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365 dni #2
Ten dzień
Sycylijskie życie Laury Biel zaczyna przypominać bajkę. Jest huczne wesele, mąż, który zrobi i odda dla niej wszystko, ciąża, prezenty i niewyobrażalny wprost luksus: służba, samochody, nadmorskie rezydencje. I wszystko byłoby idealnie, gdyby nie to, że wokół kręcą się sami gangsterzy, w powietrzu wisi nieokreślona zbrodnia, ktoś stale próbuje ją porwać i zabić, a Olo, najlepsza przyjaciółka, ślepo podąża w jej ślady. Bycie żoną najniebezpieczniejszego mężczyzny na Sycylii ma swoje konsekwencje i Laura boleśnie się o tym przekona…
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June 19, 2021
Laura: "I love you."
Massimo: "You know that most hoоkers aren't as perverted as you, right?"
#romance
'Ten dzień' is book #2 in the '365 dni' series by Blanka Lipińska & just another example for a story that's been written with minimal (most of the time with none) research into the subjects the author "covers" in it.
Just like with 365 dni, this book contains many questionable things/messages. Starting off with the book title, it translates into 'This Day' and holds NO MEANING - I still can't figure out what Blanka meant with that title, the book doesn't cover only 1 day, but few months & throughout the story Blanka never gives us an explanation which day the title should signify.
What I said about 365 dni in my review applies for this one as well, for a mafia romance Ten dzień is pretty boring, lacks variety & when it comes to the romance part: well, it's even more questionable than the first book, but details about that later. I do believe that the book should have a trigger warning (it doesn't) since it contains heavy topics that could bother some readers.
A short summary:
Massimo finds out about Laura's pregnancy and they get married without the knowledge or approval of her parents (the wedding is actually miserable, more of a business deal for Massimo, Laura has no part in its planning & Olga keeps saying how she should just get through the day, the bride actually begs Olga to help her run away. During the ceremony Laura literally prays for it to end, the guests are all Massimo's associates that are impatient to leave & once outside Laura gets swarmed by tourists to take pics of her). After the honeymoon, Laura's bestfriend Olga stays in Sicily to keep her company and starts a relationship with Massimo's half-brother Domenico.
In this book Laura discovers that Massimo has a twin - Adriano, nothing much comes out of that aside from Olga getting assaulted, typical Blanka; many boring events later, she meets a "heartthrob" when he kidnaps her (He's a hitman and son of another mob boss - Marcelo NACHO Matos, or as I like to call him El Picanto)& she basically catches feelings for him after one week in his "care", Blanka loves masking Stockholm syndrome as pure love in her books.
Nacho kidnaps Laura for his father so they can get Massimo's attention. Once it's time for Laura to be returned to her loving husband, the meeting for negotiations goes south pretty fast and her life is put in danger. The story ends on a very stupid cliffhanger, that I shall discuss in a few.
Ten dzień opens with a Prologue that's pretty pointless because it recycles word for word a scene we already saw in 365 dni, this time from Massimo's POV. I believe this part was supposed to prove to us that Massimo has "feelings", it was a failed attempt that resulted in him coming off as a fake or a robot. All the Prologue does is boost up the word count since it shows nothing new or anything that could redeem all the bad things the "hero" did in the first book.
From there on the book switches back to Laura's POV, Chapter 1 picks up right where 365 dni ended - Laura telling Massimo she's prego after which Massimo actually cries (his plan to trap her has worked after all).
Just like in 365 dni, Blanka overuses waking up, falling asleep, fainting to end scenes & chapters as well as phone ringing as a tasteless way to shut down any raising event instead of giving us the climax that should follow naturally. Too much "teasing" is too much.
Some chapters/scenes that are worth mentioning:
- In Chapter 6 Massimo confesses he was the one that changed Laura's clothes in that scene from 365 dni & brags about FINGERING her while she was UNCONSCIOUS saying she was *clearly* enjoying it (this is the same guy that promissed her over & over again he would wait for her consent). For me this confession brings into question if he did just that everytime Laura would faint or get sedated. I still don't understand how she wasn't at all disturbed by what he admitted (remember this for later).
- Chapter 10: where Massimo suddenly has British accent and Laura doesn't question it. Here I'd like to mention his twin (Adriano) spent years in England, I'd assume he and Massimo would talk differently but when Laura saw them for the first time together she said they sound absolutely identical. The sudden British accent would make sense if Blanka planned to reveal the twins switched throughout the books but at the end forgot about this idea which resulted in a plot hole.
- Chapter 12 has the weirdest sex scene ever: 69ing with headphones & blindfold on (Laura's wearing both), the song that plays is nothing that you would imagine for the scene (Silence by Delerium, seriously google it).
- Chapter 13 made me doubt how Massimo is still the head of the family with doing stuff like that on calls: Massimo has a VIDEO call on, so he's wearing a shirt, nude from the waist down & Laura gives him a BJ while he acts like he's listening to the man on the VIDEO call, she goes as far as sticking her hand up her privates & having him lick her fingers on CAMERA. After he hangs up he wants to punish Laura for pleasuring him so he forces himself up her ass with no lube, all this ends in their neighbours complaining Laura is screaming too much.
- Chapter 15 has a scene that could be a beginning of bad porno: Nacho, disguised as gardener & Laura, being a bored housewife. You have her drooling over his hot body & thinking how his tool belt is the only thing keeping his jeans from falling and showing his boxers & *tool*.
- Chapter 17 where Laura is fingering herself under the table in the middle of a gala event & then makes Massimo smell and lick her fingers in front of her parents. Classy. No limits.
- Chapter 19 where Laura acts like she hasn't seen a naked man before despite being so experienced - Literally a toothbrush falls out of her mouth when she sees Nacho naked in the shower. Another scene like that happened in Ch 18 where she was staring at his tool like she has never seen one before.
- Chapter 19** where Nacho "confesses" to f*cking Laura for half the night while she was UNCONSCIOUS (she was sedated when he kidnaped her) because he just couldn't help himself and she was *clearly* enjoying it. To this point Laura had feelings for him & once he told her that she felt like he TAINTED her and her baby (remember Massimo's confession? Double standard much).
After seeing how disturbed by his words Laura is Nacho says he was lying/joking about *raping* her (for me that's the "Haha. I didn't do it, unless... *you like that*" spiel). Laura slaps him but all is fast forgotten & she eats romantic dinner with him like nothing happened, even went as far as calling him a great man later. For me any potential Nacho had was set on fire the moment he joked about such thing. Idk how Blanka thought it's okay to write it as a joke as well. It feels like she doesn't know how to write decent humans.
Some lines from this book that just speak for themselves:
For full size
The characters:
Laura Sleeps-A-Lot Biel - Laura still sees her situation as normal & justifies or doesn't even notice the bad things Massimo does, she's that groomed by him at this point. She's a truly lazy, shallow, bland, hypocritical, ignorant heroine. She's quick to tell Domenico he's rushing into marrying Olga but she herself said yes to marrying Massimo without even knowing his last name.
She never really takes responsibility, blames her impulsiveness & overreacting to her pregnancy when in reality she was like that long before getting pregnant - running away from Martin because he was working on her B-day & getting kidnapped as a result.
Her second time getting kidnapped is again thanks to her getting angry at Massimo and running off. Coincidence or just bad writing/lack of new ideas?
Massimo Consent-Is-Still-Just-A-Word Toricelli - His character continues to be absolutely disgusting and abusive/rapey (in this one he forced himself in her arse no lube, no consent; admitted to touching her without her consent), still a hypocrite & a drug addict.
He even got *aroused* by beating his own people to a pulp in a cage in his basement (he would have had a go at Laura if she wasn't carrying his heir).
He never gets over his jealousy and hurts yet another one of Laura's exes for kissing her (said ex didn't know she was married).
Domenico The-Tortured-Artist - He became very unstable and a drug addict the moment Blanka decided to unite him with Olga. A love interest isn't up to standard for this author if he doesn't have an addiction and doesn't try to kill his girlfriend in a fit of rage.
Laura and Massimo as a couple - They still only talk about being perverted, Laura keeps going along with anything Massimo wants so he doesn't get angry, the amount of times he had a *crazed* look in his eyes during sex is disturbing.
Her love for Massimo is shallow, she ties it to receiving gifts (the bigger, the better) & whines how he doesn't stay in bed until noon, you know, he has to work.
I'm doubtful that she's actually truly in love with Massimo, on multiple occasions she's tempted to cheat on him, she goes as far as contacting an ex that was already hurt by Massimo for kissing her. During her second kidnapping she kisses and lusts after Nacho & then feels like she has so much with him in common & is sad she has to leave him behind.
