Take a photo of a barcode or cover
emmairelandl 's review for:
The Palace of Eros
by Caro De Robertis
DNF @ 50%.
Let me start with this:
By no means do I think this is a bad book, it's just not my kind of book. If you like Greek mythology and aren't opposed to a lot of sex, then read on! I really did try to finish this book, but after reading chapter after chapter of sex scenes, I had to put it down. Just to clarify, I don't like smut and I wasn't aware that this book had it. I wouldn't have picked it up if I had known (which is on me).
Why I've rated it 2 stars:
I figured I'd power through after reading the first scene as I love Greek mythology and the story of Eros, and the idea of a sapphic retelling piqued my interest, but the 50% I read is basically just one big sex scene.
The authors writing style is beautiful and I'd love to read any poems they write, but at times there were paragraphs describing what could have been said in a sentence. I skimmed multiple pages of smut and found myself both not missing anything important and still in the same sex scene pages later. Regardless of my opinion on smut, the portion of the book I read could have been cut down by at least a third.
The verdict:
It's not a book I wouldn't recommend to others to read. I actually recommended it to my coworker yesterday as I knew they'd enjoy it based off other books I've seen them read! It's not for me, but definitely for someone else!
Let me start with this:
By no means do I think this is a bad book, it's just not my kind of book. If you like Greek mythology and aren't opposed to a lot of sex, then read on! I really did try to finish this book, but after reading chapter after chapter of sex scenes, I had to put it down. Just to clarify, I don't like smut and I wasn't aware that this book had it. I wouldn't have picked it up if I had known (which is on me).
Why I've rated it 2 stars:
I figured I'd power through after reading the first scene as I love Greek mythology and the story of Eros, and the idea of a sapphic retelling piqued my interest, but the 50% I read is basically just one big sex scene.
The authors writing style is beautiful and I'd love to read any poems they write, but at times there were paragraphs describing what could have been said in a sentence. I skimmed multiple pages of smut and found myself both not missing anything important and still in the same sex scene pages later. Regardless of my opinion on smut, the portion of the book I read could have been cut down by at least a third.
The verdict:
It's not a book I wouldn't recommend to others to read. I actually recommended it to my coworker yesterday as I knew they'd enjoy it based off other books I've seen them read! It's not for me, but definitely for someone else!