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A review by amelianotthepilot
The Lightning-Struck Heart by TJ Klune
2.5
I thought it was gonna b a fun little trope filled queer fantasy but ugh honestly wished it was more tropey i dunno how we didn’t get a 1 bed scenario in this
The dialogue (which almost the whole book) was so tiresome and boring. Klune tends to use a jokey childish playground smack talk sex pun style of dialogue in all his books but this book was even more so. It’s clear this is one of his early books. A lot of dialogue scenes were so lengthy but with no purpose and i found myself bored and skimming a lot. Also his characters lacked distinct voices so they all end up sounding the same.
I thought the plot and characters were fun but the chapters are very disjointed and the plot doesn’t flow very well. It’s more like a series or short adventures all strung together leading up to nothing. The stakes were never big and the villains were always not that evil.
do like the adhd and ace representation tho. but i dislike how he somehow manages to not include any female important characters and somehow every character is a gay man. no intersecting identities pretty flat
and yet again he’s managed to have a vaguely teen YA romance vibe but then lots of butt sex (not as intense as green creek) it’s an odd vibe
The dialogue (which almost the whole book) was so tiresome and boring. Klune tends to use a jokey childish playground smack talk sex pun style of dialogue in all his books but this book was even more so. It’s clear this is one of his early books. A lot of dialogue scenes were so lengthy but with no purpose and i found myself bored and skimming a lot. Also his characters lacked distinct voices so they all end up sounding the same.
I thought the plot and characters were fun but the chapters are very disjointed and the plot doesn’t flow very well. It’s more like a series or short adventures all strung together leading up to nothing. The stakes were never big and the villains were always not that evil.
do like the adhd and ace representation tho. but i dislike how he somehow manages to not include any female important characters and somehow every character is a gay man. no intersecting identities pretty flat
and yet again he’s managed to have a vaguely teen YA romance vibe but then lots of butt sex (not as intense as green creek) it’s an odd vibe
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content