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When Gracie Met the Grump
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how to make a super hero romance boring: step 1) include the same internal monologue over and over. the. key. is. repetition! 2) make it 700 pages of said monologue and put the plot on hold. 3) make sure you also throw in some random mafia stuff that the reader won’t care about
DNF @ 218 pages. what the hell was this. the concept is so cool but the last 5 or 6 chapters i forced myself to read had me pulling my hair out i was bored to tears. i didn’t even read the synopsis, i just jumped right in so i was so excited when i realized it’s a super hero romance??? until i realized that mariana really didn’t have a very good objective with the plot. there are entire chapters where nothing happens, it’s just internal monologue or banter that is completely meaningless to the story. we don’t even learn the hero’s name until 30% in. which okay, fine, but you have to keep me intrigued and wow, i really had to force myself to read up to 218 pages because i was waiting for it to get better.
this is a total flop. 700 pages for what.
DNF @ 218 pages. what the hell was this. the concept is so cool but the last 5 or 6 chapters i forced myself to read had me pulling my hair out i was bored to tears. i didn’t even read the synopsis, i just jumped right in so i was so excited when i realized it’s a super hero romance??? until i realized that mariana really didn’t have a very good objective with the plot. there are entire chapters where nothing happens, it’s just internal monologue or banter that is completely meaningless to the story. we don’t even learn the hero’s name until 30% in. which okay, fine, but you have to keep me intrigued and wow, i really had to force myself to read up to 218 pages because i was waiting for it to get better.
this is a total flop. 700 pages for what.
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September 16, 2022
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Started Reading
September 16, 2022
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September 16, 2022
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26.0%
"already want to DNF. nothing is happening. such a good concept and it’s just… all internal monologue"
September 16, 2022
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Finished Reading
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Sep 16, 2022 02:28PM
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Great warning here - nope I can’t stand too long monologue , thank you for you honest review since KU not available in my country I can save my penny for book that’s more my cup of tea - best luck to your next read
The last half of the book is worth it, the monologues continue, but the characters she introduces are extremely interesting and worth it!
Angela wrote: "The last half of the book is worth it, the monologues continue, but the characters she introduces are extremely interesting and worth it!"i was hoping for that.. maybe i will revisit it one day. i feel like she could have cut out SO much of the first 200 pages.. it was so repetitive ugh
Omg, you Love Mariana Lmaoooo!!! This is soo unLochlyn of you! 😂😂
Riri wrote: "Omg, you Love Mariana Lmaoooo!!! This is soo unLochlyn of you! 😂😂"truly! i think i'm going to pretend this book doesn't exist lol
I’m so bored at 20% and not sure if I can continue. You are right - it’s SO repetitive with no sense of plot right now….
I'm so truly disappointed. Right to the end, it didn't get better for me at all.
So much repetition, so little plot, too much internal dialogue... too bad I am a compulsive finisher of books, because this was so not worth the time. Hated the spaced out dialogue - comment or question, lots of repetitious crappy internal gunk - too often a page and a half of it! - then the reply. I seriously had to turn back to find out what the reply was to.
Agree with the earlier comment that this would have made a great novella or 250 page novel. Soooo much padding!
So true about the internal monolog part. Every 3 pages its the same I need to move, oh he looks so good, oh he's so grumpy etc. Like move on dude
