p/pdt38w

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@dynasty_decapitated

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:18 PM

Holy shit, this one I gave up on page 5

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@dynasty_decapitated

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:19 PM

The Spook In The Stacks by Eva Gates

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@trevenant

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:19 PM

oh no

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@dynasty_decapitated

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:19 PM

Strike one: First person perspective. Which is a me issue, I just hate it in general. I don't want to personally read about being a girl working in a lighthouse. I wanna read about a girl working in a lighthouse.

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@dynasty_decapitated

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:20 PM

Strike two: Our heroine hates Halloween and thinks it's childish.

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@dynasty_decapitated

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:20 PM

Strike three: Shitty heroine in general, pretentious and unpleasant.

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@DryadGurrl

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:21 PM

First Person Perspective needs to go away

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@DryadGurrl

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:21 PM

hate it so much

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@dynasty_decapitated

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:21 PM

She's speaking about a person she dislikes here:

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@dynasty_decapitated

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:22 PM

Tall, scrawny, and flat chested, with a thin face, piercing eyes, and sharp chin, she always puts me in mind of a circling shark. Or, today, a grinning skeleton

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@dynasty_decapitated

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:22 PM

I don't need to read much further to see that every woman the main character dislikes will be ugly somehow in description.

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@dynasty_decapitated

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:23 PM

Why the fuck do her tits matter here?

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@dynasty_decapitated

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:23 PM

Another gem

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@dynasty_decapitated

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:24 PM

I am far too mature to dress in a silly costume, but I still have the elaborate Victorian hat I'd worn over the summer as part of our special Jane Austen exhibit.

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@dynasty_decapitated

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:24 PM

Girl. That's also a costume.

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@dynasty_decapitated

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:25 PM

She also curtly interrupts her rival and walks off mid conversation just to be a brat I guess.

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@dynasty_decapitated

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:26 PM

Also when shown a fantastic miniature ghost ship that even her high and mightiness admits internally is wonderful, she only praises it as "It's... unusual."

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@dynasty_decapitated

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:27 PM

I can't stand the main character, and even a mystery solving cat can't make me push through. This one is an especially pretentious, shitty bust.

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@dynasty_decapitated

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:27 PM

I'll be skipping the entire series.

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@dynasty_decapitated

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:31 PM

Oh shit, a goodreads review mentions the author calling the civil war end aggression from the north, and belittling it. Bullet dodged, I won't waste any more time on anything from the author.

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@floodplain

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:33 PM

oh my god

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@trevenant

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:36 PM

GROSS

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@SicTheWolf

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:37 PM

yeah I also don't like first person pov

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@SicTheWolf

Sat, Sep 9, 2023 5:38 PM

and ah yes, you know it's always fascinating how the size of the breasts has to be described on all female characters, but we don't get a bulge for male now do we?