Well, you guys asked for it! Reviews for the 2 books I've DNF'ed in the first week on January!
I really went hard into books this week. I wanted to read anything and everything I could get my hands on. Even if it's not what I'd normally choose. I was feeling optimistic, refreshed from the New Year buzz!...Unfortunately, I was very quickly reminded that not every book is a 5 star.
Bunny - Mona Awad
I was at the book store the other day and noticed a single copy of Bunny. I'd heard good things and really wanted to give it a go. Cause you know, feeling ambitious, try the book you'd not usually go for. Let's do it! My friend @jaebaeuwu warned me ahead of time she has a GREAT PASSION OF HATE against this book, and absolutely does not like it. Surely it wasn't that bad, everyone liked this book right? Everyone raved about it right??...
Well...it definitely wasn't for me. From the first line actually, I could just tell that it wasn't gonna be a hit. The writing was extremely scattered. And at first I thought it was a me problem, I'd been sick recently and thought it was maybe brain fog. It was difficult to follow along. The main character, Samantha, is a student at University studying Fine Arts, mainly writing. Which is ironic since the writting is....pretty terrible. Incredibly hard to follow and process. I constantly had to reread the passage. Mainly because it would constantly jump around. For example, Samantha would be in the moment, then the very next line would be talking about a memory, then back to the present. Then it would go off to a separate conversation, then again with not much indication, back to the present. Then off on a thought she as having, then again quickly back to the present. Extremely scattered. And the descriptions were just very odd. I honestly find the writing hard to describe.
The story....is kinda not really there. In the first 21% barely anything had happened. I normally stick around till around 100 pages of a book to properly know if its for me. But due to the writing, I'd had more then enough time to know that I just did not care about Samantha, I did not care about her best friend (thought she was pretty distasteful and unlikable honestly. Gave me icky vibes.) Why did they hate the "Bunny's" so much? Why did this group of girls being girly, and overly feminine, irk the MC and her friend so much? It just felt like so much hate for not even a valid reason. Nothing was explained except "Ew these girls are so girly! They love hugging each other! So gross and cringey." Like...seriously what's the point?
DNF - 12% (Page 39)
The Predator - Runyx
Tristan Caine. Tristan Caine. Tristan Caine. Get used to reading this name, exactly like this, cause this book mentions his full name, and only his full name, over 220+ times in this book. Also you better get used to him staring, hungrily staring, icy eyes staring, also did you know he has blue eyes?? I certainly couldn't forget since its mentioned ALL THE FUCKING TIME!!! Didn't even give me a chance to forget what colour his eyes were. This is just a me thing, but he barely talks. At least from the parts I read. And I'm not a huge fan of that in romance stories (when they have the ability to talk and not a disability ofc.)
The story follows Morana, and her family that is involved with the Mafia. Her father is a mob boss and she has been trained since a young age to survive in the mafia world. Morana goes on to create this computer code that is supposedly very dangerous in the wrong hands, and will be detrimental to both her fathers business, and the rival mafia group, named Tenebrae Outfit, that Tristan Caine is apart of. But, what does this code do? Why is it so dangerous in the wrong hands? WHO FUCKING KNOWS!! It was never explained. And I kept waiting for it to be explained, what does it do? When are we gonna find out?? It was frustrating me. So I googled...only to find IT'S NEVER EXPLAINED!!! I'm sorry, as someone with basic code knowledge, this is just bull. Just because you can write some code, doesn't mean it's dangerous, doesn't mean that you're a hacker, and it doesn't mean you are inherently smart! The code could be just html text formatting for all we know. CAUSE ITS NEVER EXPLAINED LIKE WTF LAIDSYFBLAEIUYBF!!!
Morana, by the way, is one of the dumbest characters I've ever read about. Even though in the authors note it says she has an "Extremely high IQ". I'm sorry...if that is the case, why did she sneak into Tristan Caine's residence, during a party with very dangerous mob members, completely unprepared, alone, and with no back up plan? Why did she think she could just rock up and demand what she wanted?? She had been doing a lot of research on Tristan, if that is the case, why didn't she take into consideration that this man is a fucking tank?? Why did she think she could actually take this man on? And with just a knife? Please. Dumb as balls. Also apparently her favourite words to describe herself is "dumb". "This was a dumb thing to do", "that was dumb", etc, like hunny...we know! We see that!! I also feel like the author doesn't have a deeper understanding of computers. Because when Morana uses her computer, that supposedly make her look ever so smart, it's just brushed over. Nothing is ever explained, described or anything. Its written like 'Morana does this and that isn't she a genius.' No...no she's not.
ALSO!!!! What the actual fuck is this quote from Tristan: "We've been honest so far, Ms. Vitalio," he murmured. "I’Il be honest now. I despise you but I want you. Fuck it, I do. And I want you out of my system.” ...He says this the first time they have sex...in a bathroom stall...WITH HER FATHER THERE!!! ON PAGE 149!!! Is that supposed to turn me on? Is that supposed to make me feel good?? Cause honestly, that line is fucking gross. I understand this is an enemies to lovers but what the fuck??
As you can see, this book made me incredibly mad the more I read, and the more I thought about it. How is this series so popular? How is this series so hyped?? I genuinely don't understand. If I had a physical copy of this book I'd have returned it for sure. Thankfully, it was just a KU book so back to amazon it went.
DNF - 21%
