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A review by coris
Kit & Basie by Tess Carletta
Did not finish book. Stopped at 39%.
Recommended if you'd like a magical realism story with the super-cosy vibes of The Kitchen Witch, which I also DNFed. I love cosy reads, but guess I'm picky about them!
This was so slow, I had time to think too much about the plot holes, hence the DNF. I cannot figure out why someone living in a close-knit town, for 77 years!!, has just one friend, and even that seems to be stronger on the friend's side. Or why on the death of his mum, he rages at the woman notifying him, and then barely mentions it again. Doesn't go to the funeral, or deal with her stuff, but also doesn't seem to be mourning or struggling with grief. And, perhaps this is explained further on in the story, but, if he's got to 77 without having had a romantic/sexual relationship... why is the plot dragging us there now? Or if he has, why have I got near halfway through with literally none of his interior thought including a comparison or regret or moving-on.
He's behaving throughout like he stopped developing as a person at 25, along with stopping aging, and I am not here for it. And Kit, the Love Interest, is bland. There, I said it. I have nothing against people being boring, I am myself. But I'm not half a romance.
So yeah, if logic and plot matter to you, skip. If you just want two pretty men faffing about together in a slightly fantasy but mostly contemporary setting, fill your boots.
This was so slow, I had time to think too much about the plot holes, hence the DNF. I cannot figure out why someone living in a close-knit town, for 77 years!!, has just one friend, and even that seems to be stronger on the friend's side. Or why on the death of his mum, he rages at the woman notifying him, and then barely mentions it again. Doesn't go to the funeral, or deal with her stuff, but also doesn't seem to be mourning or struggling with grief. And, perhaps this is explained further on in the story, but, if he's got to 77 without having had a romantic/sexual relationship... why is the plot dragging us there now? Or if he has, why have I got near halfway through with literally none of his interior thought including a comparison or regret or moving-on.
He's behaving throughout like he stopped developing as a person at 25, along with stopping aging, and I am not here for it. And Kit, the Love Interest, is bland. There, I said it. I have nothing against people being boring, I am myself. But I'm not half a romance.
So yeah, if logic and plot matter to you, skip. If you just want two pretty men faffing about together in a slightly fantasy but mostly contemporary setting, fill your boots.