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Him
by Sabrina Bowen, Elle Kennedy
11/15/24 re-read-
2.5 stars
i rated this 4 stars the last time i listened to it, and i guess it was a simpler time. i'm getting harder to please the older i get, obviously. this was meh, sometimes cringe, and a lot of failed potential. i don't know what the actual division of labor here was, but jamie is a much stronger character, and his chapters were infinitely more readable (listenable? maybe this is just that teddy hamilton magic). i don't have a particularly great track record with the writing of either of these authors, so i'm curious if one was more responsible for one character over the other.
story was fine. paced poorly, imo. didn't lean into the pining nearly enough. very little conflict and what was there kind of made me just dislike one of the mcs.
best parts were the coaching scenes. love a good mentor moment, and this had a few.
also, i will not take any points off for this but oh my god the idea that a collegiate hockey player would be allowed to have a tongue ring??? hello? (or an eyebrow ring tbh but this is a sport where it feels like a team barely has a full mouth of teeth between them, come on.)
2.5 stars
i rated this 4 stars the last time i listened to it, and i guess it was a simpler time. i'm getting harder to please the older i get, obviously. this was meh, sometimes cringe, and a lot of failed potential. i don't know what the actual division of labor here was, but jamie is a much stronger character, and his chapters were infinitely more readable (listenable? maybe this is just that teddy hamilton magic). i don't have a particularly great track record with the writing of either of these authors, so i'm curious if one was more responsible for one character over the other.
story was fine. paced poorly, imo. didn't lean into the pining nearly enough. very little conflict and what was there kind of made me just dislike one of the mcs.
best parts were the coaching scenes. love a good mentor moment, and this had a few.
also, i will not take any points off for this but oh my god the idea that a collegiate hockey player would be allowed to have a tongue ring??? hello? (or an eyebrow ring tbh but this is a sport where it feels like a team barely has a full mouth of teeth between them, come on.)