Book 68
68. Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
The star of a popular cable show falls for an overweight fan who writes fanfiction for his show.
Well. What to say? Again, this is one of those books that I wanted to love. I hoped for a star-meets-fan version of Rainbow Rowell's "Fangirl". Instead, I had to keep reminding myself that the main characters were supposed to be in their mid to late 30s and not the 21-year-olds they sounded like. And honestly, I felt like I was hit over the head with a sledgehammer. Dialogue, themes, issues, characters - there is just no subtlety. Everything just felt so heavy. I have no idea why these two even liked each other, never mind fell madly in love. This was just such a slog to get through.
The author got a lot of the technical fanfic stuff right - complete with the really annoying tags on A03 that some people use (you know the ones, they make me want to pull my hair out, just like this) - but so much is wrong. No new writer gets 100 comments and 400 kudos in a day or two. Private servers? I could go on. Ugh.
2/5 stars
Popsugar Challenge 33 - discusses body positivity
416 pages
Books Read: 68/85
Popsugar Challenge: 43/50
LJ Book Bingo Hallowe'en Challenge: 03/09
Goodreads Challenge: 52/52
LJ Book Bingo Jan-March: 12/12
LJ Book Bingo April-June 20: 9/9
LJ Book Bingo June 20-August 31: 9/9
Goodreads Summer Challenge: 12/12
Total Page Count: 21126 pages
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