Nacho Doesn't-own-any-belts Matos - Basically Massimo 2.0 (kidnaps Laura, changes her while she's unconscious, watches her sleep...), he's more of Laura's type in the looks department when it comes to the men she used to date before Massimo (bald, with tattoos all over his body). Nacho has no problem going after Laura despite knowing she's pregnant and married to another man, lies and jokes about rape.
Fifty Shades continues to be an *inspiration* for this book: the infamous lip biting; a bank scene where Laura withdraws money from Massimo's account & talks to the director of the bank; a man that wants revenge on her husband by hurting her, which puts her baby's life in danger (a kicking in the stomach scene).
In Ten dzień Blanka does zero reseach when it comes to her plot (how different types of guns work, pregnancies). She has a weird obsession with her heroes singing (they could all form a boy band if this mob gig doesn't work out for them), being drug addicts (Domenico even offers coke to pregnant Laura), white wet pieces of clothing. The most disturbing thing she keeps using as a trope is rape/assault/forced blow jobs. The author for some reason chooses time & time again to write the heroes changing and touching the heroine without her consent while she's unconscious. I guess she thinks that's hot.
Granted a mafia romance allows for some dark subjects to be woven into the story, but Blanka doesn't treat those subjects with respect: she writes multiple rapey & abusive love interests but doesn't really take the time to condemn their actions in her books in any way. When Nacho told Laura the lie about raping her, her first thought was she CHEATED on Massimo. How can Blanka categorize possible rape as cheating & also have her heroine contemplate killing herself when she thinks Massimo is cheating on her?! (the only thing stopping her was the unborn baby)
At this point I believe the books in the 365 dni series exist because of the author's hunger for fame & money and/or seeing her fantasies on paper, they have nothing to do with love/passion towards writing, if they did Blanka would have done more research, put more work & thought into her story instead of publishing books that are so badly constructed and support a very warped view on relationships that she's potentially selling to young & impressionable readers.
Speaking of the writing something I absolutely have to mention are the discrepancies with the timeline when it comes to Laura's pregnancy because it's tied to the ending & the cliffhanger of this book: The first book covers 3-4 months (Olga's words) from the moment Massimo kidnapped Laura. She gets pregnant almost right away thanks to Massimo's lie about her having a contraceptive capsule in her arm & even though months pass in the second book as well, Laura is somehow only 4 months pregnant the whole time (in the beginning of her fourth month to be exact).
When you read the book you get the feeling Laura should be further along in her pregnancy (for example Laura spends almost two months hiding away from Massimo, but Blanka acts as if time freezes). By rough calculations she should be at least 5, almost 6 moths prego. This being said, let's talk about the ending of Ten dzień: During the ransom Laura gets shot & she loses consciousness because of her wound. After this the POV at the end of the last chapter switches back to Massimo's and we see him having to make a choice: save Laura or the baby, because too much time has passed & for some reason the doctors can only save one of them.
The book ends on a cliffhanger with Massimo saying: "Save...". Blanka wants to keep us in the dark about who's gonna survive, right? The thing is, Laura is only 4 months pregnant, which puts the whole plotpoint about saving her or the baby into a new perspective - The youngest premature baby (a world record) to survive was born at 21 weeks, which would mean if Massimo choses the baby & it survives, it would be very lucky & rare (the baby was already exposed to stress, drugs and alcohol for months). Here I wonder why Blanka didn't leave Massimo's POV for a Prologue for the third book rather than spoil what's coming by putting it at the end of this one or why she didn't have Laura be further along into her pregnancy when the chances of the baby's survival are higher and the choice would make some sense.
To summarize, Ten dzień is yet another badly written book that deals very poorly with heavy subjects & brushes over scenes that cross the line into rape. The book doesn't condemn a love interest joking, lying about assault.
The story just like in 365 dni flows painfully slow, with chapters that are too wordy and long, with too many location changes to a point you would decide to give up on keeping track who's where. The twists are almost non-existend & very predictable, there's no variety when it comes to the scenes and descriptions. The book still lacks characters that you can truly root for or relate to, the only half-decent one from 365 dni was pretty much ruined by Blanka in this one.
The men in this book are all shady, abusive, liars and/or drug addicts, the females - shallow & irresponsible, only interested in shoes, clothes & getting drunk/laid. The ending was quite clichéd and pretty much spoils the next book.
If you're looking for a good, well-written mafia romance or are curious about the series after watching the movie adaptation of 365 dni, my advice is to skip those books. They're definitely not worth your time or money.
Massimo: "You know that most hoоkers aren't as perverted as you, right?"
#romance
'Ten dzień' is book #2 in the '365 dni' series by Blanka Lipińska & just another example for a story that's been written with minimal (most of the time with none) research into the subjects the author "covers" in it.
Just like with 365 dni, this book contains many questionable things/messages. Starting off with the book title, it translates into 'This Day' and holds NO MEANING - I still can't figure out what Blanka meant with that title, the book doesn't cover only 1 day, but few months & throughout the story Blanka never gives us an explanation which day the title should signify.
What I said about 365 dni in my review applies for this one as well, for a mafia romance Ten dzień is pretty boring, lacks variety & when it comes to the romance part: well, it's even more questionable than the first book, but details about that later. I do believe that the book should have a trigger warning (it doesn't) since it contains heavy topics that could bother some readers.
A short summary:
Massimo finds out about Laura's pregnancy and they get married without the knowledge or approval of her parents (the wedding is actually miserable, more of a business deal for Massimo, Laura has no part in its planning & Olga keeps saying how she should just get through the day, the bride actually begs Olga to help her run away. During the ceremony Laura literally prays for it to end, the guests are all Massimo's associates that are impatient to leave & once outside Laura gets swarmed by tourists to take pics of her). After the honeymoon, Laura's bestfriend Olga stays in Sicily to keep her company and starts a relationship with Massimo's half-brother Domenico.
In this book Laura discovers that Massimo has a twin - Adriano, nothing much comes out of that aside from Olga getting assaulted, typical Blanka; many boring events later, she meets a "heartthrob" when he kidnaps her (He's a hitman and son of another mob boss - Marcelo NACHO Matos, or as I like to call him El Picanto)& she basically catches feelings for him after one week in his "care", Blanka loves masking Stockholm syndrome as pure love in her books.
Nacho kidnaps Laura for his father so they can get Massimo's attention. Once it's time for Laura to be returned to her loving husband, the meeting for negotiations goes south pretty fast and her life is put in danger. The story ends on a very stupid cliffhanger, that I shall discuss in a few.
Ten dzień opens with a Prologue that's pretty pointless because it recycles word for word a scene we already saw in 365 dni, this time from Massimo's POV. I believe this part was supposed to prove to us that Massimo has "feelings", it was a failed attempt that resulted in him coming off as a fake or a robot. All the Prologue does is boost up the word count since it shows nothing new or anything that could redeem all the bad things the "hero" did in the first book.
From there on the book switches back to Laura's POV, Chapter 1 picks up right where 365 dni ended - Laura telling Massimo she's prego after which Massimo actually cries (his plan to trap her has worked after all).
Just like in 365 dni, Blanka overuses waking up, falling asleep, fainting to end scenes & chapters as well as phone ringing as a tasteless way to shut down any raising event instead of giving us the climax that should follow naturally. Too much "teasing" is too much.
Some chapters/scenes that are worth mentioning:
- In Chapter 6 Massimo confesses he was the one that changed Laura's clothes in that scene from 365 dni & brags about FINGERING her while she was UNCONSCIOUS saying she was *clearly* enjoying it (this is the same guy that promissed her over & over again he would wait for her consent). For me this confession brings into question if he did just that everytime Laura would faint or get sedated. I still don't understand how she wasn't at all disturbed by what he admitted (remember this for later).
- Chapter 10: where Massimo suddenly has British accent and Laura doesn't question it. Here I'd like to mention his twin (Adriano) spent years in England, I'd assume he and Massimo would talk differently but when Laura saw them for the first time together she said they sound absolutely identical. The sudden British accent would make sense if Blanka planned to reveal the twins switched throughout the books but at the end forgot about this idea which resulted in a plot hole.
- Chapter 12 has the weirdest sex scene ever: 69ing with headphones & blindfold on (Laura's wearing both), the song that plays is nothing that you would imagine for the scene (Silence by Delerium, seriously google it).
- Chapter 13 made me doubt how Massimo is still the head of the family with doing stuff like that on calls: Massimo has a VIDEO call on, so he's wearing a shirt, nude from the waist down & Laura gives him a BJ while he acts like he's listening to the man on the VIDEO call, she goes as far as sticking her hand up her privates & having him lick her fingers on CAMERA. After he hangs up he wants to punish Laura for pleasuring him so he forces himself up her ass with no lube, all this ends in their neighbours complaining Laura is screaming too much.
