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scubacat 's review for:
Tell Me It's Real
by TJ Klune
Ugh... where to start. This is my second TJ Klune novel and I think it might be my last. His writing just isn't for me.
First, there's the misogyny played for laughs.
Second, the internal thought sinkhole that is supposed to be entertaining but becomes so irrelevant
and inane that it pulls you completely out of the story.
Third, the banter between Paul and his friends and family that again, spirals into absolute verbal diarrhea and becomes so ridiculous and unrealistic that I started just skipping ahead.
And finally, the takeaways! The messages here are really awful. Paul is supposed to be a lovely man (who is written as really petty and hateful) who is a little bit chubby, so clearly he has no self confidence and can't see he has any value as a person until he gets a boyfriend. And even then, spends 90% of the book thinking he's being punked because nobody that looks as hot as Vince could "actually" like him. On the other side we have Vince, who is sweet but dumb. But Paul's willing to overlook it because he's just so hot, so therefore worth loving.
If this was a book written about girls, we'd all be screaming.
First, there's the misogyny played for laughs.
Second, the internal thought sinkhole that is supposed to be entertaining but becomes so irrelevant
and inane that it pulls you completely out of the story.
Third, the banter between Paul and his friends and family that again, spirals into absolute verbal diarrhea and becomes so ridiculous and unrealistic that I started just skipping ahead.
And finally, the takeaways! The messages here are really awful. Paul is supposed to be a lovely man (who is written as really petty and hateful) who is a little bit chubby, so clearly he has no self confidence and can't see he has any value as a person until he gets a boyfriend. And even then, spends 90% of the book thinking he's being punked because nobody that looks as hot as Vince could "actually" like him. On the other side we have Vince, who is sweet but dumb. But Paul's willing to overlook it because he's just so hot, so therefore worth loving.
If this was a book written about girls, we'd all be screaming.