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Touched by an Alien
by Gini Koch
Probably a 2.5 here. In some ways I really enjoyed this book. I really did. The first fifty pages or so were pretty great, in a giggle out loud and have people look at you kind of way. There were spots like this through the whole book.
I could even live with the instant lust in which the main character falls into (with more than one character). I could almost buy how she had everything figured out about the entire species in oh, a day, day and a half.
Where it really lost me was at the slut-shaming. By the protagonist, on herself, no less. Slut slut slut, she said. Okay, yeah, I am not the sort of person to sleep with someone that fast, but hey, if you like it, whatever. But wow, do we run "sluts" down the road, and frankly, it disgusted me to see a woman do this to herself like that. A woman author with a female protagonist, even! Just, wow.
But I kept reading. Plot was so so, and I wanted to see how it ended.
And then there was a sex scene that disturbed me a bit. I get possessiveness, I do, but using sex to force a person to say they love them, for it to be like that... there was a disturbing edge that while it didn't go over any lines, I feel it toed it a little too much for comfort, just like the slut shaming.
So while I did enjoy the humor of the book, and might even read the next one if I can find it used, I had some major issues with this book. Maybe they'll be worked out in the next book, but it seems to be a trend..
I could even live with the instant lust in which the main character falls into (with more than one character). I could almost buy how she had everything figured out about the entire species in oh, a day, day and a half.
Where it really lost me was at the slut-shaming. By the protagonist, on herself, no less. Slut slut slut, she said. Okay, yeah, I am not the sort of person to sleep with someone that fast, but hey, if you like it, whatever. But wow, do we run "sluts" down the road, and frankly, it disgusted me to see a woman do this to herself like that. A woman author with a female protagonist, even! Just, wow.
But I kept reading. Plot was so so, and I wanted to see how it ended.
And then there was a sex scene that disturbed me a bit. I get possessiveness, I do, but using sex to force a person to say they love them, for it to be like that... there was a disturbing edge that while it didn't go over any lines, I feel it toed it a little too much for comfort, just like the slut shaming.
So while I did enjoy the humor of the book, and might even read the next one if I can find it used, I had some major issues with this book. Maybe they'll be worked out in the next book, but it seems to be a trend..