- Chapter 15 has a scene that could be a beginning of bad porno: Nacho, disguised as gardener & Laura, being a bored housewife. You have her drooling over his hot body & thinking how his tool belt is the only thing keeping his jeans from falling and showing his boxers & *tool*.
- Chapter 17 where Laura is fingering herself under the table in the middle of a gala event & then makes Massimo smell and lick her fingers in front of her parents. Classy. No limits.
- Chapter 19 where Laura acts like she hasn't seen a naked man before despite being so experienced - Literally a toothbrush falls out of her mouth when she sees Nacho naked in the shower. Another scene like that happened in Ch 18 where she was staring at his tool like she has never seen one before.
- Chapter 19** where Nacho "confesses" to f*cking Laura for half the night while she was UNCONSCIOUS (she was sedated when he kidnaped her) because he just couldn't help himself and she was *clearly* enjoying it. To this point Laura had feelings for him & once he told her that she felt like he TAINTED her and her baby (remember Massimo's confession? Double standard much).
After seeing how disturbed by his words Laura is Nacho says he was lying/joking about *raping* her (for me that's the "Haha. I didn't do it, unless... *you like that*" spiel). Laura slaps him but all is fast forgotten & she eats romantic dinner with him like nothing happened, even went as far as calling him a great man later. For me any potential Nacho had was set on fire the moment he joked about such thing. Idk how Blanka thought it's okay to write it as a joke as well. It feels like she doesn't know how to write decent humans.
Some lines from this book that just speak for themselves:
For full size
The characters:
Laura Sleeps-A-Lot Biel - Laura still sees her situation as normal & justifies or doesn't even notice the bad things Massimo does, she's that groomed by him at this point. She's a truly lazy, shallow, bland, hypocritical, ignorant heroine. She's quick to tell Domenico he's rushing into marrying Olga but she herself said yes to marrying Massimo without even knowing his last name.
She never really takes responsibility, blames her impulsiveness & overreacting to her pregnancy when in reality she was like that long before getting pregnant - running away from Martin because he was working on her B-day & getting kidnapped as a result.
Her second time getting kidnapped is again thanks to her getting angry at Massimo and running off. Coincidence or just bad writing/lack of new ideas?
Massimo Consent-Is-Still-Just-A-Word Toricelli - His character continues to be absolutely disgusting and abusive/rapey (in this one he forced himself in her arse no lube, no consent; admitted to touching her without her consent), still a hypocrite & a drug addict.
He even got *aroused* by beating his own people to a pulp in a cage in his basement (he would have had a go at Laura if she wasn't carrying his heir).
He never gets over his jealousy and hurts yet another one of Laura's exes for kissing her (said ex didn't know she was married).
Domenico The-Tortured-Artist - He became very unstable and a drug addict the moment Blanka decided to unite him with Olga. A love interest isn't up to standard for this author if he doesn't have an addiction and doesn't try to kill his girlfriend in a fit of rage.
Laura and Massimo as a couple - They still only talk about being perverted, Laura keeps going along with anything Massimo wants so he doesn't get angry, the amount of times he had a *crazed* look in his eyes during sex is disturbing.
Her love for Massimo is shallow, she ties it to receiving gifts (the bigger, the better) & whines how he doesn't stay in bed until noon, you know, he has to work.
I'm doubtful that she's actually truly in love with Massimo, on multiple occasions she's tempted to cheat on him, she goes as far as contacting an ex that was already hurt by Massimo for kissing her. During her second kidnapping she kisses and lusts after Nacho & then feels like she has so much with him in common & is sad she has to leave him behind.
Nacho Doesn't-own-any-belts Matos - Basically Massimo 2.0 (kidnaps Laura, changes her while she's unconscious, watches her sleep...), he's more of Laura's type in the looks department when it comes to the men she used to date before Massimo (bald, with tattoos all over his body). Nacho has no problem going after Laura despite knowing she's pregnant and married to another man, lies and jokes about rape.
Fifty Shades continues to be an *inspiration* for this book: the infamous lip biting; a bank scene where Laura withdraws money from Massimo's account & talks to the director of the bank; a man that wants revenge on her husband by hurting her, which puts her baby's life in danger (a kicking in the stomach scene).
In Ten dzień Blanka does zero reseach when it comes to her plot (how different types of guns work, pregnancies). She has a weird obsession with her heroes singing (they could all form a boy band if this mob gig doesn't work out for them), being drug addicts (Domenico even offers coke to pregnant Laura), white wet pieces of clothing. The most disturbing thing she keeps using as a trope is rape/assault/forced blow jobs. The author for some reason chooses time & time again to write the heroes changing and touching the heroine without her consent while she's unconscious. I guess she thinks that's hot.
Granted a mafia romance allows for some dark subjects to be woven into the story, but Blanka doesn't treat those subjects with respect: she writes multiple rapey & abusive love interests but doesn't really take the time to condemn their actions in her books in any way. When Nacho told Laura the lie about raping her, her first thought was she CHEATED on Massimo. How can Blanka categorize possible rape as cheating & also have her heroine contemplate killing herself when she thinks Massimo is cheating on her?! (the only thing stopping her was the unborn baby)
At this point I believe the books in the 365 dni series exist because of the author's hunger for fame & money and/or seeing her fantasies on paper, they have nothing to do with love/passion towards writing, if they did Blanka would have done more research, put more work & thought into her story instead of publishing books that are so badly constructed and support a very warped view on relationships that she's potentially selling to young & impressionable readers.
Speaking of the writing something I absolutely have to mention are the discrepancies with the timeline when it comes to Laura's pregnancy because it's tied to the ending & the cliffhanger of this book: The first book covers 3-4 months (Olga's words) from the moment Massimo kidnapped Laura. She gets pregnant almost right away thanks to Massimo's lie about her having a contraceptive capsule in her arm & even though months pass in the second book as well, Laura is somehow only 4 months pregnant the whole time (in the beginning of her fourth month to be exact).
When you read the book you get the feeling Laura should be further along in her pregnancy (for example Laura spends almost two months hiding away from Massimo, but Blanka acts as if time freezes). By rough calculations she should be at least 5, almost 6 moths prego. This being said, let's talk about the ending of Ten dzień: During the ransom Laura gets shot & she loses consciousness because of her wound. After this the POV at the end of the last chapter switches back to Massimo's and we see him having to make a choice: save Laura or the baby, because too much time has passed & for some reason the doctors can only save one of them.
The book ends on a cliffhanger with Massimo saying: "Save...". Blanka wants to keep us in the dark about who's gonna survive, right? The thing is, Laura is only 4 months pregnant, which puts the whole plotpoint about saving her or the baby into a new perspective - The youngest premature baby (a world record) to survive was born at 21 weeks, which would mean if Massimo choses the baby & it survives, it would be very lucky & rare (the baby was already exposed to stress, drugs and alcohol for months). Here I wonder why Blanka didn't leave Massimo's POV for a Prologue for the third book rather than spoil what's coming by putting it at the end of this one or why she didn't have Laura be further along into her pregnancy when the chances of the baby's survival are higher and the choice would make some sense.
To summarize, Ten dzień is yet another badly written book that deals very poorly with heavy subjects & brushes over scenes that cross the line into rape. The book doesn't condemn a love interest joking, lying about assault.
The story just like in 365 dni flows painfully slow, with chapters that are too wordy and long, with too many location changes to a point you would decide to give up on keeping track who's where. The twists are almost non-existend & very predictable, there's no variety when it comes to the scenes and descriptions. The book still lacks characters that you can truly root for or relate to, the only half-decent one from 365 dni was pretty much ruined by Blanka in this one.
The men in this book are all shady, abusive, liars and/or drug addicts, the females - shallow & irresponsible, only interested in shoes, clothes & getting drunk/laid. The ending was quite clichéd and pretty much spoils the next book.
If you're looking for a good, well-written mafia romance or are curious about the series after watching the movie adaptation of 365 dni, my advice is to skip those books. They're definitely not worth your time or money.
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August 29, 2021Pozwólcie mi to wytłumaczyć :’) Razem z Wiktorią @zbookami potrzebowałyśmy audiobooka na podróż samochodem i jakimś cudem uznałyśmy, że spróbujemy z tym.
Pozwolę sobie jej nie oceniać, bo nie ma w niej nic nawet na 1⭐️, ale w tej całej tragedii była dość komiczna.
Pozwolę sobie jej nie oceniać, bo nie ma w niej nic nawet na 1⭐️, ale w tej całej tragedii była dość komiczna.
July 30, 2022
Sexy, steamy and so sizzling hot!
The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙💚🖤💜🤎
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙
World building: 🌎🌍🌏🌎
Character development: 😳🤬😏🤓
The heroine: Laura - she was on vacation in Italy when she was abducted by Don Massimo. When he took her he told her he was keeping her for 365 days and if she didn’t fall in love with him by the end of that time, he would let her go.
