wineomatic > Recent Status Updates

I’m just not the audience for this. The two ale characters I’ve seen so far seem exploitative of the FMC.

Ugh Ryland is so overbearing.

22% in and I feel like nothing has really happened.

“Damn it, Lily.” Such a standard tough guy caricature. This plot seems sluggish.

I’m sorry…we’re supposed to want Grace to end up with Caleb? He awful. It’s like she’s gone from one abuser to another.

I’m starting to feel bored and think this story is going to be predictable

The MMC is such an ass I don’t know how he could be redeemed.

The scene jumps seem so abrupt. Like discontinuous narrative progression.

The book seem to movesbetween investigative developments without always making the transitions explicit. It can feel as though Kate has made a deduction that the reader wasn't invited to make alongside her.

This isn’t even that long of a book yet I feel like it’s too long. Im not enjoying being in the FMC’s head because she seems juvenile.

It’s kind of annoying how Leila knows Vlad can read her mind yet keeps thinking embarrassing lustful thoughts. Especially since Bones taught her how to thought-block.

The last scene was gut-wrenching. I’m listening to the audiobook and crying.

At 32% the people are even scarier and more horrible than a mysterious ocean creature. I’m listening to the audiobook with my mouth hanging open.

“The priest twisted in the air, still twisted by spasms.” This needed an editing pass IMO.

‘“I accept,” Finn whispered, his voice unnaturally loud.’

Excuse me, what? What does that even mean? For a novella, this feels like such a slog.

During the action scenes there were so many “like a” similes that it created the sensation of speed bumps. I’m not anti-simile, but seeing multiple “like a” during a single scene gives me prose fatigue.

I’m loving this so much! I haven’t been this enthusiastic about a book in a while.

One thing I’m realizing is I’m having trouble pinpointing Coraline’s age because sometimes she seems like a small child and other time she seems like a pre-teen. Plus she is surprisingly emotionally flat. She mainly seems bored and lacks creativity as to how she deals with that boredom.

Compared to the Ocean at the End of the Lane, I’m finding this to be somewhat boring. I’ve never seen the movie to compare.