The self-promotion is waaaaay out of hand. I cannot continue supporting this author after reading this book. The set up to the murder centres around tThe self-promotion is waaaaay out of hand. I cannot continue supporting this author after reading this book. The set up to the murder centres around the discussion of a book club book. Written by this author under her pen name Avery Aames. It’s so off-putting, I couldn’t finish the rest of the book. I know authors have to hustle to sell books but this crosses a line for me.
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The self-promotion is waaaaay out of hand. I cannot continue supporting this author after reading this book. The set up to the murder centres around the discussion of a book club book. Written by this author under her pen name Avery Aames. It’s so off-putting, I couldn’t finish the rest of the book. I know authors have to hustle to sell books but this crosses a line for me.
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The writing feels incredibly dated for a modern series. This author is using descriptors and turns of phrase I would expect to see in a book from 10-1The writing feels incredibly dated for a modern series. This author is using descriptors and turns of phrase I would expect to see in a book from 10-15 years ago. It’s clumsy and cliche. I expect better.
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**spoiler alert** Being trans and not out is not deception. Dead naming trans people to their face and threatening to tell others is an act of violenc**spoiler alert** Being trans and not out is not deception. Dead naming trans people to their face and threatening to tell others is an act of violence. This book disgusts me.
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I just didn’t get on with this book. The writing style and characterizations were off-putting. It lacked that essential spark to keep the reader hookeI just didn’t get on with this book. The writing style and characterizations were off-putting. It lacked that essential spark to keep the reader hooked.
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This was really boring. I kept losing interest. I didn’t need to know the minute details of a summer camping trip in the early 90s to understand that This was really boring. I kept losing interest. I didn’t need to know the minute details of a summer camping trip in the early 90s to understand that BTK masqueraded as a good father for decades. I wanted to hear about the process of reconciling the father and the serial killer. That’s why I wanted to read this book. However, I don’t need the author’s entire life story to get there.
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Bored to Death is a very apropos title for this book. It didn’t keep my interest. The writing style was plodding and I had no desire to finish the booBored to Death is a very apropos title for this book. It didn’t keep my interest. The writing style was plodding and I had no desire to finish the book.
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I wasn’t able to get into the meditative place that this book requires because it’s an unfamiliar place. I don’t relate to any of the experiences thatI wasn’t able to get into the meditative place that this book requires because it’s an unfamiliar place. I don’t relate to any of the experiences that are supposed to be my ‘everyday enchantments’. This is a book for a very small subset of people. It’s far too specific to include anyone outside of that subset, which defeats the purpose of a book like this. Also, throwing around Coyote in a non-Indigenous context is very problematic.
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I was enjoying this book until the author described the character Miles. “Each minute the man was a possible heart attack. His belly jutted over his jI was enjoying this book until the author described the character Miles. “Each minute the man was a possible heart attack. His belly jutted over his jeans like an oversized water balloon.” This is supposedly a character that is well liked and let the author is using such fatphobic and shaming terms to describe him. Frankly, it’s disgusting. ...more
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