The Hero(es): Don Massimo - Head of a powerful Sicilian mafia family. He fell in love with Laura before he even met her and now that he has her, he wants to make sure she is safe.
The Story: Laura fell in love with Don Massimo and they are engaged and she is pregnant with their child. After the marriage things get in the way of their relationship.
I was a bit surprised at how many intimate scenes there were. I know the first book and resulting movie were pretty racy and known for that very fact. However, in the last book there was quite a bit of side story regarding the fact that Don Massimo kidnapped Laura, his near death experience in which he dreamed of her and his being head of the mafia.
In the beginning of the book especially, it seemed to be just steamy scenes one after the other with not much of a story at all. I reread my review of 365 Days and my thoughts at the time were that it wasn’t as smutty as I expected. But this book definitely was. Also, it started with a flashback scene which had me confused a bit since it didn’t reconcile with where 365 Days ended. Though the following chapter cleared that up and took off right from the ending of the last book.
By the time they have the wedding though, the story picks up a lot and though there are still plenty of steamy scenes, it is no longer just one after the other. I liked the storylines but Laura was a bit too flighty and immature my tastes. She was too gullible and tended to be impulsive which borrowed trouble for her.
These books are not originally written in english so there is some choppy wording that doesn’t always flow as if they are someone’s thoughts or conversational wording. Though I don’t take points off for that as I would expect that for a translated book. Though I did dislike the fact that Laura refers to him as the man in black all through the book in her thoughts and addresses him as Don Massimo most of the time instead of just Massimo. I thought it weird in both cases. Referring to him as the man in black was fine when she was his captive but just odd now that she knows him so well. The same for the formality of calling him Don Massimo instead of just Massimo.
Overall I liked the book. Although when there are too many sexy scenes they start to get on my nerves a bit, and there certainly were in this one. Nonetheless, I sometimes like a book that focuses on the romance more than the side storylines and this one definitely did that.
I voluntarily read & reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts & opinions are my own.
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The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙💚🖤💜🤎
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙
World building: 🌎🌍🌏🌎
Character development: 😳🤬😏🤓
The heroine: Laura - she was on vacation in Italy when she was abducted by Don Massimo. When he took her he told her he was keeping her for 365 days and if she didn’t fall in love with him by the end of that time, he would let her go.
The Hero(es): Don Massimo - Head of a powerful Sicilian mafia family. He fell in love with Laura before he even met her and now that he has her, he wants to make sure she is safe.
The Story: Laura fell in love with Don Massimo and they are engaged and she is pregnant with their child. After the marriage things get in the way of their relationship.
I was a bit surprised at how many intimate scenes there were. I know the first book and resulting movie were pretty racy and known for that very fact. However, in the last book there was quite a bit of side story regarding the fact that Don Massimo kidnapped Laura, his near death experience in which he dreamed of her and his being head of the mafia.
In the beginning of the book especially, it seemed to be just steamy scenes one after the other with not much of a story at all. I reread my review of 365 Days and my thoughts at the time were that it wasn’t as smutty as I expected. But this book definitely was. Also, it started with a flashback scene which had me confused a bit since it didn’t reconcile with where 365 Days ended. Though the following chapter cleared that up and took off right from the ending of the last book.
By the time they have the wedding though, the story picks up a lot and though there are still plenty of steamy scenes, it is no longer just one after the other. I liked the storylines but Laura was a bit too flighty and immature my tastes. She was too gullible and tended to be impulsive which borrowed trouble for her.
These books are not originally written in english so there is some choppy wording that doesn’t always flow as if they are someone’s thoughts or conversational wording. Though I don’t take points off for that as I would expect that for a translated book. Though I did dislike the fact that Laura refers to him as the man in black all through the book in her thoughts and addresses him as Don Massimo most of the time instead of just Massimo. I thought it weird in both cases. Referring to him as the man in black was fine when she was his captive but just odd now that she knows him so well. The same for the formality of calling him Don Massimo instead of just Massimo.
Overall I liked the book. Although when there are too many sexy scenes they start to get on my nerves a bit, and there certainly were in this one. Nonetheless, I sometimes like a book that focuses on the romance more than the side storylines and this one definitely did that.
I voluntarily read & reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts & opinions are my own.
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August 26, 2019
#KlubZłejKsiążki
Bardzo mnie cieszy fakt, że pani Lipińska się rozwija i poprzeczkę stawia sobie coraz wyżej. Jest jeszcze gorzej, jest jeszcze bardziej bez fabuły i talentu. Mogłam się tego w sumie spodziewać, gdy pani autorka na swoim Instagramie, po korekcie książki, mówiła, że spotkała się po raz pierwszy z formą "przeczytawszy", "zobaczywszy" i, że trzeba to jak najszybciej wykasować, bo okropnie to brzmi!
Po pierwsze - tytuł. Jaki dzień? Po przeczytaniu książki wciąż nie wiem jaki.
Po drugie - Pojawiają się bohaterowie, którzy później nie mają absolutnie żadnego znaczenia dla fabuły, wątki i afery są tak niepotrzebne, tak rozdmuchane. Brat bliźniak Massima? Spodziewałam się tego, co dostałam, nawet nie jestem specjalnie zaskoczona.
Po trzecie - Przyjaciółka głównej bohaterki, która jest najgorzej napisaną postacią w historii literatury. Przyjaźń obu pań jest niezniszczalna i oparta na mocnych filarach. Olga (przyjaciółka) została zgwałcona w trakcie książki dwa razy. Jaka jest reakcja Massimo i Laury? Żadna XD Wszystko jest spoko, bo oprawca był przystojny i nawet się jej podobało. Brat mafioza wyżywa się na niej fizycznie, a w ramach przeprosin oświadcza się jej. Wiadomo, poprawnie.
Po czwarte - Powtarzalność wątków. Pani autorce wyczerpały się chyba pomysły na poprowadzenie wątków Laury i Olgi i zafundowała im dokładnie ten sam. Były chłopak Olgi całuje ją w usta bez zapowiedzi, a mafiozo w odwecie łamie mu nos. Rozdział później pojawia się były chłopak Laury i całuje ją bez ostrzeżenia. Zgadnijcie co się dzieje? Tak, Massimo łamie mu nogi i ręce. W tej książce mężczyźni bez problemu wciskają bohaterkom język do ust, a według nich nie ma w tym absolutnie nic złego i bez problemu mogą to zrobić. Czy bohaterki są zdziwione? Przerażone? NIE. Bo wszyscy w tej książce są seksowni, bogaci, władczy i przystojni. I w głębi duszy tego chciały.
Po piąte - Laurę porywa wielki przeciwnik Massima. Co robi kobieta? Zaprzyjaźnia się z nim i wkurza się, że musieli się poznać w takich okolicznościach.
Po szóste - Gdzie Massimo bierze swoją ukochaną na randkę, gdy ta ma chore serce i jest w ciąży? NA STRZELNICE, oczywiście.
Tragedia, traaaagedia! Gdybym mogła, dałabym 0,5 gwiazdki, a nawet -10. Brak pomysłu na wszystko - począwszy od bohaterów, poprzez wątki, intrygi i zwroty akcji. Pomieszanie z poplątaniem!
Bardzo mnie cieszy fakt, że pani Lipińska się rozwija i poprzeczkę stawia sobie coraz wyżej. Jest jeszcze gorzej, jest jeszcze bardziej bez fabuły i talentu. Mogłam się tego w sumie spodziewać, gdy pani autorka na swoim Instagramie, po korekcie książki, mówiła, że spotkała się po raz pierwszy z formą "przeczytawszy", "zobaczywszy" i, że trzeba to jak najszybciej wykasować, bo okropnie to brzmi!
Po pierwsze - tytuł. Jaki dzień? Po przeczytaniu książki wciąż nie wiem jaki.
Po drugie - Pojawiają się bohaterowie, którzy później nie mają absolutnie żadnego znaczenia dla fabuły, wątki i afery są tak niepotrzebne, tak rozdmuchane. Brat bliźniak Massima? Spodziewałam się tego, co dostałam, nawet nie jestem specjalnie zaskoczona.
Po trzecie - Przyjaciółka głównej bohaterki, która jest najgorzej napisaną postacią w historii literatury. Przyjaźń obu pań jest niezniszczalna i oparta na mocnych filarach. Olga (przyjaciółka) została zgwałcona w trakcie książki dwa razy. Jaka jest reakcja Massimo i Laury? Żadna XD Wszystko jest spoko, bo oprawca był przystojny i nawet się jej podobało. Brat mafioza wyżywa się na niej fizycznie, a w ramach przeprosin oświadcza się jej. Wiadomo, poprawnie.
