**spoiler alert** Gutes Plot, schlecht dargestellte + entwickelte Beziehung
Einfach eckelhaft, wie Giulia behandelt wird and wie sie sich behandeln läs**spoiler alert** Gutes Plot, schlecht dargestellte + entwickelte Beziehung
Einfach eckelhaft, wie Giulia behandelt wird and wie sie sich behandeln lässt. Toxisches Verhalten zu normalisieren und Giulia als "stark" und "geduldig" zu bezeichnen ist einfach krank. Die Gestalt Vincenzo hat mich so sehr genervt. Hab das Buch zu Ende gelesen nur um an seinem Tod teilzunehmen.
Das Buch schien mir anfangs ganz toll, aber ich habe mir geirrt. Schade.
Die Leute, die das mit Elena Ferrantes "My brilliant friend" vergleichen, geht's euch gut?...more
I want to thank author @authorlauravega for kindly sending me an e-Arc to review. The following opinion is my very own.
Ratings: Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐� (5/5) SpiI want to thank author @authorlauravega for kindly sending me an e-Arc to review. The following opinion is my very own.
In "Creep: A Love Story," we follow Alice, who has a perfect (one-sided) relationship with Tom: as hThis was good. Reminds me of Mona Awad's "Bunny".
In "Creep: A Love Story," we follow Alice, who has a perfect (one-sided) relationship with Tom: as his cleaner, she takes care of his home, daydreams about him, and obsessively stalks him, while planning to charm him when they'll meet for the first time. And Tom's all she can think of. Cool, right? All while she struggles with work, her family and her perception of herself and her body, due to racism, comparison to others, and self-hate.
The writing style was good, the pacing neither slow or fast. There was a nice flow and it kept me reading even though I knew what will happen (it was predictable, but in a good way. You, as a reader, are the only one who knows the truth and it's interesting to see your girl Alice living in delulu-land). I liked the open ending, it felt realistic and allowed the reader to imagine what could happen.
**spoiler alert** Thank you Netgalley for the e-ARC!
"Orange Wine" wasn't what I expected. If anything, it was felt reading one of those bad *your name**spoiler alert** Thank you Netgalley for the e-ARC!
"Orange Wine" wasn't what I expected. If anything, it was felt reading one of those bad *your name* fanfics. (That sounds harsh, but it's really not)
This novel is about a (very beautiful, very talented, very elegant, very nice, just perfect) woman, Ines, whose life shatters as her husband betrays her with her sister (who's not even half as beautiful, talented etc). Taking her 2 small children with her, she leaves him and goes to her other sister's (who are even uglier than the betraying sister).
Ines' qualities catch the eyes of all the men she meets and they all fall in love with her (because she's very beautiful and talented). Then there's a "Redeeming Love" moment, before the happy ever after.
Even though the writing style is really good and the atmosphere is charming (20th century in Colombia), I was barely able to keep up reading. The main famele character is a pick me and a "feminist", while constantly putting other women down because of their looks (or more specifically because their beauty is inferior to hers) or lack of prospects (she got like 5 men that want to marry her, while her other sister didn't even get a single proposal). Her mother also favoured her, leaving her the family home
She's also constantly and actively seeking male validation and isn't able to have one female friend.
Obviously, because of her great qualities, she navigates through life easily: the man she sells her house to offers to start a relationship, another man is ready to marry her even though she's still married, providing for her and her children, her artistic friend and guide falls in love with her and promotes her art. All her paintings and ideas are brilliant and successful.
Also, she's the only one who gets a happy ending, while all the other sisters can only struggle. Don't those other 3 sisters deserve a bit of happiness too? (No, because they are ugly)
I expected more drama, more challenges, maybe even a bookish soap opera, but this novel fell short....more
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