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A review by bookishspy
The Auction by Krista Wolf
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Literally, WTF WAS THAT?!
I am the kind of person who always tries to put the good and bad into my reviews, but truly the only good part was the starting concept. Not even the writing. The concept.
That is it. Everything after that was an actual mess.
If you want to talk plot, there wasn't really any? It kept veering off. At one point, it even became the cousin's mums fault somehow? But that was never followed up on.
Writing wise? Still terrible. There was no showing. Only telling. Even the night they spent together initially was mostly just skipped over? We were barely able to interact with these people, and everything was just told to us after some random bonding seshs?
I had zero feelings for these characters because how can I when I honestly could barely tell Shane and Darius apart 98% of the time and Christian was essentially just beyond rich for no reason?
After all of this, there were some glaringly obvious issues to this story that made me facepalm..
Here's just a couple of dot points that made me go wtf -
β’ a bullet supposedly lodged in one of the boyfies "6th rib behind his scapula" can't be removed because it was "too close" to his heart π€¦ββοΈ your shoulder blade and your heart are very far apart...
β’ one if the boyfies was called "OCD" randomly because he apparently always wanted to match a spank mark that was on one butt cheek to the other butt cheek?
β’ her cousins repeatedly committed violent crimes against her, including breaking and entering, assault, harassment, and vandalism, and somehow they decided calling the police was a bad idea?
β’ her lawyer boyfriend literally told her cameras were pointless and wouldn't help at all?!
β’ πSPOILERπ all the crimes ended with her OFFERING 40% OF THE BUSINESS TO THESE COUSINS BECAUSE THEYRE "FAMILY"?!?!?!
Keep in mind that these people could've easily gotten her and her men killed. Multiple times over.
Bonus dot point
β’ even I know In N Out isn't in New York, and I'm Aussie
These are just the highlights, but you see what I mean, yeah?
Overall, I hated this with every fibre of my being. I'm sorry, but I did.
β π π¬πππ«
I am the kind of person who always tries to put the good and bad into my reviews, but truly the only good part was the starting concept. Not even the writing. The concept.
That is it. Everything after that was an actual mess.
If you want to talk plot, there wasn't really any? It kept veering off. At one point, it even became the cousin's mums fault somehow? But that was never followed up on.
Writing wise? Still terrible. There was no showing. Only telling. Even the night they spent together initially was mostly just skipped over? We were barely able to interact with these people, and everything was just told to us after some random bonding seshs?
I had zero feelings for these characters because how can I when I honestly could barely tell Shane and Darius apart 98% of the time and Christian was essentially just beyond rich for no reason?
After all of this, there were some glaringly obvious issues to this story that made me facepalm..
Here's just a couple of dot points that made me go wtf -
β’ a bullet supposedly lodged in one of the boyfies "6th rib behind his scapula" can't be removed because it was "too close" to his heart π€¦ββοΈ your shoulder blade and your heart are very far apart...
β’ one if the boyfies was called "OCD" randomly because he apparently always wanted to match a spank mark that was on one butt cheek to the other butt cheek?
β’ her cousins repeatedly committed violent crimes against her, including breaking and entering, assault, harassment, and vandalism, and somehow they decided calling the police was a bad idea?
β’ her lawyer boyfriend literally told her cameras were pointless and wouldn't help at all?!
β’ πSPOILERπ all the crimes ended with her OFFERING 40% OF THE BUSINESS TO THESE COUSINS BECAUSE THEYRE "FAMILY"?!?!?!
Keep in mind that these people could've easily gotten her and her men killed. Multiple times over.
Bonus dot point
β’ even I know In N Out isn't in New York, and I'm Aussie
These are just the highlights, but you see what I mean, yeah?
Overall, I hated this with every fibre of my being. I'm sorry, but I did.
β π π¬πππ«
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Blood, Stalking, Car accident, and Death of parent
Minor: Medical content and Fire/Fire injury