Po czwarte - Powtarzalność wątków. Pani autorce wyczerpały się chyba pomysły na poprowadzenie wątków Laury i Olgi i zafundowała im dokładnie ten sam. Były chłopak Olgi całuje ją w usta bez zapowiedzi, a mafiozo w odwecie łamie mu nos. Rozdział później pojawia się były chłopak Laury i całuje ją bez ostrzeżenia. Zgadnijcie co się dzieje? Tak, Massimo łamie mu nogi i ręce. W tej książce mężczyźni bez problemu wciskają bohaterkom język do ust, a według nich nie ma w tym absolutnie nic złego i bez problemu mogą to zrobić. Czy bohaterki są zdziwione? Przerażone? NIE. Bo wszyscy w tej książce są seksowni, bogaci, władczy i przystojni. I w głębi duszy tego chciały.
Po piąte - Laurę porywa wielki przeciwnik Massima. Co robi kobieta? Zaprzyjaźnia się z nim i wkurza się, że musieli się poznać w takich okolicznościach.
Po szóste - Gdzie Massimo bierze swoją ukochaną na randkę, gdy ta ma chore serce i jest w ciąży? NA STRZELNICE, oczywiście.
Tragedia, traaaagedia! Gdybym mogła, dałabym 0,5 gwiazdki, a nawet -10. Brak pomysłu na wszystko - począwszy od bohaterów, poprzez wątki, intrygi i zwroty akcji. Pomieszanie z poplątaniem!
August 29, 2021
nie no idziesz do domu Blanka
June 3, 2019
I picked this book up as I was told that it's much better than the first one.
Well, is it?
I see no changes in certain fields. It still feels like it was written by a teenage girl, characters still see no purpose in wearing underwear, erotic scenes are just as cringey ( Only one was somewhat fun )
The introduction of some new characters was an interesting move. Too bad they weren't used to their full potential. Very undeveloped and useless.
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Let me just complain about how this section of the book was lame.
1.Author introduces a twin brother.
2.MC meets the twin brother
3.MC sees her husband fuck his ex without considering the fact that it could be his twin
4.Surprise surprise it was the twin brother!
5.The brother vanishes to be never see again
Srsly wtf. What's the point?
Also what's the point of that pseudo rape scene with Olga, which wasn't a rape coz author reassured that the girl wanted it.
It was so pointless as it literally had no impact on the story.
There's a lot of useless things in this book. It gives an illusion of constant action and drama. While in reality the plot sat still till the last couple of chapters.
Way worse than the 1st book.
However the last sentence made me curious about the continuation. Even though looking at the next book cover you can guess that the son will be saved. Not surprised, Laura is so stupid that she surely would get shot again sooner or later.
Well, is it?
I see no changes in certain fields. It still feels like it was written by a teenage girl, characters still see no purpose in wearing underwear, erotic scenes are just as cringey ( Only one was somewhat fun )
The introduction of some new characters was an interesting move. Too bad they weren't used to their full potential. Very undeveloped and useless.
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Let me just complain about how this section of the book was lame.
1.Author introduces a twin brother.
2.MC meets the twin brother
3.MC sees her husband fuck his ex without considering the fact that it could be his twin
4.Surprise surprise it was the twin brother!
5.The brother vanishes to be never see again
Srsly wtf. What's the point?
Also what's the point of that pseudo rape scene with Olga, which wasn't a rape coz author reassured that the girl wanted it.
It was so pointless as it literally had no impact on the story.
There's a lot of useless things in this book. It gives an illusion of constant action and drama. While in reality the plot sat still till the last couple of chapters.
Way worse than the 1st book.
However the last sentence made me curious about the continuation. Even though looking at the next book cover you can guess that the son will be saved. Not surprised, Laura is so stupid that she surely would get shot again sooner or later.
June 10, 2020
Has anyone noticed that most of these 5 start reviews are from fake accounts ? This book sucks. I hate that this supposed “love story” turns into the heroine getting in bed with another man.( another kidnapper) At this point , I’m sort of sad that she didn’t end up just dying instead of getting kidnapped again. That would of need a better story.
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April 28, 2022here's my commentary for the movie bc i wanna:
- starting of with cringey bad sex edits ok
- the sound track is ass
- "how do i look" "just like the first time, BEH BEH" (??)
- "now i can do whatever the fuck i want to you"
- why did he growl lol
- why is ms gurl pole dancing on a golf hole stick??? and flipping up her skirt outside?
- the other guy kinda hot tho. the other girl's slut. he kisses better
- massimo's mustache is really turning me off uh
- ms girl kinda hot with the whole black lingerie thing going on okayyyy
- he literally looks like a whale when he's doing backshots
- male buttcheeks should not exist
- lmao, that's how it ends??????? okay. well, ik she doesn't but i hope she died
- her being the christmas present LMAOOO why do girls always do this. they be waiting on the bed too 😭😭 STAND UP!!
- they're faces are so dramatic like 😭😭 girl i know his dick is tiny, you can stop pretending you can feel it now!
- LMAO HE CHEATED ON HER (update: it was his twin? ok)
- uhhh that gardener dude is much hotter than massimo mmm
- why does this girl wanna be preggo so bad, girl pls
- "a guy cheating on a woman like you must be an idiot. without balls." PLS I LOVE HIM HE'S SM BETTER THAN MASSIMO
- starting of with cringey bad sex edits ok
- the sound track is ass
- "how do i look" "just like the first time, BEH BEH" (??)
- "now i can do whatever the fuck i want to you"
- why did he growl lol
- why is ms gurl pole dancing on a golf hole stick??? and flipping up her skirt outside?
- the other guy kinda hot tho. the other girl's slut. he kisses better
- massimo's mustache is really turning me off uh
- ms girl kinda hot with the whole black lingerie thing going on okayyyy
- he literally looks like a whale when he's doing backshots
- male buttcheeks should not exist
- lmao, that's how it ends??????? okay. well, ik she doesn't but i hope she died
- her being the christmas present LMAOOO why do girls always do this. they be waiting on the bed too 😭😭 STAND UP!!
- they're faces are so dramatic like 😭😭 girl i know his dick is tiny, you can stop pretending you can feel it now!
- LMAO HE CHEATED ON HER (update: it was his twin? ok)
- uhhh that gardener dude is much hotter than massimo mmm
- why does this girl wanna be preggo so bad, girl pls
- "a guy cheating on a woman like you must be an idiot. without balls." PLS I LOVE HIM HE'S SM BETTER THAN MASSIMO
February 14, 2020
I definitely didn´t love this one, just like the first book. I know a lot is lost in (google) traslation, but overall, I think what is bothering me the most in this story are the characters. Not so much Massimo, because I actually enjoy a controling, jerkish hero. But Laura really, really is bothering me. She´s my least favorite kind of heroine, one that considers herself a strong female, but in fact, isn´t.
I'm still looking forward to watching the movie though. I think I´ll like it better.
I'm still looking forward to watching the movie though. I think I´ll like it better.
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November 9, 2021*I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*
So.. I tried guys.. I really tried. I wanted to see what happened next in this trilogy and I guess I am a bit of a masochist because I made it 50% into this one and it was painful.
I don't want to list every single things that bugs me, because if it didn't bug you in the first one, it won't bug you here because it is more of the same. "The Man in Black" gets used in ever other sentence, there is sex in every chapter and not the fun kind. The miscommunications are constant and unending. I don't understand what draws these two together.
Though I am actually looking forward to the next Netflix movie, whenever it gets made... the books sadly... just no... I can't do it.
I may just not be the right person for this series. But hey, it happens.
I am going to give it 1 star for Netgalley, but DNF it on Goodreads.
So.. I tried guys.. I really tried. I wanted to see what happened next in this trilogy and I guess I am a bit of a masochist because I made it 50% into this one and it was painful.
I don't want to list every single things that bugs me, because if it didn't bug you in the first one, it won't bug you here because it is more of the same. "The Man in Black" gets used in ever other sentence, there is sex in every chapter and not the fun kind. The miscommunications are constant and unending. I don't understand what draws these two together.
Though I am actually looking forward to the next Netflix movie, whenever it gets made... the books sadly... just no... I can't do it.
I may just not be the right person for this series. But hey, it happens.
I am going to give it 1 star for Netgalley, but DNF it on Goodreads.
May 17, 2020
YES to the worst book of the year! Or ever...
December 12, 2021
I enjoy the rollercoaster of a ride this book gives you. Massimo & Laura seems to never get a break. Laura temper and unreasonable ways always seems to complicate Don Massimo life even further because now his enemies knows his weakness. Laura has put a target on his back, all they have to do to get to Massimo is hurt Laura. However Laura is always busy running the other way making it impossible for Massimo to protect her. The sex however is amazing!!!
