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Wait For It
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bookshelves: romance, non-ya, arc, from-publisher-author, project-arc, 1-and-a-half-stars, unpopular-opinion, nope, reviewed
Jul 19, 2021
bookshelves: romance, non-ya, arc, from-publisher-author, project-arc, 1-and-a-half-stars, unpopular-opinion, nope, reviewed
There is nothing more important to me than judging books by their covers.
I firmly believe that it is my god-given right to exist on this planet reading only things that are pretty. And the fact that the point of that expression is that covers often belie their contents is the bane of my existence. Every time I read a pretty book and am disappointed, it takes a year off my life and one percent off my happiness.
So here we are. Dying younger and living sadder. Because this was...not a good read for me.
This is a misogynistic, poorly written Me Before You. Minus the ending.
There is so much to not be a fan of here.
Such as...
All the background characters being stereotype-based POC (A “huge black man.” A “tall black man” who is a drag queen. A Latinx married couple who are a housekeeper and gardener respectively.)
The love interest's nickname for the protagonist being..."goddess.
The most randomly inserted I love you of all time.
An insanely unbelievable and unprofessional work “subplot” that is probably the actual plot more than the romance is.
And probably the cheesiest ending to a book I have ever read in my life. If you read this book, read it only so you can get to that ending and talk to me about it, please.
Bottom line: This is a probably well-meaning but still all-time-worst-executed book.
Note: I read an advance copy of this book. Details are subject to change.
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challenging myself to read as many review copies as possible this month because i'm addicted to projects!
ARC 1: spaceman of bohemia
ARC 2: in search of us
ARC 3: aerialists
ARC 4: the sound of drowning
ARC 5: unleaving
ARC 6: the other side of luck
ARC 7: romanov
ARC 8: the storm keeper's island
ARC 9: gut check
ARC 10: when force meets fate
ARC 11: sisters in hate
ARC 12: before i disappear
ARC 13: big time
ARC 14: stolen science
ARC 15: have a little faith in me
ARC 16: invitation to a bonfire
ARC 17: the splendor
ARC 18: how to be luminous
ARC 19: the little women cookbook
ARC 20: while we were dating
ARC 21: the lost girls
ARC 22: wait for it
I firmly believe that it is my god-given right to exist on this planet reading only things that are pretty. And the fact that the point of that expression is that covers often belie their contents is the bane of my existence. Every time I read a pretty book and am disappointed, it takes a year off my life and one percent off my happiness.
So here we are. Dying younger and living sadder. Because this was...not a good read for me.
This is a misogynistic, poorly written Me Before You. Minus the ending.
There is so much to not be a fan of here.
Such as...
All the background characters being stereotype-based POC (A “huge black man.” A “tall black man” who is a drag queen. A Latinx married couple who are a housekeeper and gardener respectively.)
The love interest's nickname for the protagonist being..."goddess.
The most randomly inserted I love you of all time.
An insanely unbelievable and unprofessional work “subplot” that is probably the actual plot more than the romance is.
And probably the cheesiest ending to a book I have ever read in my life. If you read this book, read it only so you can get to that ending and talk to me about it, please.
Bottom line: This is a probably well-meaning but still all-time-worst-executed book.
Note: I read an advance copy of this book. Details are subject to change.
---------------
challenging myself to read as many review copies as possible this month because i'm addicted to projects!
ARC 1: spaceman of bohemia
ARC 2: in search of us
ARC 3: aerialists
ARC 4: the sound of drowning
ARC 5: unleaving
ARC 6: the other side of luck
ARC 7: romanov
ARC 8: the storm keeper's island
ARC 9: gut check
ARC 10: when force meets fate
ARC 11: sisters in hate
ARC 12: before i disappear
ARC 13: big time
ARC 14: stolen science
ARC 15: have a little faith in me
ARC 16: invitation to a bonfire
ARC 17: the splendor
ARC 18: how to be luminous
ARC 19: the little women cookbook
ARC 20: while we were dating
ARC 21: the lost girls
ARC 22: wait for it
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May 26, 2021
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July 19, 2021
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July 21, 2021
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Jul 21, 2021 02:54PM
Judging a book by its cover is a completely valid way of judging a book before buying / reading it, in my unprofessional opinion. I will stand by that for life
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olivia !! wrote: "Judging a book by its cover is a completely valid way of judging a book before buying / reading it, in my unprofessional opinion. I will stand by that for life":)
ok but who did the cover art because i want it framed in my flat bc it’s gorgeous and fully understandable that you judged the book by its cover
Elena wrote: "ok but who did the cover art because i want it framed in my flat bc it’s gorgeous and fully understandable that you judged the book by its cover"it is frame worthy!!
Your review made me laugh. In a good way. I agree with the one star.
Chris wrote: "Your review made me laugh. In a good way. I agree with the one star."thank you i needed this
Agree-I went with two stars but felt it was overgenerous when I clicked on that 2nd star. May go back and downgrade! This was such a shallow book! I knew the minute a "gala" was mentioned Nick and Annabelle would end up there together...sigh. Wanted to love it for the setting in PHX.
Thank you for this review. I’ll pass on this one.To all who want to read a good romance entitled Wait For It, I recommend Mariana Zapata’s. It’s so good.
This review was better than the book
i wish i read this review before buying the book. i got 50 pages in a dnf-ed it because of the misogyny. i will be taking it to my local book exchange
Judging a book by its cover is like trying a new wine or spritzer because the label is pretty... I'm here for it! 😍
This is the most dramatic book review I've ever read. Omg. 🤣
1000% agree. It was probably the cringiest ending to a book I have ever read. I barely skimmed it because it was literally PAINFUL. Then came right here to talk about how much I hated it lol
I had a hard time with so much of this book, but the ending was unforgivably corny.
