people being horny in inappropriate places and then the end.
He’s a freaking doormat. Honestly, so was she. They deserved each other. But no one deserves this book.
This was painful and left a bad taste in my brain.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry