Lib (Enthusiastic reader, occasional reviewer)’s Reviews > Battle Royal > Status Update
Lib (Enthusiastic reader, occasional reviewer)
is 43% done
It’s sweet, adult and emotionally sensible, but I’m just not emotionally engaged. The writing style keeps pulling me out of the story. I’m being told a lot about the characters without really feeling it with them. The MMC has qualities I normally like but I’m not connecting with him. The first kiss barely registered. I will finish it, but I’m not eagerly picking it back up, which probably says a lot.
— Aug 09, 2026 05:33PM
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Lib (Enthusiastic reader, occasional reviewer)
is 44% done
Ah, this is a perfect example. This part tells me what happened and that she couldn’t sleep because she’d “lain in bed and experienced the physical ache of missing a particular persons body”, but I would much rather have read through her tossing and turning and experienced her thoughts with her, not just be told it happened.
— Aug 09, 2026 06:34PM