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pnutbutterprincess reviewed Morning Star by Pierce Brown

Born a lowly Red in the mines of Mars, Darrow lost his beloved wife to …

many, many good emotions

5 stars

It is hard to find words for this book and how many emotions I've experienced in reading through this series so far. The dystopian world is so vivid and alive, the characters so real, it's been an incredible journey as they do from despair to war to uncertainty and back around. But always rising, always looking to a better future. Per aspera, ad astra!

I can't wait to read the next one!

pnutbutterprincess reviewed Beautiful disaster by Jamie McGuire

Beautiful disaster (2012, Simon & Schuster)

No rating

Good girl Abby Abernathy is resistant to the charms of college Lothario, Travis Maddox, so …

Review of 'Beautiful disaster' on 'Storygraph'

No rating

That feeling in your stomach you can't explain? That's a big fat red flag. A man who exhibits such obsessive, possessive, stalker-like behavior isn't "sweet" or anything else. When he's drunk because he's mad you're on a date with your boyfriend, first of all, don't undress him. Don't find it endearing when he tries to get you to have sex with him.

And buying a freshman college girl living in a dorm A PUPPY when she has expressed NO desire for one and then going on to tell her you'll keep it at your place so she'll have to come over to see it is NOTHING SHORT OF GROSS AND SELFISH MANIPULATION.

There's nothing like a terribly written romance story with a violent yet somehow described as sweet and thoughtful man to make me as angry as I get over huge societal problems. Congratulations, this book is horrible enough I …

That feeling in your stomach you can't explain? That's a big fat red flag. A man who exhibits such obsessive, possessive, stalker-like behavior isn't "sweet" or anything else. When he's drunk because he's mad you're on a date with your boyfriend, first of all, don't undress him. Don't find it endearing when he tries to get you to have sex with him.

And buying a freshman college girl living in a dorm A PUPPY when she has expressed NO desire for one and then going on to tell her you'll keep it at your place so she'll have to come over to see it is NOTHING SHORT OF GROSS AND SELFISH MANIPULATION.

There's nothing like a terribly written romance story with a violent yet somehow described as sweet and thoughtful man to make me as angry as I get over huge societal problems. Congratulations, this book is horrible enough I simply cannot finish it. I can't condone or endure this depiction of creepy possessive men as any kind of positive ideal of a romantic partner or this behavior as a desirable relationship.

Absolutely can not recommend. To anyone.

pnutbutterprincess reviewed Quidditch Through the Ages by J. K. Rowling

Quidditch Through the Ages (Hardcover, 2017, Bloomsbury)

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Review of 'Quidditch Through the Ages' on 'Storygraph'

1 star

Nothing exciting. The audiobook was especially obnoxious, with loud random sound effects making parts of the book difficult to hear. The "quidditch world cup coverage" at the end was the worst, with extremely loud shouting obscuring the voices. It tried to sound like live coverage but it was just loud and annoying.