Elithanathile’s Reviews > The Gallows Tree > Status Update

// Okay so the mystery here isn’t a mystery as much as it just reads as ODD o__O!! I’m getting bored and I’ve started skimming!! Btw I’ll note that there is absolutely NO relationship development so far; NOTHING has even happened yet o__O!! They share a kiss here but it’s anti-climactic and I feel NO connection to this story, its characters, OR the MCs!! Very MEH!!

// I have a few more books by this author that I bought that I WILL read, but after that, I am completely done with this author!! I purchased all the books pretty much around the same time and hadn't cracked any of them open, until AFTER purchasing them all, so I had NO clue I apparently HATE this author's work o__O!! But now that I know, I'll definitely read everything I purchased, but after that I am DONE!!

// Waaaait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute!!! They're talking about Vince beating on Cody, and Cody is ACTUALLY defending him right now?!!? Or, not so much HIM but that it happened??!! I mean, it'd "make sense" if he were still in the relationship, but ... WHAT?!!?

BTW, looking back on my reading history with this author, it looks like i hated ALL her books o__O!! I can't believe I forgot that!!

// I'm not liking Cody much at all right now :-/!! He snaps WAY too much and the "rage and regret" syndrome he's got going on is NOT okay!! YES, he has been through a shit-ton that I could never EVER imagine, but when do we say "enough is enough" with his hot and cold bullshit?!!? He needs to apologize for being an asshole to Justin and Seb, because it is inexcusable!!

// You're scared Vince will find you [and rightfully so], you know he IS trying to find you, and you have evidence that may be very crucial in all of this [especially him probably violating probation], and you're not willing to help yourself in that regard?!!? That strikes me as incredibly odd and imbecilic!! It's like saying you're afraid of being burned and then shoving your hand into fire!! WTF?!? REPORT HIM!!!!!

// I’m VERY proud of Cody for telling Sebastian everything :-)!! Now that Sebastian knows, he can support and court Cody properly :-)!!

// "I think the human mind is too complicated for us to just disappear from here when we die if we have things left to do."

~ You’re talking about the spirit, not the mind!!

This author is at it again! I previously mentioned, I WON’T let this author’s BS impact my reading here or this book, but I felt compelled to point it out! I’ll read all the books I own by this author and I’ll give them a fair chance! But then I’ll be done; I probably won’t buy new books! I will not continue to support an author I have a personal growing dislike for, even if her books are good as a general whole! NO!

// “How did he make Seb see that without coming over like some kind of huge girl with his emotions all out there for people to see?”

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