Les Mycéliades - 1er-16 février 2025 - Intelligences

Festival de science fiction en salle de cinéma et bibliothèques

Book Stats:

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(3.7)

Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Tropes: Sports romance, Miscommunication

Publisher: Wattpad Books

Notable Quotes:

“Reading is so much fun, but I’m tired of feeling like all the best parts of my life have been lived inside my own head.” Page 71

Spolier-free review:

Before I start I just wanted a to say, yes there are real books on wattpad. They are worth checking out and it’s a great option for people looking for a way for writers to get their books out there.

That being said, this one wasn’t really for me. Typically I am SO down for a sports romance(it’s one of my favorites!!!) but this book honestly disappointed me alittle bit. Like most books I randomly pick up, I saw it featured on Bookstagram and next thing you know, it was in my kindle library.

Let’s start with the good things, shall we? I liked the idea of the book. The smut was written pretty decently and the book also seemed somewhat realistic. My problem lies with the characterization of the main couple more than anything else. Our main character, has two personality traits. Her current prospect Vincent and books. She has no backstory, no personality, unless you count the “I’m not like other girls” story line the author throws in to create some tention. It’s like she doesn’t exist before her college days. It made it really hard to enjoy the book when i had so many questions about the main character’s life that are never addressed.

90% of this book is 🌶️. And it’s honestly not my favorite. I get that is how your characters met, they are attracted to each other, but literally every time the characters are together, they are kissing, hooking up or something other in that variety. There is no get to know you, take me out on a date nada. It’s just them hooking up, which is fine but doesn’t make sense in the context of the book.

The misscommumcation trope is very heavily featured and it’s not one of my favorites. The author makes it known that the main characters don’t like it, but still commits to it mutiple times………

MAL DOMINANT par Fabrice Erre

Le 6 mai, déboule en librairie le premier stand-up bande dessinée, sous la plume du chatoyant Fabrice Erre.

“ Que faire quand on est un MOB (mâle occidental blanc) hétérosexuel quarantenaire omnivore athée en bonne santé, sinon dominer le monde ? Ce spectacle dessiné, premier « stand-BD-up » de l’histoire de l’humanité, se lève contre le déterminisme absurde qui assigne à chaque MOB un destin si prévisible. Il est une prise de parole arrachée au brouhaha d’une époque troublée, un cri dans la foule contre l’indifférence à la différence, une individualité qui se tient debout pour dire : « j’existe ». Pour affirmer haut et fort, une fois pour toutes : « ne vous laissez pas abuser par les apparences, prenez le temps d’écouter et de regarder. Car derrière chaque MOB, c’est un homme qui se cache.”

Please read this, if you don’t speak French you can put the article on translate. This is too important.. During the first lockdown, in France as in many countries, bookshop had to close because they weren’t seen by the government as essential shop. 

They ARE essential, and they are in peril, because while we can’t get new books at bookshop and bookshop owners are on the edge of bankruptcy, Amazon & Cie are getting richer and richer... They NEED to stay open this time, and we need the books to go threw those weird times..