genebk 's review for:

Sweet Prison by Neva Altaj

2.0

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wow this is hard for me. I feel so disappointed, the majority of the book is "the beginning" of their relationship and that doesn't bother me because I'm too much of a fan of their letters hahaha but then it got strange, I don't know, the plot and the path the author wanted to follow regarding their relationship lost it way. In addition, the individual development of the characters was quite poor, for example, Zahara went from being an insecure and shy girl to exhibitionism and in front of people who were not willing participants, it was quite uncomfortable to read, that characteristic felt very strange. I think the author wanted to exploit body positivity and it turned out badly. Massimo, although I love him very much!!! I feel that this book was not for him, the plot failed him. You deserved so much more baby! Well, not to mention the "plot twist" that was clearly visible from the first moment, and with everything that Zara was under surveillance, it makes no sense that Massimo would not have found out anything. It felt so unreal (which is saying something hahaha) I feel that when the author tries to write female characters "equal to her partners" she loses a lot in the story. This book has that in common with the story of Isabella and Luca, it tries to make the characters "powerful and intelligent queens" but in the end they end up showing themselves badly. ugh it makes me very angry that I didn't like it as much as I expected. Oh well I still have the other books, they don’t disappoint me ever.