embee3 's review for:

Hounded by Kevin Hearne
funny
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Did not finish. The main character is so annoying. It's hard to imagine that after being alive for 2100 years someone would not have had any personal growth, reflection, or empathy for others. It's a character trying to sound smart and witty and on top of everything, but it's a shallow façade. Oh and the casual misogyny/toxic masculinity ("an unusually sensitive father" comment). Plus he's ageist against a 90-year-old witch who looks 20, but he (2100 years) has no problem sleeping with young women all the time. It's a little too much for me to sympathize with. The book reads easily but if this were a real person I wouldn't hang out with them, so I decided to stop spending my book time with them too.