I have two. The Ritual and Drowning.

The Ritual is pure smut. 61 chapters and every one contains a graphic, demeaning sex scene. I’m convinced the author was an adult film screenwriter and decided to try their hand at writing a novel. There isn’t a single likable character in this book.

Drowning isn’t a great work of literature. I felt that the characters were very two-dimensional. I hated how naive the author made the protagonist. It made me have a lack of sympathy for her. The ending was series finale of Dexter bad.

    • LeiferMadness4@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Same here! I read it because I wanted to see how it ended, but the characters were insufferable! They felt like such stereotypes.

    • timebend995@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Yes. The premise was like…. “What if we took someone with 2023 sensibilities and plopped them into the 50s? They would change the world!” Ok

    • CuriousHedgehog636@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I was hoping to find this. I think it was mis-marketed as the blurb said it was funny. It’s not remotely funny. Or realistic. As a woman in STEM, it made me cringe.