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The Help by Callie Rose
1.0
I’m not even entirely sure what this book was.
Plot? Non-existent
Characters? Plain as fuck
It turned into some murder mystery halfway through and that was not what I signed up for. This made it drag, the author should stick to one thing, especially if they can’t pull it off properly.
Originally, I kept reading because it was trashy but the type of trashy that I could kind of keep reading about.
But then it just got so much worse.
The main character, Harlow, has no personality besides being horny and thinking she is tough. I cannot name one thing she likes to do which isn’t something she feels like she has to do. I think the author tried to make her badass by having her be great at poker and smoking. Yet it felt so shallow and empty with the lack of a baseline personality, it even got undermined when she got.
It felt like certain moments could’ve been developed more and other moments just needed to fucking end.
The four guys were so generic. They had no diversity in dialogue despite the emphasis on different vibes.
Furthermore, the development of the relationship between Harlow and the guys was just weird. There was barely any lead up, it didn’t make sense.
Harlow just needed to shut up sometimes. She had her moments and then it was just “omg, he makes me so horny, I hate him, I’m aroused” but not in a good enemies to lovers way. It was cringy, it was painful.
Being naïve wasn’t even a reason for her behaviour because the author had already established her as somebody who grew up when she was younger because she is a “badass”.
Stars ~ 1
Plot? Non-existent
Characters? Plain as fuck
It turned into some murder mystery halfway through and that was not what I signed up for. This made it drag, the author should stick to one thing, especially if they can’t pull it off properly.
Originally, I kept reading because it was trashy but the type of trashy that I could kind of keep reading about.
But then it just got so much worse.
The main character, Harlow, has no personality besides being horny and thinking she is tough. I cannot name one thing she likes to do which isn’t something she feels like she has to do. I think the author tried to make her badass by having her be great at poker and smoking. Yet it felt so shallow and empty with the lack of a baseline personality, it even got undermined when she got
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beat by RiverIt felt like certain moments could’ve been developed more and other moments just needed to fucking end.
The four guys were so generic. They had no diversity in dialogue despite the emphasis on different vibes.
Furthermore, the development of the relationship between Harlow and the guys was just weird. There was barely any lead up, it didn’t make sense.
Harlow just needed to shut up sometimes. She had her moments and then it was just “omg, he makes me so horny, I hate him, I’m aroused” but not in a good enemies to lovers way. It was cringy, it was painful.
Being naïve wasn’t even a reason for her behaviour because the author had already established her as somebody who grew up when she was younger because she is a “badass”.
Stars ~ 1