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now it’s safe to say that:
1. Stuck with you
2. Under one roof
3. Below zero (forever traumatized.)
1. Stuck with you
2. Under one roof
3. Below zero (forever traumatized.)
I’ve been thinking about this for the past couple days: I gave a Sarah J. Maas book 2 stars.
this is the second review I’m writing for this book. The first one never made it past my Notes. It’s there, and it’s ugly. It’s me screaming and crying and throwing up, cursing Sarah for what she did to this series. It was not a review of reason. It was a review full of anger and heartbreak.
This one, though. This one is gonna be about how the latest book in ACOTAR series, which has been an all time favorite of mine over the years, disappointed me in every possible way.
it first disappointed me with its plot. now, I’m using the word “plot” but really, such thing does not exist in this book till around page 500. the first 60% of the book was a bland journey of Nesta: Somewhat trying to give us a picture of what’s going on in her mind, what made her such a terrible person. “Justifying” her past actions. Also, there’s a threat in their world that they mention it in page 50, but then stop talking about it like it never existed at all. Suddenly, it becomes relevant in page 600 again. can you see the path here? Can you see why i was so mad that it took Nesta 400 pages to walk down a fucking stairway but it only took 60 pages for the world threat to (kinda) settle down?
Unreasonably, everything took way too long to happen. And when it finally did, i simply didn’t care anymore. I was tired of constantly reading about Nesta training in the morning, Nesta fucking Cassian wildly, Nesta again training in the morning, Nesta riding Cassian wildly again— for 300 pages straight. i was bored. I almost DNFed it. 8 fucking times.
The second time this book disappointed me, was when Sarah ruined all of my favorite characters. The thing that made this series for me special was “the characters”. The inner circle were people that i wholeheartedly adored. But not anymore. Rhysand. The powerful, reasonable Rhysand, turned into a fucking moron in this book. He solely existed to protect Feyre. Not once, as an individual character or (for fuck’s sake) as the fucking High Lord of the Night Court, did he do something. Someone said something about him in the book that says it all:
“Honestly, I’m disappointed in Rhysand. He’s become so bland these days. He didn’t even try to look into my mind.”
He was a total jerk towards Nesta and only appreciated her character when it was useful to him. He didn’t have to stoop so low, Sarah. Not after 4 books trying to portrait him as an incredible character. Amren was annoying, Mor was absent the whole book with no further explanation, Feyre was fine i guess (if not repetitive), Elain was as useless as ever, Az was fine and Cassian was the only member of inner circle that i ended up loving more after this book. Among the new characters Gwyn was really likable. And Nesta.
Well. Nesta. I’m not really sure how to feel about her. I’m satisfied with her ending. It’s good that she grew and learned how to be a better person but honestly, i don’t know, i can’t say that i fell in love with her at the end. I think i preferred her reason for being such a cruel person in the past to be a bit… more understandable. Sometimes i felt like everyone’s being way too overdramatic about how strong and unique she is. Like Sarah was trying her best to portrait her as an unbelievably powerful character. But still, she’s definitely better that Elain.
Overall, this could’ve been a better book. I was bored and i hated the characters. Will not continue the series by the way. I don’t wish to ruin my happy memories with ACOTAR series more than this.
this is the second review I’m writing for this book. The first one never made it past my Notes. It’s there, and it’s ugly. It’s me screaming and crying and throwing up, cursing Sarah for what she did to this series. It was not a review of reason. It was a review full of anger and heartbreak.
This one, though. This one is gonna be about how the latest book in ACOTAR series, which has been an all time favorite of mine over the years, disappointed me in every possible way.
it first disappointed me with its plot. now, I’m using the word “plot” but really, such thing does not exist in this book till around page 500. the first 60% of the book was a bland journey of Nesta: Somewhat trying to give us a picture of what’s going on in her mind, what made her such a terrible person. “Justifying” her past actions. Also, there’s a threat in their world that they mention it in page 50, but then stop talking about it like it never existed at all. Suddenly, it becomes relevant in page 600 again. can you see the path here? Can you see why i was so mad that it took Nesta 400 pages to walk down a fucking stairway but it only took 60 pages for the world threat to (kinda) settle down?
Unreasonably, everything took way too long to happen. And when it finally did, i simply didn’t care anymore. I was tired of constantly reading about Nesta training in the morning, Nesta fucking Cassian wildly, Nesta again training in the morning, Nesta riding Cassian wildly again— for 300 pages straight. i was bored. I almost DNFed it. 8 fucking times.
The second time this book disappointed me, was when Sarah ruined all of my favorite characters. The thing that made this series for me special was “the characters”. The inner circle were people that i wholeheartedly adored. But not anymore. Rhysand. The powerful, reasonable Rhysand, turned into a fucking moron in this book. He solely existed to protect Feyre. Not once, as an individual character or (for fuck’s sake) as the fucking High Lord of the Night Court, did he do something. Someone said something about him in the book that says it all:
“Honestly, I’m disappointed in Rhysand. He’s become so bland these days. He didn’t even try to look into my mind.”
