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Butterface
by Avery Flynn
I really liked that the author chose a non-conventionally attractive girl as the main character. Often times in this genre the main heroines are drop-dead gorgeous, so as I read it I always have this feeling of 'this would never happen to me' or 'he wouldn't even notice me', so I am very happy that the author chose an average girl with flaws and characteristics and I applaud her for that. I don't mind her self-doubt or being called out for her looks because I find that actually relatable and believable. I do feel that she could've gone even further and explored her character more in-depth and have sent a better message.
All the praise ends here and we get to our male lead and he is as boring as they get.
Good looking, big, ambitious, jack of all trades... boring.
Him admitting he's boring does not make him less boring. I wish he was more realistic, average looking or something, but the book kind of puts him on a pedestal and is constantly comparing how attractive and beloved he is compared to our 'hideous' heroine.
I also really didn't like how their initial interest came about. It wasn't like ''Oh, she's not breathtakingly beautiful, but she has a kind heart and great personality - I like her''
it was more like ''She ugly and freaky-looking, I kinda dig that - my d*ck hard.''
It felt like a fetish sometimes the way he explained it.
I wish it wasn't so typical, it does not have to be love or lust at first sight - especially if you are going for a non-conventionally attractive character - because these things don't usually happen to us. It's mostly people that get to know us beforehand that they start having interest in us.
I do understand that I'm shaming a book for all the tropes that all the other books of the romance genre do on regular, but with a promise of a more relatable character, I hoped that the story would offer me something different too.
I rate it 3 out of 5 - It's an average, easy read, but not the kind of book you would re-read again.
All the praise ends here and we get to our male lead and he is as boring as they get.
Good looking, big, ambitious, jack of all trades... boring.
Him admitting he's boring does not make him less boring. I wish he was more realistic, average looking or something, but the book kind of puts him on a pedestal and is constantly comparing how attractive and beloved he is compared to our 'hideous' heroine.
I also really didn't like how their initial interest came about. It wasn't like ''Oh, she's not breathtakingly beautiful, but she has a kind heart and great personality - I like her''
it was more like ''She ugly and freaky-looking, I kinda dig that - my d*ck hard.''
It felt like a fetish sometimes the way he explained it.
I wish it wasn't so typical, it does not have to be love or lust at first sight - especially if you are going for a non-conventionally attractive character - because these things don't usually happen to us. It's mostly people that get to know us beforehand that they start having interest in us.
I do understand that I'm shaming a book for all the tropes that all the other books of the romance genre do on regular, but with a promise of a more relatable character, I hoped that the story would offer me something different too.
I rate it 3 out of 5 - It's an average, easy read, but not the kind of book you would re-read again.