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A Date for Dinner
Scott Williams has always kept to himself and struggled with lifestyle choices. With constant pushing from his mother, he decides to give dating a try. As Scott navigates through several dates and embracing his lifestyle, he finds that his dinner dates do not always turn out as planned. One might say, they turn out deadly. Join Scott as he tries to survive in this new world of dinners and dates. A story, when finished, you will need to read it again.
25 pages, Paperback
Published March 24, 2020
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June 21, 2024
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This queer "thriller" fails to deliver any thrills and leaves a bad taste in your mouth. Unless you like reading a writing style reminiscent of a basic Wattpad story, I do not recommend this novella.
This short novella packs bad, exposition heavy writing, bad dialogue, and poor pacing into a short page count. We follow a gay man who struggles to date, thinking he found "the one," only to find himself living a nightmare. The premise is very simple, but through Berg's poor plotting, there is never an element of suspense and the final reveal just feels unearned and falls flat.
The part that bugged me was the constant referral to the main character's homosexuality as "a lifestyle." Why a gay man is using conservative rhetoric to describe his (what feels like another self insert) gay character is beyond me. I couldn't decide if the mother was supposed to be secretly homophobic or accepting in a weirdly problematic way.
I wouldn’t recommend this. From the cringey dialogue and tags to the amateurish writing style, “A Date for Dinner” needed a lot more workshopping before being published.
This queer "thriller" fails to deliver any thrills and leaves a bad taste in your mouth. Unless you like reading a writing style reminiscent of a basic Wattpad story, I do not recommend this novella.
This short novella packs bad, exposition heavy writing, bad dialogue, and poor pacing into a short page count. We follow a gay man who struggles to date, thinking he found "the one," only to find himself living a nightmare. The premise is very simple, but through Berg's poor plotting, there is never an element of suspense and the final reveal just feels unearned and falls flat.
The part that bugged me was the constant referral to the main character's homosexuality as "a lifestyle." Why a gay man is using conservative rhetoric to describe his (what feels like another self insert) gay character is beyond me. I couldn't decide if the mother was supposed to be secretly homophobic or accepting in a weirdly problematic way.
I wouldn’t recommend this. From the cringey dialogue and tags to the amateurish writing style, “A Date for Dinner” needed a lot more workshopping before being published.
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