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Born at Midnight
by C.C. Hunter
DNF 58
So bad. I had first read this series (I think, or at least a few of the books) when I was 12. I have the last book and decided why not retry this series to see if I like it and get the rest of the series or if I need to toss the last book. It's the latter.
Kylie was unlikeable from the start. I'm sorry but my beloved protagonists are not slut-shamers, nor goody-two-shoes who shit talk about others. There was actually a lot of inappropriate humor that does not hold up, like the continuous (like prob 50 times on one page) drilling of "freaks and crazies". Like stop, it's problematic. Everything was so bland and so focused on the badness of people. For example, goths, partiers, drinkers, blabla were all considered to be bad-- Look at me, I'm Kylie, I'm so good and wholesome and I hate people who are not boring old me. Girl, hell no. This girl truly said heck, like swear bitch. This protagonist is a trope that I hate in YA fantasy, which I'm glad to see is not promoted as much anymore in today's stories. There's more acceptance of all people, not just specific wholesome people.
The sad thing is, there was not one thing I liked in these 50 pages. It was kinda badly written, and I'm not even talking about the horrible issues stated above. The writing was mediocre, had some flare I suppose, but it's all washed away with bad characters and not-so-great plotting. I wasn't really invested at any point, other than from slight nostalgia. But nostalgia will not make me continue this book.
So bad. I had first read this series (I think, or at least a few of the books) when I was 12. I have the last book and decided why not retry this series to see if I like it and get the rest of the series or if I need to toss the last book. It's the latter.
Kylie was unlikeable from the start. I'm sorry but my beloved protagonists are not slut-shamers, nor goody-two-shoes who shit talk about others. There was actually a lot of inappropriate humor that does not hold up, like the continuous (like prob 50 times on one page) drilling of "freaks and crazies". Like stop, it's problematic. Everything was so bland and so focused on the badness of people. For example, goths, partiers, drinkers, blabla were all considered to be bad-- Look at me, I'm Kylie, I'm so good and wholesome and I hate people who are not boring old me. Girl, hell no. This girl truly said heck, like swear bitch. This protagonist is a trope that I hate in YA fantasy, which I'm glad to see is not promoted as much anymore in today's stories. There's more acceptance of all people, not just specific wholesome people.
The sad thing is, there was not one thing I liked in these 50 pages. It was kinda badly written, and I'm not even talking about the horrible issues stated above. The writing was mediocre, had some flare I suppose, but it's all washed away with bad characters and not-so-great plotting. I wasn't really invested at any point, other than from slight nostalgia. But nostalgia will not make me continue this book.