He was a total jerk towards Nesta and only appreciated her character when it was useful to him. He didn’t have to stoop so low, Sarah. Not after 4 books trying to portrait him as an incredible character. Amren was annoying, Mor was absent the whole book with no further explanation, Feyre was fine i guess (if not repetitive), Elain was as useless as ever, Az was fine and Cassian was the only member of inner circle that i ended up loving more after this book. Among the new characters Gwyn was really likable. And Nesta.
Well. Nesta. I’m not really sure how to feel about her. I’m satisfied with her ending. It’s good that she grew and learned how to be a better person but honestly, i don’t know, i can’t say that i fell in love with her at the end. I think i preferred her reason for being such a cruel person in the past to be a bit… more understandable. Sometimes i felt like everyone’s being way too overdramatic about how strong and unique she is. Like Sarah was trying her best to portrait her as an unbelievably powerful character. But still, she’s definitely better that Elain.
Overall, this could’ve been a better book. I was bored and i hated the characters. Will not continue the series by the way. I don’t wish to ruin my happy memories with ACOTAR series more than this.
Horribly boring and long for a book that had zero point beside poverty. Also, show some respect for jews, George.
Am i betraying the Dark Academia community by giving this book 1 star? Nah. In fact!
What is the point of writing a book after its movie? Mostly, because we want to give our audience a better perspective. Going further into the plot, showing the roots of our characters, focusing on stuff we didn’t focus on before, maybe add some nice conversations, let everyone know what every individual really think about, etc etc.
But if we’re not going to do such thing, if our book is not going to give people more than what they were already given, why bother writing a book at all? Why making up some extra unnecessary scenes and ruin some pretty nice friendships just so we could fool ourselves that we have, in fact, wrote something brand-new that is worth reading?
This book had absolutely nothing new to offer. The narration was boring. Characters were one dimensional and bland. It was straight out of the movie. As if scripted by someone who wrote exactly every single thing they heard. But actually, fucked some great things up in order to make it seem different.
Dead Poets Society undoubtedly was/is/will be one of my favorite movies of all time but this? This was ungrateful. Insulting. A total waste of time.
What is the point of writing a book after its movie? Mostly, because we want to give our audience a better perspective. Going further into the plot, showing the roots of our characters, focusing on stuff we didn’t focus on before, maybe add some nice conversations, let everyone know what every individual really think about, etc etc.
But if we’re not going to do such thing, if our book is not going to give people more than what they were already given, why bother writing a book at all? Why making up some extra unnecessary scenes and ruin some pretty nice friendships just so we could fool ourselves that we have, in fact, wrote something brand-new that is worth reading?
This book had absolutely nothing new to offer. The narration was boring. Characters were one dimensional and bland. It was straight out of the movie. As if scripted by someone who wrote exactly every single thing they heard. But actually, fucked some great things up in order to make it seem different.
Dead Poets Society undoubtedly was/is/will be one of my favorite movies of all time but this? This was ungrateful. Insulting. A total waste of time.
This book was not perfect.
In fact, it had too many errors. Even grammatical ones which were odd?? Some subplots were meh. Sal was annoying sometimes and Kulti was a jackass for at least 70% of the book. It could’ve been shortened. But at the end, what is wrong with me? Why am i giving this book 5 stars when it cleary deserves a 3 or at best 4?
This book made me “feel” things. You have to know, I’m not the type of person who reads 400 pages of epub at one sitting. I’m not the type to smile like an idiot or get mad at a literal ink on a paper. I’m not the type to almost scream out of joy or get bleary eyes because what the fuck? That is so not me. But this is exactly what Kulti made me feel. I devoured this book. It was 1000 pages long in epub and i still somehow managed to read it way sooner that i anticipated. I found myself constantly thinking about them during the day. I kept coming up with different scenarios for the story which is something i do only when I’m unspeakably obsessed.
I loved the plot! Yes, yes, there were plot-holes, but the idea? Fuck, i loved the idea of it. I’ve never been very fond of football. For me, it was always a boring game that so little things happened in +90 minutes. To be honest this book did not really focus on the “game” parts. Which was fine by me. I loved the age gap!! That’s my favorite trope and it was handled well.
Sal: she was probably my favorite FMC among all the romance books i read this year. She was a badass. Yes, she was rude sometimes, but that’s the nature of all football players. (Trust me, i know.) We had so many similarities!! (with the exception of me being way more aggressive and impatient than her.) this almost never happens. I never find myself in romance female characters. did she have flaws? yeah, many. But that’s still fine with me. I loved her spirit. I loved how she never stuttered. How she never backed off when it came down to calling Kulti on his bullshits.
Reiner Kulti: well, there’s allot to unpack here. Was he problematic? Yep. He was rude and oblivious. Way too much territorial. Possessive. Did i mention rude? Spoiled even. But he had all of these shitty traits in the right amounts. I hope I’m making sense here. What i mean is that Reiner Kulti, as a morally gray character, was good. He had all these bad traits beside having good ones. And it was realistic based on his history: Of course one of the most successful players in the world has a huge ego. Ofc he’s rude and ambitious. If he’s not, that’s a fucking lie. So yeah, a fucking jackass but also, the love of my life.