October 8, 2022
So much better than the first book! Love love love this trilogy!
March 27, 2025
The entire book is a lesson in annoyance and how much you can tolerate before you quit. The author is obsessed with describing every detail of every single outfit Laura wears. That’s like 50% of the book. Plus details on every single expensive car they own. It’s so annoying and unnecessary. It just shows that there isn’t much substance to the book – mostly “filler” words.
Laura knows she’s with a mob boss, has been told MANY times that there are things her spouse can’t tell her about the “business”, she knows this!!! Yet she continues to ask about it and continues to get angry when he doesn’t tell her anything! HOW STUPID IS SHE. That’s a silly question because she’s seriously stupid. Then, her husband buys Christmas gifts for her family and she gets mad about that!!! WTF?
Plus, there was one reference to drugs in the first book, now all the sudden everyone in the story is doing coke. What nonsense is this?! LOL it’s so ridiculous. It’s like the author decided she wanted to try and be more outrageous every chapter. Plus, stupid heifer tries to manipulate her husband with
Laura is afraid of everything. AND – you know your husband has a twin, you were literally fooled by them twice with the evil twin trying to pretend to be her husband – but the second she mistakes them she automatically assumes the worse – and doesn’t even give him a chance to explain. I get the kneejerk reaction, but you took two months and it never even crossed your mind?!?! How stupid are you?!
AND WHY ARE YOU STILL CALLING HIM “THE MAN IN BLACK”?!?!
I don’t know if I’ve disliked a character more than Laura in my life. She’s the absolute worst.
Laura knows she’s with a mob boss, has been told MANY times that there are things her spouse can’t tell her about the “business”, she knows this!!! Yet she continues to ask about it and continues to get angry when he doesn’t tell her anything! HOW STUPID IS SHE. That’s a silly question because she’s seriously stupid. Then, her husband buys Christmas gifts for her family and she gets mad about that!!! WTF?
Plus, there was one reference to drugs in the first book, now all the sudden everyone in the story is doing coke. What nonsense is this?! LOL it’s so ridiculous. It’s like the author decided she wanted to try and be more outrageous every chapter. Plus, stupid heifer tries to manipulate her husband with
Laura is afraid of everything. AND – you know your husband has a twin, you were literally fooled by them twice with the evil twin trying to pretend to be her husband – but the second she mistakes them she automatically assumes the worse – and doesn’t even give him a chance to explain. I get the kneejerk reaction, but you took two months and it never even crossed your mind?!?! How stupid are you?!
AND WHY ARE YOU STILL CALLING HIM “THE MAN IN BLACK”?!?!
I don’t know if I’ve disliked a character more than Laura in my life. She’s the absolute worst.
April 9, 2022
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Λοιπόν... Έχω γράψει κι έχω σβήσει αρκετές φορές την αρχή του κειμένου αυτού, όχι γιατί ντρέπομαι για την άποψή μου, αλλά γιατί, ειλικρινά, δεν ξέρω από που να το πιάσω και που να το αφήσω. Σε καμία περίπτωση δεν είμαι πουριτανή, πολύ περισσότερο σνομπαρία απέναντι στην erotica λογοτεχνία. Κατά περιόδους έπεσαν στα χέρια μου ιστορίες του είδους που μου άρεσαν, όπως οι κακογραμμένες, για να είμαι απόλυτα αντικειμενική, "Πενήντα αποχρώσεις του γκρι", γιατί μου προσέφεραν ένα κλασσικό ερωτικό παραμύθι μέσα από ένα πιο σύγχρονο και kinky πρίσμα -και ναι, πέρασα καλά-, μέχρι την πιο καλογραμμένη και "σκληρό" τριλογία του "Ογδόντα ημέρες κίτρινο", και άλλες που έχουν παρουσιαστεί μέσω αυτής της ιστοσελίδας. Αντίστοιχα, βέβαια, έχω διαβάσει και κάποιες που δεν μου άρεσαν τόσο, ή που δεν μου άρεσαν ως σύνολο, αν και είχαν κάποιες καλές στιγμές, όπως η πενταλογία της Sylvia Day, ή όπως το "Η μυστική λέσχη Ιουλιέτα" που ήταν επιεικώς για τα τσιμέντα. Και δεν το πιστεύω πως το λέω αυτό, αλλά δεν πίστευα πως θα πέσει στα χέρια μου κάτι χειρότερο απ' το τελευταίο, αλλά η Lipińska ήθελα να μου αποδείξει πόσο λάθος είχα.
Το "365 ημέρες" έκανε τρελή επιτυχία, κυρίως λόγω της μεταφοράς του στην οθόνη από το δίκτυο του Netflix, πράγμα που προσωπικά δεν μπορώ να το κατανοήσω ακόμα και τόσους μήνες μετά, όπου ο ντόρος έχει κοπάσει -αν και φοβάμαι πως η δεύτερη ταινία θα φέρει μαζί της νέο κύμα "πανικού", το οποίο δεν είμαι βέβαιη αν μπορώ να το διαχειριστώ. Και όχι, το να ζαχαρώνουν κάποιες των κλαρινογαμπρό από την Ιταλία -εμένα, αν με ρωτάτε, δεν είναι καθόλου του γούστου μου και βρίσκω κάτω του μετρίου και σίγουρα όχι χαρισματικό ηθοποιό-, δεν αποτελεί σοβαρό επιχείρημα για να εκθειάζουν μια ιστορία, η οποίο είναι "σατανική" στον πυρήνα της. Σίγουρα η καραντίνα έπαιξε τον ρόλο της σε όλο αυτό, αλλά πραγματικά την ίδια περίοδο, βρήκα πολύ πιο ενδιαφέροντα θεάματα να παρακολουθήσω και βιβλία για να διαβάσει κανείς.
Δεν θα σταθώ άλλο στα της ταινίας και θα εστιάσω στα βιβλία. Το πρώτο βιβλίο της σειράς, αν και είχε πολύ περισσότερες αδυναμίες και αρνητικά στοιχεία απ' ότι τα θετικά του, μπορούσες να το χαρακτηρίσεις ευκολοδιάβαστο. Όχι πάντοτε ευχάριστο, αλλά τουλάχιστον η ιστορία έρεε, ακόμα κι αν δεν μπορούσες να ταυτιστείς μαζί της. Κι εκεί που έχει κάνει ένα θεωρητικά δυνατό φινάλε και έχει ανατρέψει τα πάντα, έρχεται το δεύτερο βιβλίο για να επαναλάβει, σχεδόν, όλα όσα έγιναν στο πρώτο και να μας τα σερβίρει μέσα από ένα ακόμα πιο διαστροφικό κι άρρωστο πρίσμα, όπου, πραγματικά, τίποτα δεν μοιάζει να βγάζει νόημα. Γιατί, εντάξει, μπορώ να δεχτώ το Σύνδρομο της Στοκχόλμης και όλα αυτά, αλλά το να το βιώνεις δεύτερη φορά και να μην παθαίνεις mental breakdown με το ότι σε αντιμετωπίζουν ως αντικείμενο, αλλά να έχεις και συναισθηματικούς προβληματικούς, προσωπικά με ξεπερνάει. Και αυτό είναι μόνο ένα μέρος της εξίσωσης που μου καίει τον εγκέφαλο κάθε φορά που το σκέφτομαι.
Η Lipińska θέλει να μας πλασάρει μια σούπερ σέξι και kinky ιστορία, που τολμάει και δεν μένει περιορισμένα μέσα σε κοινωνικά στεγανά -μπούρδες!-, αλλά στην πραγματικότητα δεν μας προσφέρει τίποτα άλλο απ' το... πώς να το θέσω κομψά; Ένα κακής ποιότητας πορνό! Ειλικρινά, έχω παρακολουθήσει πορνό που είχε περισσότερο ενδιαφέρον από τη συγκεκριμένη ιστορία, μα και πολύ καλύτερη πλοκή και όχι, δεν ντρέπομαι να το πω. Αντίθετα, θα ντρεπόμουν να δικαιολογήσω αυτό το χάλι που διάβασα με τον οποιονδήποτε τρόπο ή να προσπαθήσω να του βρω το οποιοδήποτε ελαφρυντικό ή θετικό στοιχείο. Και το γεγονός πως η συγγραφέας επιμένει πως είναι εμπνευσμένο από τη δική της ζωή, πράγμα για το οποίο δεν με πείθει, το καθιστά ακόμα πιο αποκρουστικό στα μάτια μου. Γιατί, όχι, η ιστορία αυτή αν και στηρίζεται σε μια αρχική ιδέα που διαθέτει κάποια ενδιαφέρουσα στοιχεία, εξελίσσεται σε μια κόλαση, απ' όλες τις απόψεις. Δεν ξέρω πως θα ολοκληρωθεί, με το τρίτο βιβλίο της σειράς, αλλά η αλήθεια είναι πως δεν έχω πολύ υψηλές προσδοκίες.
