Of the four books I reviewed yesterday, two were awful, one was alright, and one was great. I did not really hold anything back in my reviews of the bad ones. Is it so hard to do a little research and avoid terrible tired clichés? Apparently, yes, yes it is. So I feel fully justified in getting my rant on. Also some swears. Consider yourself warned.
Review 5: One Night of Danger, Clara Bayard; 3 stars; trigger warning for abusive relationships, discussion thereof.
Review 6: Taming the Alpha, Adriana Hunter; 1 star; trigger warning for child rape and emotional abuse, mention thereof; some swearing.
Review 7: The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini; 5 stars; quite pretentious but otherwise trauma and swearing free.
Review 8: Dark Witch, Nora Roberts; 1 star; lots of swearing. It’s harsh enough that I actually feel slightly guilty, but at the same time, I do feel pretty strongly about the things that I pulled the book up on, so while I got a bit frothy I was at least detailed as to why, and hopefully was entertaining with it. If you like rage-filled rants about spelling and history, anyway.
At first, I was worried because I thought your “some swearing” comment was a critique of the book, and then I read the review and realized you were warning people about your writing. Yay swearing. I really enjoyed the Dark Witch one. Ragey reviews are so much fun to write and read!
I felt warning people was best because I’ve certainly shocked Americans in the past with some of my vocabulary and er… liberal usage, so it seemed the polite thing to do. Plus, there are a couple of kids (hi kids) blogging, and whilst I can be careless sometimes I at least try not to swear too enthusiastically in front of anyone younger than a teenager.
Glad you liked the review. :) My reviews seem to be bouncing wildly between Pretentious English Lit Student and Angry Shouty Lady With Wine, I don’t know if that’s going to balance itself at any point.
I haven’t really commented on your reviews before, but yay for you joining Cannonball! Sometimes swearing is necessary to really convey true loathing. I think most readers here are thick-skinned.
Truly his best book yet, cant put it down, emotional sea saw, keeps you engrossed and gripping, must buy, guaranteed good read