Status Updates From Bliss (Bliss, #1)

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y’all this is fucked up in so many ways

This premise sounded so interesting, but the writing just didn’t live up to my expectations. The characters were all so dull and the story felt kinda hollow.

"Tate's voice wavered as Rory's tongue flicked against his hole. "Shit. I have a lot to learn."

Rory chuckled...He poked his head up from between Tate's legs. "I'd prefer if you didn't use the word shit when I do this, though. If you don't mind."

Okay, that's kinda funny...'cause it's what I think every time I read a book and a character says "shit" when they're getting rimmed. Just...no. Ewww.

Damn. As much as I want them to be happy, to be together...I don't know if I could ever trust that the attraction, the affection wasn't some residual affect of the chip. That it wasn't programming, or mental conditioning of some sort. Gah! The ethics of this is making my brain itch. I know Tate is saying it's what he wants, that he actually wants something with Rory...but how? How do you trust that?

"People could believe the best in anyone as long as they didn't have to look too closely."

Yep, and it's why so many people in power get away with the abuses they perpetrate against those they are supposed to protect, to employ, to teach, to lead, to judge. If whatever is happening doesn't directly affect me then why bother, right? Right...until it does, and what if no one else bothers to speak up?

When he was back in Tophet, Tate couldn't even go to the soup kitchen for food because the government there passed a "No Handouts for Crims bill." Kinda sounds like those places where churches and non-profits aren't allowed to feed the homeless. (I'm not a religious scholar but...is that something a supposedly righteous person would follow, ignoring the destitute?)

I didn't think it could get any worse, until it did. The chip that makes them docile, obedient slaves? Yeah, it also makes them crave acceptance, need orders and guidance, beg to be forgiven and they will do anything to get that because otherwise there's extreme head pain, nausea and overall panic. *shudders* That this judge (or whatever) is keeping the specifics from Lowell shows he knows the info can't get out.

Oh man, this is horrific...I'm not sure I could live in a society where my safety comes at the expense of someone else's entire ability to think for himself, to consent. The people getting off on knowing what's happening to him, the orderlies and that doctor? Are just even bigger criminals. The "sponsors" who use their "rezzies" (rehabilitating criminals) are no better than rapists.

I LOVE the idea of restitution and rehabilitation rather than the revolving door recidivism of the current prison system...but I know what's coming plot-wise and THAT non-consensual aspect horrifies me just a little bit more.

(Not even gonna comment on the plea-deal scams, corrupt prosecutors, inept defense attorneys, crooked cops and falsified evidence that also gum of the works because then I'd be here all day...)

The reading year is off to a great start, 4.5 Stars for Bliss. Awesome read! #mm #dystopia #dark erotica

Starting off 2017 with a MM Science Fiction Dark Erotica. #lisahenry #bliss

Oh. *looks at reviews* I guess we're SUPPOSED to be getting off on a guy being raped repeatedly because ~*dub-con*~ fuck you, this isn't dubious. This is rape.

Wow this is not m/m romance. I mean, this is some dark shit. As a dystopian sci-fi novel featuring gay characters, it's still dark but... billing it as m/m romance implies we're supposed to be enjoying the mind control, rape, ownership, and manipulation going on here. And that's seriously fucked up.

It'd probably be really into this kind of cute slave/master dynamic IF IT WERE FUCKING CONSENSUAL. I am so anxious about this book omg.

O_O goodness this is fucked up

So far I am frantically messaging my criminology nerd friend like THEIR SOCIAL JUSTICE SYSTEM SEEMS P UNETHICAL AND TERRIFYING lmaoooo