Abandoned books roundup
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lightreadsThe Foxhole Court
So like there is this made up sport, right, and our protagonist is recruited to play for a college team. Except the college team is all delinquents and addicts. That could be a book, but actually this one is about how the protagonist is running from the mob and specifically his father because he saw a murder, and something something the sport was actually invented by his family, and there's this guy on his team who also saw the murder but who can't recognize him, and also there's a queer love interest, but at the point where I failed out of this book (around 1/3) the love interest was 100% asshole and 0% sexy. I failed out, incidentally, because everyone in this book seems to be an asshole. There is a lot going on here, guys, and most of it is extremely that thing where you wish the author would stop showing you her id so aggressively because even when you are into some of the things she is into, it's like, my dude, no, we are not that good of friends, put that away.
A Beginning at the End
A book about a post pandemic world released in early 2020. He really could have made a career out of that accidental timing, but I doubt it's gonna happen with this book, which is about various people either being or hiding from terrible parents in the backdrop of a society which has lost billions and is just barely holding it together. I liked some parts of the world building, but the actual plot was frustrating and unenjoyable, and I just can't make myself read the last quarter since I care about literally no one, down to the cute kid.
This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
Serviceable Breakfast Club but where the kids are hiding in the high school from zombies. Nothing wrong with the first quarter, but I'm not interested in how bad these teenagers are at being people under stress. You've got your classic dude-sublimating-his-grief-by-shouting-a-lot-and-being-unpleasant and just, meh, no thanks.
Content notes: Child abuse. Suicidal ideation.
So like there is this made up sport, right, and our protagonist is recruited to play for a college team. Except the college team is all delinquents and addicts. That could be a book, but actually this one is about how the protagonist is running from the mob and specifically his father because he saw a murder, and something something the sport was actually invented by his family, and there's this guy on his team who also saw the murder but who can't recognize him, and also there's a queer love interest, but at the point where I failed out of this book (around 1/3) the love interest was 100% asshole and 0% sexy. I failed out, incidentally, because everyone in this book seems to be an asshole. There is a lot going on here, guys, and most of it is extremely that thing where you wish the author would stop showing you her id so aggressively because even when you are into some of the things she is into, it's like, my dude, no, we are not that good of friends, put that away.
A Beginning at the End
A book about a post pandemic world released in early 2020. He really could have made a career out of that accidental timing, but I doubt it's gonna happen with this book, which is about various people either being or hiding from terrible parents in the backdrop of a society which has lost billions and is just barely holding it together. I liked some parts of the world building, but the actual plot was frustrating and unenjoyable, and I just can't make myself read the last quarter since I care about literally no one, down to the cute kid.
This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
Serviceable Breakfast Club but where the kids are hiding in the high school from zombies. Nothing wrong with the first quarter, but I'm not interested in how bad these teenagers are at being people under stress. You've got your classic dude-sublimating-his-grief-by-shouting-a-lot-and-being-unpleasant and just, meh, no thanks.
Content notes: Child abuse. Suicidal ideation.