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A review by paradiselcst
The Color of Fear by Billy Phillips, Jenny Nissenson
1.0
dnf @ page 175, 47%
okay i’m dnfing this for a multitude of reasons. the reasons get weirder and grosser as i continue.
1) i never wanted to read this. when i picked it up, it was smooth sailing but i never wanted to pick it up.
2) going off of number one, i have other things i want to read. i don’t want to waste my time with this.
3) the writing is so juvenile. you can write a middle grade book that employs more than just your basic writing techniques. this reads like a 12 year old just downloaded wattpad for the first time.
4) the characters are fourteen yet they’re written like they’re in their twenty’s. they’re out driving, making big, fancy purchases, going to parties past their bedtime, walking to the train station by themselves. what???
5) the author has used “they smiled like the cheshire cat” far too many times. it wasn’t cute the first time.
6) the author said a 14 year old thought someone had “exquisite, long, golden locks”. who thinks like that ???
7) this is a middle grade book, as previously stated, and the male author described cinderella’s legs as sexy after describing 14 year old girls in a similar way. this is what did it in for me, i think. men need to realize they can capture the beauty of feminine characters without being blatantly gross.
anyways i’m unhauling this and will likely never think of it again unless i want to be angered.
okay i’m dnfing this for a multitude of reasons. the reasons get weirder and grosser as i continue.
1) i never wanted to read this. when i picked it up, it was smooth sailing but i never wanted to pick it up.
2) going off of number one, i have other things i want to read. i don’t want to waste my time with this.
3) the writing is so juvenile. you can write a middle grade book that employs more than just your basic writing techniques. this reads like a 12 year old just downloaded wattpad for the first time.
4) the characters are fourteen yet they’re written like they’re in their twenty’s. they’re out driving, making big, fancy purchases, going to parties past their bedtime, walking to the train station by themselves. what???
5) the author has used “they smiled like the cheshire cat” far too many times. it wasn’t cute the first time.
6) the author said a 14 year old thought someone had “exquisite, long, golden locks”. who thinks like that ???
7) this is a middle grade book, as previously stated, and the male author described cinderella’s legs as sexy after describing 14 year old girls in a similar way. this is what did it in for me, i think. men need to realize they can capture the beauty of feminine characters without being blatantly gross.
anyways i’m unhauling this and will likely never think of it again unless i want to be angered.