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A review by elmshouse
Vibe by Liza James
1.0
I hate to give a book I only read 20% from a 1 star, but this was quite bad.
Liza James used to write on Wattpad and I’m not surprised by that bc it reads like the smutty fanfiction on there. I can get down with fanfiction-like writing, but when there’s no substance in plot, the characters, and especially the romance, you lose me.
I thought the writing could have definitely used an editor. If I have to read “fuck” or “toxic” one more time, I’m going to lose it. I thought that Ruby and Aura read the same, Vibe would’ve benefited more if there was only one POV. The dialogue felt very clunky and cringey, it took me out of the novel bc nobody talks like that??
oh god the characters. everyone is a pos besides our two leading ladies, and tbh they’re not even compelling as they are dependent on each other IMMEDIATELY, i don’t know anything about them individually other than they’re both traumatized and are surrounded by awful people.
side note: it’s really annoying to read sapphic stories when a lot of them have a focus on men continuously being awful to them or have multiple scenes of heterosexuality in a WLW BOOK!!! what feminist is going to enjoy reading about detailed SEVERAL sexual assault scenes that described in a fetishized way? lol not me
there was no plot, but to be fair, I only read 20% of the book
there was no romance either it was just abrupt sex and sexual attraction. idk what this “connection” these girls have considering they haven’t even known each other for 24 hours let alone spoke more than a couple of sentences to one another. I guess it’s just their ✨vibes✨ that are pulling them together, I’m sorry I can’t suspend my disbelief.
I can get down with a dark romance read, i can definitely read dark elements and enjoy them if they’re well-written. like I read all levels of horror? but this read like mediocre “dark” erotica, maybe the romance comes later…. but I don’t care enough to push through this aggravating mess.
first book club dnf rip rip
Liza James used to write on Wattpad and I’m not surprised by that bc it reads like the smutty fanfiction on there. I can get down with fanfiction-like writing, but when there’s no substance in plot, the characters, and especially the romance, you lose me.
I thought the writing could have definitely used an editor. If I have to read “fuck” or “toxic” one more time, I’m going to lose it. I thought that Ruby and Aura read the same, Vibe would’ve benefited more if there was only one POV. The dialogue felt very clunky and cringey, it took me out of the novel bc nobody talks like that??
oh god the characters. everyone is a pos besides our two leading ladies, and tbh they’re not even compelling as they are dependent on each other IMMEDIATELY, i don’t know anything about them individually other than they’re both traumatized and are surrounded by awful people.
side note: it’s really annoying to read sapphic stories when a lot of them have a focus on men continuously being awful to them or have multiple scenes of heterosexuality in a WLW BOOK!!! what feminist is going to enjoy reading about detailed SEVERAL sexual assault scenes that described in a fetishized way? lol not me
there was no plot, but to be fair, I only read 20% of the book
there was no romance either it was just abrupt sex and sexual attraction. idk what this “connection” these girls have considering they haven’t even known each other for 24 hours let alone spoke more than a couple of sentences to one another. I guess it’s just their ✨vibes✨ that are pulling them together, I’m sorry I can’t suspend my disbelief.
I can get down with a dark romance read, i can definitely read dark elements and enjoy them if they’re well-written. like I read all levels of horror? but this read like mediocre “dark” erotica, maybe the romance comes later…. but I don’t care enough to push through this aggravating mess.
first book club dnf rip rip