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Wet Hot Allosaurus Summer
by Lola Faust
I received a digital galley of this book from Netgalley, in exchange for my honest feedback.
Full disclosure, I requested this title mostly as a joke, and because of a bit of morbid curiosity. I have seen tiktokers and book reviewers unhinged erotica before, and thought this would be kind of fun, or at the very least, good for a laugh or two.
This book was UNHINGED, and not in a good way.
We’re provided with a grocery list of content warnings early on. I’ll admit I had to google a couple of them, and the list was pretty long, so I didn’t read all of it… But I don’t think anything could have prepared me for this….
The writing style was so basic and terrible it felt like I was reading a story written by a preteen… Except for the content (or at least the x-rated content… a dinosaurs living among us story feels pretty on brand for a kid).
Plot-wise, holy shit….
For a story so short, it’s wild how much happens. You get a bit of whiplash with the speed the plot is progressing at, and I had to keep double checking that I didn’t accidentally skip a page. The scenes followed one another with almost no rhyme or reason. There was no flow, no logic, no sense to anything… It was honestly almost confusing, or it would have been if the sentence structure wasn’t so simple and the story wasn’t so… poorly crafted.
The sex scenes were written with the vigour and the vocabulary of a horny teenager writing fanfic after watching Jurassic World, and I’ll admit, I got a chuckle or two out of them.
Overall though, I was a bit disappointed, because there was nothing FUN in the book at all. With other popular ~deranged~ demon or monster or alien romances of late, at least it’s felt like there was some semblance of effort made in throwing together a plot, or readers get a laugh, or actually enjoy their read, but this didn’t even give me that, unfortunately.
To be clear: I am not judging the concept of an unhinged erotica, or a monster romance. I think there’s a lot of fun to be had in erotica as a genre, and I think a lot of people enjoy it. I’m all for finding passion in unexpected places, and reading for pleasure… or pleasure! Erotica or “spicy” romance books can be good, even great. It’s a genre that doesn’t take itself too seriously (which I love), nor does it demean or diminish its readers (which I love). This book was just…. a very big miss for me.
I was put off almost immediately by the, but there were also , tie that all in with an incoherent plot & poorly constructed sentences - the book was devoid of the joy and fun that I had hoped for.
I think there might be an audience for this book, but unfortunately it is not me.
I will say: I am OBSESSED with the cover. I would absolutely get that on a t-shirt, I am 10000% serious.
Full disclosure, I requested this title mostly as a joke, and because of a bit of morbid curiosity. I have seen tiktokers and book reviewers unhinged erotica before, and thought this would be kind of fun, or at the very least, good for a laugh or two.
This book was UNHINGED, and not in a good way.
We’re provided with a grocery list of content warnings early on. I’ll admit I had to google a couple of them, and the list was pretty long, so I didn’t read all of it… But I don’t think anything could have prepared me for this….
The writing style was so basic and terrible it felt like I was reading a story written by a preteen… Except for the content (or at least the x-rated content… a dinosaurs living among us story feels pretty on brand for a kid).
Plot-wise, holy shit….
Spoiler
On page 10, our main character finishes having sex with her dinosaur lover, and then he EATS HER ARM?!?!?!?!? WHAT?!?!?!?!For a story so short, it’s wild how much happens. You get a bit of whiplash with the speed the plot is progressing at, and I had to keep double checking that I didn’t accidentally skip a page. The scenes followed one another with almost no rhyme or reason. There was no flow, no logic, no sense to anything… It was honestly almost confusing, or it would have been if the sentence structure wasn’t so simple and the story wasn’t so… poorly crafted.
The sex scenes were written with the vigour and the vocabulary of a horny teenager writing fanfic after watching Jurassic World, and I’ll admit, I got a chuckle or two out of them.
Overall though, I was a bit disappointed, because there was nothing FUN in the book at all. With other popular ~deranged~ demon or monster or alien romances of late, at least it’s felt like there was some semblance of effort made in throwing together a plot, or readers get a laugh, or actually enjoy their read, but this didn’t even give me that, unfortunately.
To be clear: I am not judging the concept of an unhinged erotica, or a monster romance. I think there’s a lot of fun to be had in erotica as a genre, and I think a lot of people enjoy it. I’m all for finding passion in unexpected places, and reading for pleasure… or pleasure! Erotica or “spicy” romance books can be good, even great. It’s a genre that doesn’t take itself too seriously (which I love), nor does it demean or diminish its readers (which I love). This book was just…. a very big miss for me.
I was put off almost immediately by the
Spoiler
ARM EATINGSpoiler
way too many plot lines around attempted sexual assaultI think there might be an audience for this book, but unfortunately it is not me.
I will say: I am OBSESSED with the cover. I would absolutely get that on a t-shirt, I am 10000% serious.