Yuhan
Eh. Picked up one of the most popular novels hoping for something actually good but was sorely disappointed. Easy to read but little more than just horny slop, with overused tropes and very obvious "inspirations" from other popular novels in the same category.
I've read more sophistication by teenage first-time writers on wattpad. Take away the overwheling amount of sex and its not much more than a children's novel. Characters are incredibly 1D (everyone is either an angel or the exact same flavour of arsehole and then they all die wow no one could have ever seen that coming), you can see any plot twists coming half a book away, everything has to have the threat of death for no sensible reason, main characters are incredibly unoriginal Xaden somehow decides to just pick up a whole new personality after fucking , if anyone "retorts" again I'm gonna throw up, and please for the love of everything NOBODY calls their relatives "cousin" and "younger sister"
"Hey younger sister"
What the frick
Eh. Picked up one of the most popular novels hoping for something actually good but was sorely disappointed. Easy to read but little more than just horny slop, with overused tropes and very obvious "inspirations" from other popular novels in the same category.
I've read more sophistication by teenage first-time writers on wattpad. Take away the overwheling amount of sex and its not much more than a children's novel. Characters are incredibly 1D (everyone is either an angel or the exact same flavour of arsehole and then they all die wow no one could have ever seen that coming), you can see any plot twists coming half a book away, everything has to have the threat of death for no sensible reason, main characters are incredibly unoriginal Xaden somehow decides to just pick up a whole new personality after fucking , if anyone "retorts" again I'm gonna throw up, and please for the love of everything NOBODY calls their relatives "cousin" and "younger sister"
"Hey younger sister"
What the frick
Very interesting points and well organised with summaries and exercises! Doesn't baby you like a lot of English non fic does (I'm looking at you, atomic habits), which I appreciate, but does a wonderfully good job of making me feel lectured. That might be more a reflection on the fact that most similar teaching I got in Chinese (primary school) was actually in fact being lectured at me, and so it's likely a me problem and not a problem of this book.
Mrs Liu you still owe me therapy.
Very interesting points and well organised with summaries and exercises! Doesn't baby you like a lot of English non fic does (I'm looking at you, atomic habits), which I appreciate, but does a wonderfully good job of making me feel lectured. That might be more a reflection on the fact that most similar teaching I got in Chinese (primary school) was actually in fact being lectured at me, and so it's likely a me problem and not a problem of this book.
Mrs Liu you still owe me therapy.
Mostly enjoyable! Very 1D depictions of the rich that feels for the sake of justifying hating them. People who hate everyone aren't much fun to be around in real life, and nor are their viewpoints much fun to read from.
Mostly enjoyable! Very 1D depictions of the rich that feels for the sake of justifying hating them. People who hate everyone aren't much fun to be around in real life, and nor are their viewpoints much fun to read from.
TW: racism, rape and pedophilia
Very uncomfortable read. I was just about to say its a product of its time, and searched it up and it was published in 1985??!! UHHHHH OKKK
It's got comically questionable depictions of minority ethnics and innntterresting ideas about rape (damn everyone loves it apparently. Raping AND being raped?). At this point I'd taken it as a product of its time (only to find out now that it's actually pretty recent), or maybe it's more to help build characters or setting the scene by showcasing viewpoints on matters rather than portraying as fact, and then BAM INCESTUOUS PEDOPHILIA. Maybe 14 year olds were considered more adult then??... Uhhh.. Nope ok she's in school uniform and uhhhh ok cool he's playing nursery games with her to get her to UHHHH OK nvm EWWW
My flavourite quote:
(in reference to two white people having sex for the first time on their honeymoon)
"he slipped his hand under the sheet and caresses her FLAT, STRAIGHT PUBIC HAIR: the PUBIC HAIR OF A JAPANESE"
Just checked my east asian pubes and they're definitely still curly LOL why does bro think we have an elvis presley hairdo down there I'm crying 😭
TW: racism, rape and pedophilia
Very uncomfortable read. I was just about to say its a product of its time, and searched it up and it was published in 1985??!! UHHHHH OKKK
It's got comically questionable depictions of minority ethnics and innntterresting ideas about rape (damn everyone loves it apparently. Raping AND being raped?). At this point I'd taken it as a product of its time (only to find out now that it's actually pretty recent), or maybe it's more to help build characters or setting the scene by showcasing viewpoints on matters rather than portraying as fact, and then BAM INCESTUOUS PEDOPHILIA. Maybe 14 year olds were considered more adult then??... Uhhh.. Nope ok she's in school uniform and uhhhh ok cool he's playing nursery games with her to get her to UHHHH OK nvm EWWW
My flavourite quote:
(in reference to two white people having sex for the first time on their honeymoon)
"he slipped his hand under the sheet and caresses her FLAT, STRAIGHT PUBIC HAIR: the PUBIC HAIR OF A JAPANESE"
Just checked my east asian pubes and they're definitely still curly LOL why does bro think we have an elvis presley hairdo down there I'm crying 😭