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Λοιπόν... Έχω γράψει κι έχω σβήσει αρκετές φορές την αρχή του κειμένου αυτού, όχι γιατί ντρέπομαι για την άποψή μου, αλλά γιατί, ειλικρινά, δεν ξέρω από που να το πιάσω και που να το αφήσω. Σε καμία περίπτωση δεν είμαι πουριτανή, πολύ περισσότερο σνομπαρία απέναντι στην erotica λογοτεχνία. Κατά περιόδους έπεσαν στα χέρια μου ιστορίες του είδους που μου άρεσαν, όπως οι κακογραμμένες, για να είμαι απόλυτα αντικειμενική, "Πενήντα αποχρώσεις του γκρι", γιατί μου προσέφεραν ένα κλασσικό ερωτικό παραμύθι μέσα από ένα πιο σύγχρονο και kinky πρίσμα -και ναι, πέρασα καλά-, μέχρι την πιο καλογραμμένη και "σκληρό" τριλογία του "Ογδόντα ημέρες κίτρινο", και άλλες που έχουν παρουσιαστεί μέσω αυτής της ιστοσελίδας. Αντίστοιχα, βέβαια, έχω διαβάσει και κάποιες που δεν μου άρεσαν τόσο, ή που δεν μου άρεσαν ως σύνολο, αν και είχαν κάποιες καλές στιγμές, όπως η πενταλογία της Sylvia Day, ή όπως το "Η μυστική λέσχη Ιουλιέτα" που ήταν επιεικώς για τα τσιμέντα. Και δεν το πιστεύω πως το λέω αυτό, αλλά δεν πίστευα πως θα πέσει στα χέρια μου κάτι χειρότερο απ' το τελευταίο, αλλά η Lipińska ήθελα να μου αποδείξει πόσο λάθος είχα.
Το "365 ημέρες" έκανε τρελή επιτυχία, κυρίως λόγω της μεταφοράς του στην οθόνη από το δίκτυο του Netflix, πράγμα που προσωπικά δεν μπορώ να το κατανοήσω ακόμα και τόσους μήνες μετά, όπου ο ντόρος έχει κοπάσει -αν και φοβάμαι πως η δεύτερη ταινία θα φέρει μαζί της νέο κύμα "πανικού", το οποίο δεν είμαι βέβαιη αν μπορώ να το διαχειριστώ. Και όχι, το να ζαχαρώνουν κάποιες των κλαρινογαμπρό από την Ιταλία -εμένα, αν με ρωτάτε, δεν είναι καθόλου του γούστου μου και βρίσκω κάτω του μετρίου και σίγουρα όχι χαρισματικό ηθοποιό-, δεν αποτελεί σοβαρό επιχείρημα για να εκθειάζουν μια ιστορία, η οποίο είναι "σατανική" στον πυρήνα της. Σίγουρα η καραντίνα έπαιξε τον ρόλο της σε όλο αυτό, αλλά πραγματικά την ίδια περίοδο, βρήκα πολύ πιο ενδιαφέροντα θεάματα να παρακολουθήσω και βιβλία για να διαβάσει κανείς.
Δεν θα σταθώ άλλο στα της ταινίας και θα εστιάσω στα βιβλία. Το πρώτο βιβλίο της σειράς, αν και είχε πολύ περισσότερες αδυναμίες και αρνητικά στοιχεία απ' ότι τα θετικά του, μπορούσες να το χαρακτηρίσεις ευκολοδιάβαστο. Όχι πάντοτε ευχάριστο, αλλά τουλάχιστον η ιστορία έρεε, ακόμα κι αν δεν μπορούσες να ταυτιστείς μαζί της. Κι εκεί που έχει κάνει ένα θεωρητικά δυνατό φινάλε και έχει ανατρέψει τα πάντα, έρχεται το δεύτερο βιβλίο για να επαναλάβει, σχεδόν, όλα όσα έγιναν στο πρώτο και να μας τα σερβίρει μέσα από ένα ακόμα πιο διαστροφικό κι άρρωστο πρίσμα, όπου, πραγματικά, τίποτα δεν μοιάζει να βγάζει νόημα. Γιατί, εντάξει, μπορώ να δεχτώ το Σύνδρομο της Στοκχόλμης και όλα αυτά, αλλά το να το βιώνεις δεύτερη φορά και να μην παθαίνεις mental breakdown με το ότι σε αντιμετωπίζουν ως αντικείμενο, αλλά να έχεις και συναισθηματικούς προβληματικούς, προσωπικά με ξεπερνάει. Και αυτό είναι μόνο ένα μέρος της εξίσωσης που μου καίει τον εγκέφαλο κάθε φορά που το σκέφτομαι.
Η Lipińska θέλει να μας πλασάρει μια σούπερ σέξι και kinky ιστορία, που τολμάει και δεν μένει περιορισμένα μέσα σε κοινωνικά στεγανά -μπούρδες!-, αλλά στην πραγματικότητα δεν μας προσφέρει τίποτα άλλο απ' το... πώς να το θέσω κομψά; Ένα κακής ποιότητας πορνό! Ειλικρινά, έχω παρακολουθήσει πορνό που είχε περισσότερο ενδιαφέρον από τη συγκεκριμένη ιστορία, μα και πολύ καλύτερη πλοκή και όχι, δεν ντρέπομαι να το πω. Αντίθετα, θα ντρεπόμουν να δικαιολογήσω αυτό το χάλι που διάβασα με τον οποιονδήποτε τρόπο ή να προσπαθήσω να του βρω το οποιοδήποτε ελαφρυντικό ή θετικό στοιχείο. Και το γεγονός πως η συγγραφέας επιμένει πως είναι εμπνευσμένο από τη δική της ζωή, πράγμα για το οποίο δεν με πείθει, το καθιστά ακόμα πιο αποκρουστικό στα μάτια μου. Γιατί, όχι, η ιστορία αυτή αν και στηρίζεται σε μια αρχική ιδέα που διαθέτει κάποια ενδιαφέρουσα στοιχεία, εξελίσσεται σε μια κόλαση, απ' όλες τις απόψεις. Δεν ξέρω πως θα ολοκληρωθεί, με το τρίτο βιβλίο της σειράς, αλλά η αλήθεια είναι πως δεν έχω πολύ υψηλές προσδοκίες.
January 13, 2020
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"THERE IS A TWIN BROTHER" The Sicilian life of Laura Biel begins to resemble a fairy tale. There is a boisterous wedding, a husband who will do and give her everything for her, pregnancy, gifts and unimaginable luxury: service, cars, seaside residences. And everything would be perfect, if not for the fact that the gangsters are all around, an indefinite crime hangs in the air, someone is constantly trying to kidnap and kill her, and Olo, the best friend, blindly follows her footsteps. Being the wife of the most dangerous man in Sicily has its consequences and Laura will find this painfully painful.
"THERE IS A TWIN BROTHER" The Sicilian life of Laura Biel begins to resemble a fairy tale. There is a boisterous wedding, a husband who will do and give her everything for her, pregnancy, gifts and unimaginable luxury: service, cars, seaside residences. And everything would be perfect, if not for the fact that the gangsters are all around, an indefinite crime hangs in the air, someone is constantly trying to kidnap and kill her, and Olo, the best friend, blindly follows her footsteps. Being the wife of the most dangerous man in Sicily has its consequences and Laura will find this painfully painful.
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April 30, 2021Laura finally becomes the wife of Don Massimo Torricelli and together they rejoice over their unborn child. But danger threatens from all sides. I am quite disappointed with the second part. It's always about one thing and the plot is very tough. Read the last chapter and you will grasp the book......
April 24, 2020
How can i read this
June 10, 2022
Did I finish it? Yes. Was it absolute trash? Definitely yes.
Laura is an idiot, superficial and inconsiderate. Nearly every single sentence and thought is that she’s pregnant - we get it. And how many guys does she make out with while married and pregnant? I lost count.
Several times the book mentions Massimo’s British accent. Did I miss something? He’s Italian.
I really hope there’s more to a relationship than fighting and make up sex. That’s all they do.
The writing of this is also overall awful. Whole pages may be devoted to a boring car ride, but their honeymoon was 1 paragraph.
A very apt line: Will my life ever stop being a damned soap opera? - Answer no, because that’s all this is.
Laura is an idiot, superficial and inconsiderate. Nearly every single sentence and thought is that she’s pregnant - we get it. And how many guys does she make out with while married and pregnant? I lost count.
Several times the book mentions Massimo’s British accent. Did I miss something? He’s Italian.
