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A review by erinmilmmil
Benny & Shrimp by Katarina Mazetti
1.0
I hated EVERYTHING about this book. The terrible, stupid plot line, with its stupid conflicts and "twists" that I had to read TWICE because each event was delved into in excruciating detail by each character (the chapters alternated from Benny's voice to Shrimp's). The crappy poetry intro to each chapter. The annoying characters, especially the librarian, who lived up to all stereotypes of a librarian by being plain and boring and "shrimpy", AND all the stereotypes of crazy women by being moody and obnoxious and over-reacting to everything.
The amazingly awful metaphors the author was fond of (seriously, like 5 per page). My favorite: "She had muscles down there like a milkmaid's hands after a whole summer up in the mountain pastures." And yes, its referring to what you think its referring to.
And then there was the ending. It was unexpected, but that didn't make it any less terrible. Since none of you will hopefully punish yourselves by reading this book, I will spoil it for you: They don't end up together, but Shrimp convinces him to father her children. Which he agrees to, even though by now almost engaged to someone else. And of course, she thinks he's NOT going to so she's crying or screaming or doing something irrational, but then he's there waiting to seduce her. The end. What the hell?
Anyway. Don't read it.
(note: I didn't even mention the creepy co-worker librarian with anti-social tendencies who spies on people instead of making friends.)
The amazingly awful metaphors the author was fond of (seriously, like 5 per page). My favorite: "She had muscles down there like a milkmaid's hands after a whole summer up in the mountain pastures." And yes, its referring to what you think its referring to.
And then there was the ending. It was unexpected, but that didn't make it any less terrible. Since none of you will hopefully punish yourselves by reading this book, I will spoil it for you: They don't end up together, but Shrimp convinces him to father her children. Which he agrees to, even though by now almost engaged to someone else. And of course, she thinks he's NOT going to so she's crying or screaming or doing something irrational, but then he's there waiting to seduce her. The end. What the hell?
Anyway. Don't read it.
(note: I didn't even mention the creepy co-worker librarian with anti-social tendencies who spies on people instead of making friends.)