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Not for the Faint of Heart
by Lex Croucher
DID NOT FINISH: 42%
even though i did like gwen and art, i was disappointed with the lesbian relationship's lack of focus/development, so i was really looking forward to reading this. unfortunately, i found this torture to get through.
croucher's writing is very... millennial. in the case of gwen and art, i thought that it was toned down enough that i didn't actually mind, but faint of heart just felt like i was reading one long tumblr post. i found mariel and the history of the merry men to be interesting, but i just couldn't bring myself to keep reading because of how much of a chore it was to try to get through clem's chapters, which is where the millennial humor became far too much. clem is a truly insufferable character and a true product of 2015 tumblr: a super quirky bisexual who thinks that exclusively speaking in overly sarcastic one-liners makes her funny.
i feel like croucher could be a really good writer, the foundation is there! i think if she turned the quirky stuff down to a 3, she could put out something great. until then, i'm not interested in picking up another one of her books.
croucher's writing is very... millennial. in the case of gwen and art, i thought that it was toned down enough that i didn't actually mind, but faint of heart just felt like i was reading one long tumblr post. i found mariel and the history of the merry men to be interesting, but i just couldn't bring myself to keep reading because of how much of a chore it was to try to get through clem's chapters, which is where the millennial humor became far too much. clem is a truly insufferable character and a true product of 2015 tumblr: a super quirky bisexual who thinks that exclusively speaking in overly sarcastic one-liners makes her funny.
i feel like croucher could be a really good writer, the foundation is there! i think if she turned the quirky stuff down to a 3, she could put out something great. until then, i'm not interested in picking up another one of her books.