I have two. The Ritual and Drowning.

The Ritual is pure smut. 61 chapters and every one contains a graphic, demeaning sex scene. I’m convinced the author was an adult film screenwriter and decided to try their hand at writing a novel. There isn’t a single likable character in this book.

Drowning isn’t a great work of literature. I felt that the characters were very two-dimensional. I hated how naive the author made the protagonist. It made me have a lack of sympathy for her. The ending was series finale of Dexter bad.

  • WolfinBoyBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    …Fourth Wing…

    I book club’d this with my wife. I couldn’t stand the characters, or keep my eyes from rolling every time a character tried to lore dump for ‘world building’.

    Also (minor spoiler) the explicit sex scenes felt wayyy out of place - because the book reads like a YA fantasy (complete with immature protag) and the all of a sudden it’s smut city. So weird man.