I really hope there’s more to a relationship than fighting and make up sex. That’s all they do.
The writing of this is also overall awful. Whole pages may be devoted to a boring car ride, but their honeymoon was 1 paragraph.
A very apt line: Will my life ever stop being a damned soap opera? - Answer no, because that’s all this is.
January 4, 2024
Защо ли се наказвам самичка?!... Не знам... Може би защото прекалих със сладкото по празниците...
Но тази книга е пълна загуба на време.
То няма сюжет, а само смучене на ⚽🏀; героите - колкото и тъпи да бяха в предишната книга - тук нямат абсолютно никакво развитие, а само деградация и подобряване уменията за лапане на 🍌; опитите и напъните на писателката да съчини нещо оригинално, могат да бъдат сравнени само с мъката по време на запек 💩🫣🫢
ТРА-ГЕ-ДИ-Я! Трагедия! Пълна скръб.
Добре че я слушах и не дадох пари за това пилеене на хартия и мастило. УжасТ!
Но тази книга е пълна загуба на време.
То няма сюжет, а само смучене на ⚽🏀; героите - колкото и тъпи да бяха в предишната книга - тук нямат абсолютно никакво развитие, а само деградация и подобряване уменията за лапане на 🍌; опитите и напъните на писателката да съчини нещо оригинално, могат да бъдат сравнени само с мъката по време на запек 💩🫣🫢
ТРА-ГЕ-ДИ-Я! Трагедия! Пълна скръб.
Добре че я слушах и не дадох пари за това пилеене на хартия и мастило. УжасТ!
December 8, 2018
Właściwie to nie wiem czego się spodziewałam. Książka tak samo udana jak debiut. W połowie, kontynuowanie lektury staje się okrutną torturą. Najlepiej podsumuję całość cytatem z książki: „Wpatrywałam się w każdą osobę, która mówiła coś, starając się robić przy tym najmądrzejszą minę na świecie, ale udawanie nie szło mi najlepiej”
Pisanie też nie poszło najlepiej...
Pisanie też nie poszło najlepiej...
January 21, 2020
Holy hell I LOVED this book!! It was action packed from being to end and I couldn't put it down. It was also filled with hot moments that I love. Over all I give this book a 10 there was never a dull moment.
October 22, 2024
3,5/5 ⭐️
July 14, 2020
This second book begins with Massimo trying to leave Laura after proposing to her. She manages to change his mind when she tells him that she is pregnant.
And more or less the characters are as in the previous book: Massimo controlling and possessive, Laura superficial and capricious.
Olga hooks up with Domenico and they spend the time fucking, drinking and taking drugs.
Adriano appears, who is another of Massimo’s brothers and upon meeting Laura almost gives her a heart attack, as it turns out that he is Massimo’s twin.
There is a threat of cheating: Laura catches Massimo fucking his ex Anna, although Massimo tells her that he was Adriano( although at this point I would be not surprised if it was him, bc he lies constantly). Laura leaves Massimo and escapes to Hungary where she hides for weeks until she and Olga de ides to return to Poland, where Massimo finds the and they return home.
More of the same: orders by Massimo, Wild sex between them, with a Laura who lets herself be submitted in exchange for gifts and orgasms.
Until one night when she catches Massimo getting high and when she runs away from him, she is kidnapped by Marcelo Nacho Matos, the son of a Spanish mafia family settled in Canary Islands. Laura, who seems horny 24/7, forgets the immense love she feels for her husband and begins to fantasize about her new kidnapper( this girl has a thing for this, I swear).
The end of the book leaves a Laura fighting for her life, with a Massimo deciding who to save: Laura or his heir.
I don’t know if I will like the third book bc I still don’t understand well these characters. They speak of true love and Massimo lies, manipulates, deceives Laura daily and she simply bores me, she has nothing of a character and dignity, nor does being pregnant try to stand up to him and demand respect.( the reason I give the book 4 ⭐️is that I can least understand that he is a bastard, thee only a few situations with him that I cannot understand, and the character of Nacho have me intrigued).
And more or less the characters are as in the previous book: Massimo controlling and possessive, Laura superficial and capricious.
Olga hooks up with Domenico and they spend the time fucking, drinking and taking drugs.
Adriano appears, who is another of Massimo’s brothers and upon meeting Laura almost gives her a heart attack, as it turns out that he is Massimo’s twin.
There is a threat of cheating: Laura catches Massimo fucking his ex Anna, although Massimo tells her that he was Adriano( although at this point I would be not surprised if it was him, bc he lies constantly). Laura leaves Massimo and escapes to Hungary where she hides for weeks until she and Olga de ides to return to Poland, where Massimo finds the and they return home.
More of the same: orders by Massimo, Wild sex between them, with a Laura who lets herself be submitted in exchange for gifts and orgasms.
Until one night when she catches Massimo getting high and when she runs away from him, she is kidnapped by Marcelo Nacho Matos, the son of a Spanish mafia family settled in Canary Islands. Laura, who seems horny 24/7, forgets the immense love she feels for her husband and begins to fantasize about her new kidnapper( this girl has a thing for this, I swear).
The end of the book leaves a Laura fighting for her life, with a Massimo deciding who to save: Laura or his heir.
I don’t know if I will like the third book bc I still don’t understand well these characters. They speak of true love and Massimo lies, manipulates, deceives Laura daily and she simply bores me, she has nothing of a character and dignity, nor does being pregnant try to stand up to him and demand respect.( the reason I give the book 4 ⭐️is that I can least understand that he is a bastard, thee only a few situations with him that I cannot understand, and the character of Nacho have me intrigued).
January 22, 2020
Spanish
La primera parte del libro es 5 ⭐️ pero ese último 35% del libro donde todo cayó y donde apareció un cierto personaje y la estúpida atracción tan repentina que Laura tuvo sobre él es un 1 o 0 ⭐️, definitivamente no encaja en mi cabeza que amando a tu esposo como supuestamente lo haces siempre estás actuando así con tu ex novios y hombres extraños que te parecen increíblemente atractivos 🙄😒
English
The first part of the book it’s 5 ⭐️ but that last 35% of the book where everything went down and where a certain character appeared and the stupid attraction so sudden that Laura had on him is a 1 or 0 ⭐️, it definitely does not fit in my head that loving your husband as you supposedly do you are always acting like this with your ex boyfriends and strange men who seem incredibly attractive to you 🙄😒
La primera parte del libro es 5 ⭐️ pero ese último 35% del libro donde todo cayó y donde apareció un cierto personaje y la estúpida atracción tan repentina que Laura tuvo sobre él es un 1 o 0 ⭐️, definitivamente no encaja en mi cabeza que amando a tu esposo como supuestamente lo haces siempre estás actuando así con tu ex novios y hombres extraños que te parecen increíblemente atractivos 🙄😒
English
The first part of the book it’s 5 ⭐️ but that last 35% of the book where everything went down and where a certain character appeared and the stupid attraction so sudden that Laura had on him is a 1 or 0 ⭐️, it definitely does not fit in my head that loving your husband as you supposedly do you are always acting like this with your ex boyfriends and strange men who seem incredibly attractive to you 🙄😒
February 18, 2022
Great next book in the series. Loads of sex (too much? - yes, I'm actually questioning it lol!) Though it started off a little slow, once I got past the first few chapters I didn't want to put the book down. *Spoiler alert* I couldn't wait for the kidnapping scene (where the movie ended). This poor heroine seems to be jinxed in that department. Hoping I can read the next book in the series very soon :)
August 15, 2022
This book was horrible. The author is constantly confusing Sexual assault and violence for kink and romance. I feel bad for anyone who reads this and thinks that this is what a sexual relationship should be. No grown man should make threats of violence and throw temper tantrums to get his way. No body should have more power in a relationship over another.
I’m willing to fight Blanka Lipińska in Poland’s equivalent of a Walmart parking lot.
Plus the book had a lot of homophobic undertones.
I’m willing to fight Blanka Lipińska in Poland’s equivalent of a Walmart parking lot.
Plus the book had a lot of homophobic undertones.
fuck-no
July 17, 2020dat Karen haircut on the cover tho.
I'm cackling.
lmao for real I wouldn't have known this 50 Shades knock-off series existed until some YouTubers started reviewing the movie adaptation for the first book that's on Netflix.
I'm cackling.
lmao for real I wouldn't have known this 50 Shades knock-off series existed until some YouTubers started reviewing the movie adaptation for the first book that's on Netflix.
April 29, 2020
Przeczytałam, to za dużo powiedziane. Przebrnęłam, jedynie dzięki bardzo silnej woli, przez połowę, resztę niechętnie przekartkowałam.
Jest źle.
Po prostu.
Jest źle.
Po prostu.
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