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Kristina
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Ugh I’m so tired of the death bed promise being the motivator for a character’s actions. This is like the third one this month for me.
— Jul 08, 2023 10:00AM
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Kristina
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Thoughts on winking heroes: Yay or nay?
I’m firmly nay on this one. Winking is best left to creepy uncles.
— Jul 08, 2023 05:54PM
I’m firmly nay on this one. Winking is best left to creepy uncles.
Kristina
is 60% done
So the conflict of this is that she’s frustrated by her lack of rights and being disregarded because she’s a woman, so the author’s solution is to have the hero fix everything with his power and money, thus proving that she’s an independent woman? Or….?
The author missed the point of her own book. 🤦🏼♀️
— Jul 07, 2023 08:25PM
The author missed the point of her own book. 🤦🏼♀️
Kristina
is 40% done
I went into this expecting something different I think. This is very light fare and fluffy when I thought it would be more introspective and have more historical context. It’s not bad, I just had to reset my expectations early on.
The conflict is weak though and it’s not going to hold up for the entire book. This is not enemies to lovers at all.
— Jul 06, 2023 07:15PM
The conflict is weak though and it’s not going to hold up for the entire book. This is not enemies to lovers at all.
Kristina
is 10% done
This is original and unoriginal at the same time. I wish the writing was better, I can deal with the many tropes when the writing has depth. 😢
— Jul 05, 2023 07:18PM
Kristina
is 3% done
Ugh. The writing style is too simplistic for the subject matter.
— Jul 05, 2023 04:12PM
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yes, that trope drives me crazy!
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That and the manipulative ancestor who used their will to make you do things like marrying your childhood sweetheart before your 30th birthday.
Kristina wrote: "That and the manipulative ancestor who used their will to make you do things like marrying your childhood sweetheart before your 30th birthday."YES! “You must marry this person by age 25 or lose everything … and nobody cares if you love someone else or any other “silly” excuse” [Insert Control Freak Aristocrat]
It’s worse when it’s a contemporary and one visit to a decent trust attorney would negate the clause in the contract as non-binding. But they never doooooo.
Isn't it so weird how we accidentally end up reading the same trope over and over?
It’s very odd, especially when it’s a different genre/author/publishing date etc.
