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reminder to self to read this sitting up

oh man i usually don’t judge books too hard if the premise is at least promising but this was so profoundly unenjoyable to experience idk…

so far it’s not offensively bad nor is it especially good

ok this is seriously something all authors need to do. if your character isn’t white can you find a way to state it early on?? like come on now. had i gone into this not knowing my western perspective would 100% have gone ok two white people

siiiiigh ok here we go. i had looked this up and then made the decision to not read it before the show happened because from the blurb i was annoyed.

anyways i knew this would be on a feb seasonal challenge list so good on me for waiting a bit.

god i can’t imagine having aphantasia and reading this

come on man, the 80s weren’t THAT long ago, why is this such a chore to read??

gaaaawd this is unenjoyable to listen to. is it better in print?? it’s impossible to immerse myself in the story and frankly i don’t even know what’s happening half the time.

is this a slightly pretentious style or am i just missing stuff because i’m doing audiobook?

i don’t like when the protagonist bumbles his way through the whole story but then becomes very suddenly competent at the end. also saying he’s a badass and he got to the end by himself???? bitch what are you talking about!!!! you had so much help!!!!!

unlikeable protagonists can be fun but what i don’t like are protagonists who are presented as likeable but frankly, aren’t.

NOOOOBODY is pointing out that even unintentional colin is the one who caused the problems??????

the primary romance is ugh and the hint of a secondary romance being teased is also ugh

ah yes, white boy who won’t take any responsibility for anything.

like bro you didn’t make the deal as a great self sacrifice you did it for your own selfish reasons. understandable reasons of course but let’s not pretend you’re an innocent here lol.

you did indirectly kill a LOT of people bro you’re not in the right.

colin has a lot of gall to be indignant over other people’s wrongs just saying lol

i'm fearing this is another written by a man novel with only external action and no interiority. i have a hard time getting through those kinds of books.

did people really spell hong kong 'hongkong' in the eighties? i don't like it.

i was like yay no instalove, they’re figuring it out, but NAH, INSTALOVE.

narrator is pretty good at woman voices lol (not an insult)

can’t help but wonder if a student studied the milgram experiment and then got inspired

is this another one of those chipper banal horror things

that was so TEDIOUS

the language was good but the content was way too dragged out