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A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories by Terry Pratchett
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.0
Priest by Sierra Simone
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
DNF
I was raised Catholic but never considered myself that for real so I wasn't offended or anything, I just couldn't wrap my brain fully around anyone finding a dude in a priest collar to be sexy.
A priest swearing and talking about how much he needed to whack off after seeing a girl he was attracted to...I mean, that was also something to wrap my brain around.
The first thing that kinda killed the book for me though were the sex scenes. I'm no prude but like.....degradation is not it for me. I am not the target audience for this shit clearly.
But I kept on as I was a little curious where it was going.....up until things just got too weird for me.
Weird as in.....he's plainly fuckin her but also....converting her? like what?
it made my deconstructing ass feel some type of way and I'm just not here for whatever this is.
I was raised Catholic but never considered myself that for real so I wasn't offended or anything, I just couldn't wrap my brain fully around anyone finding a dude in a priest collar to be sexy.
A priest swearing and talking about how much he needed to whack off after seeing a girl he was attracted to...I mean, that was also something to wrap my brain around.
The first thing that kinda killed the book for me though were the sex scenes. I'm no prude but like.....degradation is not it for me. I am not the target audience for this shit clearly.
But I kept on as I was a little curious where it was going.....up until things just got too weird for me.
Weird as in.....he's plainly fuckin her but also....converting her? like what?
it made my deconstructing ass feel some type of way and I'm just not here for whatever this is.
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater or Pearls Before Swine by Kurt Vonnegut
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Dragon by Clive Cussler
adventurous
funny
tense
medium-paced
3.0
Action-packed as per usual. Al and Dirk are a hoot. Dirk is still not as awesome as I remember him being in later novels....still a bit of a chauvinist in this one. There's something Al does late in the novel that rubbed me the wrong way too but...spoilers.
I think the main thing that bothered me about this book and took it down to a three star, despite the action, humor and the fascinating tech and action......was a major part of the plot.
I'm sorry, but I just cannot suspend my disbelief enough to believe that the Japanese (even a group of corrupt nationalists) would build nukes on their soil and unleash them on the world. I'm not Japanese and I'm not an expert but as someone who has consumed a fair amount of media from there for more than half of my life.......I just don't buy it. Destruction and the sheer terror and devastation from the end of WW2 rocked the nation and is still affecting them. Those themes and hubris and etc are major parts of fiction still. So....I dunno. I know it's just a story. I know the Cussler's are always set a few years in the future and could be argued as an alternate future I suppose.....but still, I just don't buy it.
[Also, I dunno, you can tell this was a boomer writing a book involving the Japanese, that's all I'm gonna say to leave off.]
I think the main thing that bothered me about this book and took it down to a three star, despite the action, humor and the fascinating tech and action......was a major part of the plot.
I'm sorry, but I just cannot suspend my disbelief enough to believe that the Japanese (even a group of corrupt nationalists) would build nukes on their soil and unleash them on the world. I'm not Japanese and I'm not an expert but as someone who has consumed a fair amount of media from there for more than half of my life.......I just don't buy it. Destruction and the sheer terror and devastation from the end of WW2 rocked the nation and is still affecting them. Those themes and hubris and etc are major parts of fiction still. So....I dunno. I know it's just a story. I know the Cussler's are always set a few years in the future and could be argued as an alternate future I suppose.....but still, I just don't buy it.
[Also, I dunno, you can tell this was a boomer writing a book involving the Japanese, that's all I'm gonna say to leave off.]