Status Updates From Get Off My Case

I don't get it. He's so conflicted and he doesn't protest then goes all in? Why even?? Why lie? Why be so honest about it? It feels like an unnecessary concession/win for the bad guy. I am not longer upset but this is a band-aid to my complaints, not an improvement, I am afraid. (As a side note, the transition between POVs was pretty awkwardly done.)

I am trying here, okay? I overlooked the cover (a huge concession), I accepted the flashback prologue, I didn't grumble at the obvious exposition talk (too much) and I am not protesting the... alley scene but Dimitri staying quiet in this situation? There are lines not to cross, okay? And I am fighting super hard not to kick this book to the curb - as a former bully, this is NOT how you earn your redemption!

DNF 37%

I remembered well the complete bi erasure of this book -.-

I forgot about all the fat-phobic comments :(

How could they not see who the killer was coming?! I kept telling myself that it couldn't be that person because it was too obvious and then the MCs are like "omg it's the last person I would have thought of!" 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Yay! Fatphobia is added to the mix 🤦‍♀️😩🤦‍♀️😩

Yay abuse of police power 🎉🙄

I know this book came out almost 10 years ago but the bi/pan erasure is infuriated 🤦‍♀️

Dimitri : I'm not gay!
Shane: we just had sex, and loved it so you are gay!
Dimitri: I'm not attracted to any other man but you! I'm....I'm...
Shane: ha! there is nothing else! You are gay!

BI SHANE!! HE'S BI!!! 🤌🤌🤌

even as a nongay man, dimitri could see kalel's appeal.

he's still going about this? we're 72% in the book.

"you know i never did apologize for the way i treated you growing up," he said quietly.
"there's nothing to apologize for," shane said, "you were doing what you were programmed to do by your parents, the school social system, and the pack. i know i was small and too pretty for my own good."

Now that numerous editing problems aren't distracting me, I've started to notice how illogical the flow of events in this story are.