The most disappointed I’ve ever been with a book.... I am OBSESSED with the Roman empire and when I found this book “the Roman Empire.. NOW� i almost The most disappointed I’ve ever been with a book.... I am OBSESSED with the Roman empire and when I found this book “the Roman Empire.. NOW� i almost hyperventilated with excitement. Cya TBR, this book was next on my list.
Things that made this unreadable:
Crucifixion is still a thing? Which I know is a massive part of Roman history but... that was banned well before the fall of Rome so did that just not happen or what?
Why isn’t Rome called Roma and London something a little more Roman?
Literally nothing in this book brings the Roman Empire into today... its this weird blend of togas and cctv and my head just COULD NOT wrap my head around it... I expected to read a shocking development and believable progression of new Rome and all I got is guys called Marcus and guns?
The “abilities� part of this story???? Um... way to make this fantastical instead of “history rewritten�
Why is this set in the future? I think writing a futuristic novel AND a history rewritten novel was too much for this author, I constantly felt like she couldn’t decide between the magnetic railway in the sky or slavery
Sigh. Just another great idea that was poorly executed. ...more
Ugh I don’t know if I like this or loathed it? I lovedddd the first 1/3, it was giving me a mixture of coming of age drama & sadness with the dark dreUgh I don’t know if I like this or loathed it? I lovedddd the first 1/3, it was giving me a mixture of coming of age drama & sadness with the dark dreams from a horror TV series (like the deer antlers in Hannibal). In short, I was so here for it. I had no idea where it was going, but I liked that. And then it turned.. weird? It was terrifying and strange but.. not in a good way. Everyone says this was Christian fiction but it’s more catholic/religion focused and even then it completely changes the roles and acts of the characters of the catholic faith, do it’s almost not even catholic by the end of it either ...more
Oh my god please stop my eyes are bleeding. This is as if Philip Roth chewed up a thesaurus and then vomited it out onto the page. I came here for an Oh my god please stop my eyes are bleeding. This is as if Philip Roth chewed up a thesaurus and then vomited it out onto the page. I came here for an intelligent story, something to sink my teeth into and I got a “look how many ways I can describe this� pile of paper. Even if his description of confusion took me half a page to understand what he was banging on about. Yuck. ...more
Literally one of the most boring crime books I’ve ever read. Way too much “how Kate feels� and not enough detective work going on. The way this is wriLiterally one of the most boring crime books I’ve ever read. Way too much “how Kate feels� and not enough detective work going on. The way this is written isn’t horrible but it makes me cringe, and just over half way I couldn’t let it slide anymore and put it straight into the “take to the op shop� pile. Life’s too short. ...more
CRINGE I couldn’t get past 200 pages of this one. I felt like it was something I’d find on wattpad or a tumblr fan fiction, this is written so badly. CRINGE I couldn’t get past 200 pages of this one. I felt like it was something I’d find on wattpad or a tumblr fan fiction, this is written so badly. Every storyline, every character background just felt like filler for what the author really wanted to write about - sex for money. I couldn’t stop cringing at the “subtle� introduction to sugar babying ....”omg HOW DO YOU DO IT AVA? Have money and a nice apartment at our age?� ...more
Where’s my head at? I don’t know but I couldn’t finish this book if I was given a decade to do it. The way my life is now, being a mum, I need somethiWhere’s my head at? I don’t know but I couldn’t finish this book if I was given a decade to do it. The way my life is now, being a mum, I need something that DEMands to be read, not something that’s just an interesting way to pass the time. ...more
Ughhhhh I finally made it to the 100 page mark and I still hate it so cya book, you had your chance. A time travelling serial killer! Count me in... IUghhhhh I finally made it to the 100 page mark and I still hate it so cya book, you had your chance. A time travelling serial killer! Count me in... I thought. This is so boring - I was so over harpers character and his chapters in the 30s. He is neither charming to make you secretly root for him or psychotic to make you afraid of him. He’s just a killer and that’s it. Plus... there’s no real mystery here - it’s just a girl chasing a guy who can time travel and it kinda makes your head hurt after a while. ...more
“What do ya reckon boy-o?� “About...?� Milo said “About the bad guy boy-o�
The way this is written makes me want to tear my eyeballs out. Foul language,“What do ya reckon boy-o?� “About...?� Milo said “About the bad guy boy-o�
The way this is written makes me want to tear my eyeballs out. Foul language, characters that my eyes roll into the next century and a cringe lack of technological knowledge “I booted up my computer and downloaded google�. That first crime scene at the highway should’ve given me a heads up that the rest of this book was going to SUCK. The way one of the forensic investigators talks about the victim being raped was one of the worst displays of “tryna write ruthlessly� but instead was a reflection that the author has zero skill and resorts to disgusting ways to shock the reader. “I bet I’ll find heaps of semen in her tw*t and her a**� The sex scenes with Alex and his gf? Ok we get it, you made her come. So cringe because it makes you feel as if the author is writing as he wishes to be. Then. THEN. Psychologist listens to sexual trauma of a victim and then when she goes to leave, brushes his arm and HE GETS A BONER??? The fuck did I just read. Throwing out all the Jonathan Kellerman books I’ve been given....more
**SPOILERS** I got almost half way through this book and got fed up with the legal “thriller� side of this book. Illegal stock exchange? F**king yawn.**SPOILERS** I got almost half way through this book and got fed up with the legal “thriller� side of this book. Illegal stock exchange? F**king yawn. However, provided the other side of this story held up - family crime drama - I kept going. Mistake. His wife kills herself. He discovers she had herpes so he gets himself checked... he gets his son who’s a doctor to inspect him? Why would you not just save your son the trauma of inspecting your d*ck and go to a regular doctor. Weirdest part of the book for me. And then TO SOOTHE HIS GRIEF of losing his wife of 30 something years... he sleeps with everything with a heartbeat. Sorry no. I got to a point in this book that I wanted to abandon it so badly that I read other people’s reviews and when I found out it doesn’t get any better than that? Onto the did-not-finish shelf you go. ...more
What the actual eff is wrong with me this is QUEEN BARDUGO ALEXA.