I’m dedicating a whole paragraph to Sal’s dad, AKA the real FMC of this book, because that guy was hilarious. I loved his bond with his daughter and how supportive he was.
I’m recommending this book to those who seek for a super-ultra-way-too-long slow-burn with morally gray characters and a good enough sport plot.
In fact, it had too many errors. Even grammatical ones which were odd?? Some subplots were meh. Sal was annoying sometimes and Kulti was a jackass for at least 70% of the book. It could’ve been shortened. But at the end, what is wrong with me? Why am i giving this book 5 stars when it cleary deserves a 3 or at best 4?
This book made me “feel” things. You have to know, I’m not the type of person who reads 400 pages of epub at one sitting. I’m not the type to smile like an idiot or get mad at a literal ink on a paper. I’m not the type to almost scream out of joy or get bleary eyes because what the fuck? That is so not me. But this is exactly what Kulti made me feel. I devoured this book. It was 1000 pages long in epub and i still somehow managed to read it way sooner that i anticipated. I found myself constantly thinking about them during the day. I kept coming up with different scenarios for the story which is something i do only when I’m unspeakably obsessed.
I loved the plot! Yes, yes, there were plot-holes, but the idea? Fuck, i loved the idea of it. I’ve never been very fond of football. For me, it was always a boring game that so little things happened in +90 minutes. To be honest this book did not really focus on the “game” parts. Which was fine by me. I loved the age gap!! That’s my favorite trope and it was handled well.
Sal: she was probably my favorite FMC among all the romance books i read this year. She was a badass. Yes, she was rude sometimes, but that’s the nature of all football players. (Trust me, i know.) We had so many similarities!! (with the exception of me being way more aggressive and impatient than her.) this almost never happens. I never find myself in romance female characters. did she have flaws? yeah, many. But that’s still fine with me. I loved her spirit. I loved how she never stuttered. How she never backed off when it came down to calling Kulti on his bullshits.
Reiner Kulti: well, there’s allot to unpack here. Was he problematic? Yep. He was rude and oblivious. Way too much territorial. Possessive. Did i mention rude? Spoiled even. But he had all of these shitty traits in the right amounts. I hope I’m making sense here. What i mean is that Reiner Kulti, as a morally gray character, was good. He had all these bad traits beside having good ones. And it was realistic based on his history: Of course one of the most successful players in the world has a huge ego. Ofc he’s rude and ambitious. If he’s not, that’s a fucking lie. So yeah, a fucking jackass but also, the love of my life.
I’m dedicating a whole paragraph to Sal’s dad, AKA the real FMC of this book, because that guy was hilarious. I loved his bond with his daughter and how supportive he was.
I’m recommending this book to those who seek for a super-ultra-way-too-long slow-burn with morally gray characters and a good enough sport plot.
Once again, the story of “me and the book booktok convinced me it’s gonna be a masterpiece but oh man, i wish i could punch everyone in the face 7 times for the 7 days i wasted reading this book.”
All the shine and glory of original plot couldn’t save this book from turning into a terrible disaster. You expect all seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo to have seven interesting stories but I’m sorry, only two of them have such thing. Five of them were sacrificed for a greater cause that was, in fact, not great at all. The story gets repetitive and predictable before you even reach 40%. It gets boring way too soon. The originality fades in less that 100 pages. There’s no plot-twist or interesting turns of events. Evelyn constantly talks about “The Great Love Of Her Life” but you don’t get the impression that “That” love, is any different from “Other” loves. You expect to hear about how The True Love Of Her Life loved her because of who she was but no: That love is also mostly sexual and almost always toxic. Her relationships were written poorly and all of them felt the same.
The characters were not like-able. I liked Evelyn at first but after a while her personality traits started to annoy me.
I don’t even have the energy to rant about all the things that were wrong and unethical about this book. Just that it was (un-surprisingly) a huge disappointment.
All the shine and glory of original plot couldn’t save this book from turning into a terrible disaster. You expect all seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo to have seven interesting stories but I’m sorry, only two of them have such thing. Five of them were sacrificed for a greater cause that was, in fact, not great at all. The story gets repetitive and predictable before you even reach 40%. It gets boring way too soon. The originality fades in less that 100 pages. There’s no plot-twist or interesting turns of events. Evelyn constantly talks about “The Great Love Of Her Life” but you don’t get the impression that “That” love, is any different from “Other” loves. You expect to hear about how The True Love Of Her Life loved her because of who she was but no: That love is also mostly sexual and almost always toxic. Her relationships were written poorly and all of them felt the same.
The characters were not like-able. I liked Evelyn at first but after a while her personality traits started to annoy me.
I don’t even have the energy to rant about all the things that were wrong and unethical about this book. Just that it was (un-surprisingly) a huge disappointment.
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