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A review by olivia_lauren_reads
A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke
2.0
Was expecting more out of this novel. I’m assuming this is semi-autobiographical? Main character cheats on his famous wife when they have two small children. He then suffers the consequences in the public’s eye, rightly so.
The sex scenes were male chauvinist cliché drivel that seem to be written by a high schooler. All the women characters were just bodies and their only dimension was wanting to have sex with the main character, married or not, they were willing. If I read one more line about a woman’s “giant heaving breasts”, I may have thrown the book in the bonfire.
Also, I think Hawke must not have interacted with his children much because 3 and 5 year old children do NOT have the prolific conversations that they had with their Dad in this book.
A BIG “don’t waste your time or money” from me. However, if I could have ripped every tasteless sex scene from this book and kept the rest, my review maybe would go up by another star.
The sex scenes were male chauvinist cliché drivel that seem to be written by a high schooler. All the women characters were just bodies and their only dimension was wanting to have sex with the main character, married or not, they were willing. If I read one more line about a woman’s “giant heaving breasts”, I may have thrown the book in the bonfire.
Also, I think Hawke must not have interacted with his children much because 3 and 5 year old children do NOT have the prolific conversations that they had with their Dad in this book.
A BIG “don’t waste your time or money” from me. However, if I could have ripped every tasteless sex scene from this book and kept the rest, my review maybe would go up by another star.