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bookshelves: arc, from-publisher-author, mystery-thriller-horror-etc, non-ya, unpopular-opinion, nope, reviewed, 1-star
Aug 31, 2022
bookshelves: arc, from-publisher-author, mystery-thriller-horror-etc, non-ya, unpopular-opinion, nope, reviewed, 1-star
"darkly humorous, surprisingly poignant, and utterly gripping"...me when i lie!
in some ways, i feel bad for this book, which has been totally mismarketed...but in more ways, i feel bad for me, because i had to pick this up and hate every second of it.
and also, i had to both discover a dream job (this is about a guy who works in hell trying to get people to sell their souls to the devil!) and have it stolen from me (this is very boring) in one fell swoop.
that is life-changing, tragic-past, mean-guy-in-romance-novel-revealing-his-backstory level trauma.
i thought i was getting a goofy book about hell, à la the good place or layoverland, and instead i got roughly 7 pages of that and then 900 chapters of teenage trauma and pedophilia, respectively.
two plotlines i thought would be be at least related, if not interesting, that managed to be neither.
bottom line: the real hell was the book we read along the way.
(thanks to netgalley for the e-arc)
in some ways, i feel bad for this book, which has been totally mismarketed...but in more ways, i feel bad for me, because i had to pick this up and hate every second of it.
and also, i had to both discover a dream job (this is about a guy who works in hell trying to get people to sell their souls to the devil!) and have it stolen from me (this is very boring) in one fell swoop.
that is life-changing, tragic-past, mean-guy-in-romance-novel-revealing-his-backstory level trauma.
i thought i was getting a goofy book about hell, à la the good place or layoverland, and instead i got roughly 7 pages of that and then 900 chapters of teenage trauma and pedophilia, respectively.
two plotlines i thought would be be at least related, if not interesting, that managed to be neither.
bottom line: the real hell was the book we read along the way.
(thanks to netgalley for the e-arc)
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Aug 31, 2022 09:34AM
i want to be that guy when i grow up
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Holiday wrote: "i want to be that guy when i grow up"goals really
I got 160 pages into this and had to DNF after the p*dophilia stuff started.........
😆Every time I pick this book up at a store I can’t get through the synopsis. Glad I never bought it.
:O What?!?! So glad I read your review. This was not the way I interpreted the marketing.
I only made it to page 140 . It just does not sit well with me. The pending doom of some of these characters was more than I could stand. I do love a psychological thriller but this book. Ummm not for me. To many great books out there to waste time forcing myself to read a not so good book.
Had to skim parts because I have a hard time walking away without knowing what happened, but over all this wasn’t that great for me either
This review is everything I was thinking. Giant same.
Have you read Christopher Moore? He writes satire and in A Dirty Job a man accidentally becomes the Grim Reaper! It's absolutely absurd though possibly insensitive, i dont remember that much about it but -fun it was!
Carla wrote: "Have you read Christopher Moore? He writes satire and in A Dirty Job a man accidentally becomes the Grim Reaper! It's absolutely absurd though possibly insensitive, i dont remember that much about ..."i like fun!
Caitie wrote: "This review is everything I was thinking. Giant same."what a strange and disappointing read
Ramona wrote: "Had to skim parts because I have a hard time walking away without knowing what happened, but over all this wasn’t that great for me either"i relate
Linda wrote: "I only made it to page 140 . It just does not sit well with me. The pending doom of some of these characters was more than I could stand. I do love a psychological thriller but this book. Ummm not ..."could not agree more linda!
Brandon wrote: ":O What?!?! So glad I read your review. This was not the way I interpreted the marketing."me neither!!!
Elizabeth wrote: "😆Every time I pick this book up at a store I can’t get through the synopsis. Glad I never bought it."your gut was right
★emily ★ wrote: "I got 160 pages into this and had to DNF after the p*dophilia stuff started........."so valid
☆. ari wrote: "total girl boss moment."uh oh
Ava wrote: "edgy, i guess"i guess