I could not for the life of me get into this, the characters were so blandDNF @ 45%
What the actual eff is wrong with me this is QUEEN BARDUGO ALEXA.
I could not for the life of me get into this, the characters were so bland, there’s heaps of intellectual jokes that I just didn’t get at all, so much information on spell casting and lingo of spells that I just had no idea about and after forcing myself to reach almost halfway, I gave up because nothing has really happened?? And, I admit, I read some other people’s reviews on this and they said almost nothing happens the entire book so CYA.
I. Don’t. Understand. This had everything going for it - Secret societies, occult, University, murder ugh ugh ugh why didn’t I like this. Maybe I’ll try it again one day? Or, more realistically, maybe it will continue to gather dust on my shelf while I plunge into the depths of my TBR for books I actually enjoy. ...more
This book would make an EPIC tv series. But, sadly, it’s not the best book. It’s a slow burner - more drama than thrill - but that doesn’t ruin it. ThThis book would make an EPIC tv series. But, sadly, it’s not the best book. It’s a slow burner - more drama than thrill - but that doesn’t ruin it. The main character ruined it for me. Moves away from her husband for a job and is surprised when he has an affair? I mean... who separates and it ENHANCES a marriage? Her willingness to engage with “incredibly good looking� students? It was a bit gross for me... “he looked up at me with those eyes� like ??? You’re married, with a kid, teaching a lecture. I don’t know... it was a bit insta-love for someone who has a fuckton of commitment going on. I did really enjoy the way this was written and debated giving it 3 stars because of the writing itself but then once she starts getting stalked and obsessed over I kept rolling my eyes at how she NEVER REPORTS IT. Ever. Like, girl, take it to HR. ...more
DNF @ 54%. This had everything going for it. Psychodrama. Reality vs imagination. Horror. Manipulation. Philosophy. Greek islands and mythology and to DNF @ 54%. This had everything going for it. Psychodrama. Reality vs imagination. Horror. Manipulation. Philosophy. Greek islands and mythology and to top it all off I own the COOLEST 80s printing. Hello, secret history is what I was thinking. Instead.... whaaa. The descriptions and the writing = absolutely perfect. I loved the way this was written. But the “sexual tease� of ghosts (or not ghosts) and the “experiment� that happens at the end when all is revealed????? No thanks. Yes, I skipped ahead. To see if I was missing the point. SPOILER: I wasn’t. The point was “to treat young Nicholas how to treat women�. SERIOUSLY?!?!? 600 pages of wtf is going on for it all to be revealed that he should have been a better bf?!?!!! I can’t even. The three stars are because the writing SAVED THIS NOVEL ...more
I usually am unruffled by gore trauma, but this book and it’s rape/torture scenes were..uncomfortable to say the least. That + the descriptions of womI usually am unruffled by gore trauma, but this book and it’s rape/torture scenes were..uncomfortable to say the least. That + the descriptions of women in this novel (a husband and wife TEAM wrote this? Hard to imagine a wife being chill with how the women in this novel are “beautiful� and nothing more but whatever) is enough for me to stop reading....more
� Obsession via social media and betrayal, this is a dark psychopathic novel, as if murikami had written a thriller for the millennial age� Sounds like� Obsession via social media and betrayal, this is a dark psychopathic novel, as if murikami had written a thriller for the millennial age� Sounds like this was written for me. Except I was so wrong. This. Was. So. Slow. I started skim reading at page 80 thinking maybe I was missing something. The descriptions in this book and the drawn out moments in time where nothing much happens? YAWN The obsession was real and v dark... but everything else about this book was so bad I forgot all about the reason I started reading this in the first place. Back the library you go, disappointing book....more
Ugh I just simply don’t care. I went into this I guess wanting a secret boarding school slash secrets slash gore and... all I got was girl-power-high-Ugh I just simply don’t care. I went into this I guess wanting a secret boarding school slash secrets slash gore and... all I got was girl-power-high-school....more
b e a c h g o t h
>
Books:
could-not-finish
(160)
Loading...