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A review by readerbreather
Try by Ella Frank
1.0
Really just no substance. Usually, my ratings kind of fit the general consensus made by most fellow readers but I'm afraid I just can't bring myself to like this. And trust me, I have tried. As a somewhat seasoned reader of M/M romance, this is very lacking.
My biggest red flag with this book from the beginning was the treatment of women. While understandable when considering the author's effort to establish a character I just couldn't get behind how the main MC treated women as literal objects to get off on at the beginning. Next came the MCs literal fixation on a man who was just doing his job. There is not a thin line between flirting and harassing yet somehow our MC still managed to cross it? These are just a few of the many qualms I had with this book.
I honestly just feel that this book lacked a lot of nuance and subtlety. Like I didn't need to hear how much MC 1 wanted to shove his **** down MC 2s throat 24/7. Once was enough. And I'm pretty sure MC 2 feels the same way. I found myself cringing an ungodly amount in the first half and usually I don't bat an eyelid.
Overall I just got the impression that this book was more intended to excite people rather than actually provide a romantic story with genuine substance, it felt more like Porn with Bad Plot rather than Good Plot with Porn. Which is cool if that's what you're into but the M/M genre has tons more to offer.
My biggest red flag with this book from the beginning was the treatment of women. While understandable when considering the author's effort to establish a character I just couldn't get behind how the main MC treated women as literal objects to get off on at the beginning. Next came the MCs literal fixation on a man who was just doing his job. There is not a thin line between flirting and harassing yet somehow our MC still managed to cross it? These are just a few of the many qualms I had with this book.
I honestly just feel that this book lacked a lot of nuance and subtlety. Like I didn't need to hear how much MC 1 wanted to shove his **** down MC 2s throat 24/7. Once was enough. And I'm pretty sure MC 2 feels the same way. I found myself cringing an ungodly amount in the first half and usually I don't bat an eyelid.
Overall I just got the impression that this book was more intended to excite people rather than actually provide a romantic story with genuine substance, it felt more like Porn with Bad Plot rather than Good Plot with Porn. Which is cool if that's what you're into but the M/M genre has tons more to offer.