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.

    • ASassenach@alien.top
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      1 year ago

      I’ve tried to get through Poppy War twice and an audiobook. I just can’t… Ugh

    • solaramalgama@alien.top
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      1 year ago

      I read The Poppy War based on people I knew who really liked it and said it was a very mature and complex examination of war and nationalism.

      Nope! It’s YA and handles those subjects like a YA book; I would have been challenged at 16 probably. What they meant was that it’s violent and grim. Not the same thing as complex.

    • Glass_Dark_374@alien.top
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      1 year ago

      I was loving the first part of the book where she was just grinding to be the absolute best…then the plot wanders and I have no clue what happened afterward.