There is a canyon-wide difference between "cocky" and "asshole."
Cocky Roomie begins with an ad for a roommate in which the "hero" goes off on a tiradeThere is a canyon-wide difference between "cocky" and "asshole."
Cocky Roomie begins with an ad for a roommate in which the "hero" goes off on a tirade against hipsters and artists; brags that his little brother, who just enlisted in the Marines will be a hero; and ends with "I don't need a roommate. I just want one."
What exactly do you want a roommate for then, pray tell? To watch you wander around the apartment butt-nekkid? (<=The answer being "Yes," as he admits as much in the first scene.)
Anyway, this is our introduction to the hero, apparently demonstrating his "cockiness."
In the next scene, Drew, the heroine and soon-to-be roomie, shows up at his doorstep for a tour of the apartment. Previously they had only communicated through email, and Mr. Man assumes Drew is a man's name. Consequently, he answers the door wearing only a towel.*
Uh, whot?
So he assumes "Drew" is a guy's name, and therefore he needs to compare penis length with prospective roomies? I mean, who answers the door fresh out of the shower, wearing nothing but a towel? Who, besides characters in porn or...erotic fiction? Trite, unoriginal, erotic fiction. The contrivance in the situation is strong enough to lift an X-Wing out of a swamp.
Drew, of course, plays at offended while secretly getting wet panties. This is where I think, "And how would this go down if Mr. Man were 5-feet tall, 300 pounds, and sporting a comb-over?"
As the scene progresses, Mr. Man drops his towel, grabs his dick and insists, angrily, that Drew is a guy's name.
At which point, I figure this might be the gayest, supposedly hetero hero ever.
Despite Mr. Man's douche-bag behavior, Drew insists she wants to see the apartment and that there are worse places to live. Really? Because living with a repressed/closeted gay man who's compensating by acting like a creepy sexual predator and who really doesn't want to live with you, falls into the category of: "Living under a bridge with Bilbo Baggin's trolls would be preferable."
Before laying claim to "cocky," the author should have looked up the word's definition. Han Solo is cocky. The jackass in this book, however, is a suppurating, cesspool of stupid, testosterone-poisoned douchery.
*The "only wearing a towel" thing, as with any plot device, can be cute and amusing. For example, the hero has been endlessly harassed by Jehovah Witnesses, and others selling god door-to-door, and fed up, he decides to give them an eye-full. Absent any good reason for being nearly naked, Mr. Man and his towel is just one panel van short of being on a sexual predator list....more
A forward? A first book by an unknown author has a forward? *Snort*
Forwards are typically the kind of conceit that accompany either a special edition A forward? A first book by an unknown author has a forward? *Snort*
Forwards are typically the kind of conceit that accompany either a special edition of a beloved book, cult classic, etc., or, with some memoirs, a silly device used by the author to introduce their book.
Used as it is here, as a means of one author fluffing up another author--and getting to the important business of how to pronounce the author's name--it's just fucking weird.
The novel begins with several pages of navel-gazing, the kind of stuff, which in my day, went into a written journal (because I'm old, yo), and which, decades later, either gets dumped in a bin out of embarrassment or cherished as a memento of foolish youth. This is followed by the protagonist describes herself to the reader whilst looking at her reflection shtick. Because that never gets old, heh. All phrased in a "I'm pretty but not too pretty, so love me" tone. A few stilted bits of dialogue follow, and then another chunk of teeny bopper navel gazing.
Not that "teeny bopper" is a bad thing. A quick glance at my bookshelf reveals my fondness for YA. I'm not, however, fond of people who game the system. If they put the same effort and resources into learning the craft of writing (or editing) as they do into cheating, they might be just as successful, but without the inevitable blow-back from the publishing/reading community.
So...fan fiction written by the author of the original fiction. Isn't that like a form of masturbation?So...fan fiction written by the author of the original fiction. Isn't that like a form of masturbation?...more
Made the mistake of buying this--hope I didn't spend much--before realizing it was penned by a bigot. No thanks.Made the mistake of buying this--hope I didn't spend much--before realizing it was penned by a bigot. No thanks....more
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