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Not my style of reading. Slogging through for book club.

I like the story but the farther it goes the more depressing it gets. I love fairy tales but the second half of this one is disappointing.
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I don’t like how the couple only has each other… no friends, no real care for others. On the rare occasion they feel something for someone else, it doesn’t feel genuine. It’s extremely annoying how men are called “males.” I hate that.

I’m really struggling with this one. I knew smutty books weren’t really for me in general going in but I love fairytales and this one doesn’t have any of that until like 11 hours into the audiobook. I do like the story but it is extremely toxic. I’m not sure what the author is going for exactly?

Listening to the audio version of this and feeling a lot of empathy for veterans. It must be so difficult to align with regular days after such immense stress, and especially if they live far away from the friends they made inside their tours.