morganschmidt55 's review for:

The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer
2.0

You know, I went into this book with such high hopes. I know the Twilight books are trash, but I am trash for them, and The Host is one of my all-time favourite books. So I was like, "a Stephenie Meyer book that I HAVEN'T READ? Gotta get on that!!" And yet, here I am, writing this sad review about how bored I was throughout this whole thing. I always used to say that I liked Twilight simply because I loved Stephenie's writing, and that she could write about a rock and I would still love it. Well...here's the rock. And I guess I didn't actually like it. I found the characters to be so flat. Maybe it's just because I'm not a fan of thrillers, but I found the plot to be slow and the romance unnecessary.

However. Can we talk about the fact that she literally tortured a man by
Spoiler INJECTING LACTIC ACID INTO HIS MUSCLES?! I have a BSc, and so I have a pretty good understanding of muscle physiology and how absolutely DISGUSTING this is, omg. I literally almost puked reading it.
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Anyways, definitely not a book I would read again. Sorry, Stephenie. I broke my streak with you.