Elithanathile’s Reviews > Out of the Blues > Status Update

// I think I'm as pissed as I am because of this particular author (and all my previous experiences with her books)!! I tried, I really did, but I just can't. I can't!!

// I mean LOOK AT THIS ~~>> "I was contemplating rape.
Jesus.
Didn’t that do absolutely nothing to decrease the blood in my dick."

~ REALLY?!!? I mean ... REALLY?!!? Author, what's wrong with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So rape culture is SEXY now?!!? Fucking hell!!!!!!!!!

// ... irritates me quite easily and I think I am predisposed in that sense; I'm conditioned. Just, NO!! Thank you, Mercy Celeste, for ruining yet another potentially great book for me!! Over and out!!

// ... make your character come across as an idiot?!!? I am not overly sensitive to rape content in books, hell, goodness knows I've read my fair share on the topic. I'm not overly sensitive and I am NOT looking to get annoyed. At all!! But when authors throw it in for shock value, that's when it annoys me. The double standard in situations like this, because it's two men, annoys the fuck out of me!! This author ...

// ... this author's books and the MC doesn't seem flawed at all, which I assume is what she was going for, he just seems douchey, bratty, obnoxious, and severely unlikeable!! I really really liked Mason in the beginning and looked forward to getting to know him. NOW? I just want to knee Mason in the balls. HARD!!!!!
Why go out of your way to make your readers dislike your MC?!!? I mean, WHY?!!

// ... to very serious topics!! You must be really talented to destroy a good thing and since this author just destroyed what was, thus far, a pretty nice book, I'd say she has a special talent here!! I bet with you it will be nothing but drama from here on out. And don't get me wrong, there's NOTHING wrong with conflict, and I can MOST DEFINITELY enjoy angst in a book. BUT, it all seems so contrived with ...

// ... but he isn't contemplating RAPE!! I can't explain why this pisses me off as much as it does, because I definitely do NOT think for a second that anything was said with negative intent, but this author and the way she does things, JUST for the sake of shock value, irritates me beyond belief!! She exploits moments without considering the ramifications amongst her characters, and she lends a dismissive air ...

// ... like a skeevy douche bag!!! He could have said that in so many sarcastic ways that wouldn't have sounded slimey at all. It's not sonkuch the sarcasm that bothers me here, though there are some things you should NEVER joke about. There were so many ways to navigate that scene, without throwing something so ludicrous into the mix. Mason wants Kilby with a desperate passion, ...

// ... to the horrifying reality of rape culture. So he was ogling a beautiful man who just happens to be sleeping. So he is sexually aroused and wants to fuck Kilby again. BUT and this is a serious BUT, that doesn't mean Mason is contemplating rape!! FAR FROM IT!! I know she probably meant this very sarcastically, but the way she delivers it falls flat, and just ends up making Mason look ...