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A review by bookslovebrains
Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.
DNF'ed at 11%.
I don't understand the high ratings on this one (at least on Goodreads), but I'm glad others were able to enjoy it. I just couldn't do it.
There is so MUCH information dumping via dialogue. Literal paragraphs worth. And okay, yeah. Not that big a deal. But the dialogue is also so cringey!
Example 1: "juicy artery" (H to h about her neck).
Example 2: "I thawt I thaw a putty tat." (H to h upon her wakening after he kidnaps her to torture her).
Example 3: "No one, ass-munch!" (our h, who is 22 to our H - like, are you 12?).
Example 4: “But the main point is that he still had swimmers in his sacks.” (H again. And people find him hot?).
I only read 42 pages and I could keep going with the examples, but I think you get the point. Info-dumping is one thing, but this isn't even done tastefully. Maybe it gets better if you push through (I mean, there are a lot of high ratings), but I just didn't want to continue to struggle to connect with the characters. Maybe I'll try again in the future.
I don't understand the high ratings on this one (at least on Goodreads), but I'm glad others were able to enjoy it. I just couldn't do it.
There is so MUCH information dumping via dialogue. Literal paragraphs worth. And okay, yeah. Not that big a deal. But the dialogue is also so cringey!
Example 1: "juicy artery" (H to h about her neck).
Example 2: "I thawt I thaw a putty tat." (H to h upon her wakening after he kidnaps her to torture her).
Example 3: "No one, ass-munch!" (our h, who is 22 to our H - like, are you 12?).
Example 4: “But the main point is that he still had swimmers in his sacks.” (H again. And people find him hot?).
I only read 42 pages and I could keep going with the examples, but I think you get the point. Info-dumping is one thing, but this isn't even done tastefully. Maybe it gets better if you push through (I mean, there are a lot of high ratings), but I just didn't want to continue to struggle to connect with the characters. Maybe I'll try again in the future.