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Halo (Halo, #1)
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bookshelves: dishonor-on-your-cow, not-worth-the-hype, protagonists-i-want-to-laser-face, i-knew-you-were-trouble, sugar-spice-n-everything-nice, great-concept-poor-execution, boooring, stick-to-the-status-quo-everyone, way-to-shoot-yourself-in-the-foot, derp-moments, bye-bye-nineteenth-amendment, insta-love-add-water
Jul 02, 2012
bookshelves: dishonor-on-your-cow, not-worth-the-hype, protagonists-i-want-to-laser-face, i-knew-you-were-trouble, sugar-spice-n-everything-nice, great-concept-poor-execution, boooring, stick-to-the-status-quo-everyone, way-to-shoot-yourself-in-the-foot, derp-moments, bye-bye-nineteenth-amendment, insta-love-add-water
Halo, like, Hush, Hush or Fallen is one of those books that has a...reputation. I read a lot of negative reviews on it, mostly due to their entertainment value, before finally deciding to read it myself. And now, I'm here to add to that collection.
I'm not going to go to too much detail because it's already been thoroughly discussed in many other reviews. However, I will tell you that Bethany is the single most idiotic heroine I have ever had the misfortune of meeting. I even created a new shelf for her�'annoying heroines'. She is utterly incompetent and constantly relies on Xavier to protect her. Seriously, Xavier treats it as a duty. Bethany even has daydreams of being on a pirate ship and having him rescue her. The entire book is extremely anti-feminist.
Gabriel/ Xavier are the same person. Big, tough alpha males but are super sweet with their girlfriends...and not an erection in sight. Because, hey, that is Adornetto's dream guy, right? An unrealistic figment of her imagination.
Ivy just sits there and sews and does other domestic stuff. That's one of the biggest issues I had with Halo, the word 'domestic' is used a lot. That's not a problem but when it's used over and over in such an anti-feminist book, then it's a problem.
I could go on and on about its problems but I'm too lazy and it's more fun to use gifs! Now I present my feelings while reading:




To conclude, I am definitely not going to read Hades because I don't want to end up like this.

But I will read the reviews!
I'm not going to go to too much detail because it's already been thoroughly discussed in many other reviews. However, I will tell you that Bethany is the single most idiotic heroine I have ever had the misfortune of meeting. I even created a new shelf for her�'annoying heroines'. She is utterly incompetent and constantly relies on Xavier to protect her. Seriously, Xavier treats it as a duty. Bethany even has daydreams of being on a pirate ship and having him rescue her. The entire book is extremely anti-feminist.
Gabriel/ Xavier are the same person. Big, tough alpha males but are super sweet with their girlfriends...and not an erection in sight. Because, hey, that is Adornetto's dream guy, right? An unrealistic figment of her imagination.
Ivy just sits there and sews and does other domestic stuff. That's one of the biggest issues I had with Halo, the word 'domestic' is used a lot. That's not a problem but when it's used over and over in such an anti-feminist book, then it's a problem.
I could go on and on about its problems but I'm too lazy and it's more fun to use gifs! Now I present my feelings while reading:




To conclude, I am definitely not going to read Hades because I don't want to end up like this.

But I will read the reviews!
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Reading Progress
July 2, 2012
– Shelved
January 3, 2013
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Started Reading
January 4, 2013
– Shelved as:
dishonor-on-your-cow
January 4, 2013
– Shelved as:
not-worth-the-hype
January 4, 2013
– Shelved as:
protagonists-i-want-to-laser-face
January 4, 2013
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Finished Reading
January 15, 2013
– Shelved as:
i-knew-you-were-trouble
May 5, 2013
– Shelved as:
sugar-spice-n-everything-nice
May 5, 2013
– Shelved as:
great-concept-poor-execution
May 5, 2013
– Shelved as:
boooring
September 4, 2014
– Shelved as:
stick-to-the-status-quo-everyone
September 5, 2014
– Shelved as:
way-to-shoot-yourself-in-the-foot
December 13, 2014
– Shelved as:
derp-moments
April 14, 2016
– Shelved as:
bye-bye-nineteenth-amendment
September 9, 2016
– Shelved as:
insta-love-add-water
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