#men suck in this book

[perrypicks]

THE NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED by Lisa Jewell

I've read The Family Upstairs and it was pretty good, especially the ending. This book was also great in the way it all gathered together in the end. She also left us with a juicy bit at the end with the revelation that Liam knew everything and just wanted to fuck Scarlett over.

I was pretty surprised at how they made me feel sympathy for Scarlett / empathy for her and Lula's relationship before absolutely throwing it out of the window with her assisted kidnapping. Not gonna lie, I was pretty happy that Zack died, just how it proceeded after that was not my favourite part. I just wish there was some build up to that happening, and wished that Lula was just trapped in the tunnels / got herself killed in the tunnels as a twist.

I do appreciate that there are so many women in this book. And so many admirable women. Literally all the men suck in this book, even the baby LOL. So stan Lisa Jewell for giving us the feminist thriller novel we needed <3

Thank you Lisa Jewell, will be following more of your work in the future.

#the night she disappeared #Lisa Jewell #thriller novel #book review #booklr #strong women characters #men suck in this book

[haticesultanas]

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON as it should have been: episode 1 (insp.)

Viserys I Targaryen had a generous, amiable nature, and was well loved by his lords and smallfolk alike. The reign of the Young King, as the commons called him upon his ascent, was peaceful and prosperous. His Grace’s open-handedness was legendary, and the Red Keep became a place of song and splendor. King Viserys and Queen Aemma hosted many a feast and torney, and lavished gold, offices, and honors on their favorites.

At the center of the merriment, cherished and adored by all, was their only surviving child, Princess Rhaenyra, the little girl the court singers dubbed “the Realm’s Delight.” Though only six when her father came to the Iron Throne, Rhaenyra Targaryen was a precocious child, bright and bold and beautiful as only one of dragon’s glood can be beautiful. At seven, she became a dragonrider, taking to the sky on the young dragon she named Syrax, after a goddess of old Valyria. At eight, the princess was placed into service as a cupbearer... but for her own father, the king. At table, at tourney, and at court, King Viserys thereafter was seldom seen without his daughter by his side.

#asoiaf #asoiafedit #hotdedit #house of the dragon #viserys i targaryen #rhaenyra targaryen #daemon targaryen #*mio #*hotdmine #gonna stick to the books as much as possible #bc basically they left out everything i loved #i suck at casting men i know

[softestepilogue]

y’all keep saying how y’all hope ed becomes redeemable and like who tf cares he did anything wrong lmao. pushing Lucius overboard? hilarious. stranding the crew? hysterical. chopping off iffy’s toes? comedic af. y’all always so worried about a character being redeemable or morally right and it’s exhausting. that’s why modern books are what they are now. boring and lame af. ed is morally gray. he’s always been morally gray. he don’t like killin but he likes maimin and he has anger issues. and he’s hilarious when he does all of it.

#ed teach #ofmd #our flag means death #for the love of god just have fun #y’all always worried about a character being redeemable so y’all can morally like them #it’s so weird cause they’re fictional #my fave characters are the ones who morally gray #idc what anyone says they are 100% more interesting when written well #if you like ed just like him lol #you don’t need to jump through hoops to like him just do it #idk how y’all managed to turn a comedy show into something so serious but y’all did it #this is tumblr tho so idk why i’m so surprised #this is why modern books are unbearable to read #cause millennials started publishing and are too pc to write interesting characters #also stede is literally trying to be morally gray #tumblr once again just sucking the fun out of everything #y’all are like that one friend who shows up while y’all are having fun and they correct someone to be pc and just always ruins the vibe #also PS i mean morally gray characters that are well written and not the morally gray characters that are white men y’all want to fuck #there is a HUGE difference #op

[pastexistence]

the first chapter title in The Terror that doesn't list coordinates hits like a fucking BRICK this book hurts so bad

#the terror #ik the fandom doesn't like the book but honestly. i do!! #the silna stuff is weird. it is definitely weird and uncomfortable and I'm very glad it was cut out #but like!! British men suck so bad. accurate representation #realistically didn't need to be as long as it is. lots of rambling in the middle that wasn't great but the last 300 pages or so are fab #books

[rosenecklaces]

I'm tired of this overused argument but like, pointing out rhysand countless mistakes/ trying to paint feyre like this underlying woman who actually was the cause of tamlin downfall is moronic as hell. Like I don't know how to tell tam fuckers than spitting about rhys instance of canon asshole-ry doesn't make your ugly ass blonde husband less of an asshole either or erase the fact he's-an-abuser. He aaalways had anger issues BEFORE his ptsd that fucking lulu himself was witness of. Sure, Rhys is messed up especially in the first ones, I'm not particularly opposed to that, but one character flaws doesn't mean another one is free from theirs all of a sudden lmao

And again, blaming a fucking victim perfect or not, from A MAN'S actions is plain old misogyny and just dumb all together. He's a woman's beater and yall should just dealt with it like damn fucking adults with pubic hair already

#tamlin #anyways i unfollowed that person ass lime how are you an elriel an a white men apologist... #you people cannot be fucking for real #tampon ain't paying you to suck the ground he walks on that man isn't a real character since the SECOND book #you could NOT convice me this people love him so much for being a plain useless bitch in fucking 2023 JJSJDJFJR #acotar rant #tamlin wives

[bitchkay]

I prefer Guys characterization in the princes path rather then his consort route

I feel like all the routes should've progressed slower tbh but with Guy in particular I feel like it would really work with a slow burn romance

Also, unrelated but MC always falls in love with her chosen consort by chapter 10 like girl you've known this man for 2 weeks

#also the length of time each path spans isn't clear therefore it either feels too fast paced or soon #i kinda wish book 1 consort routes were more figurative like still focused on the progression of their relationship and character developmen #but less focused on the actual establishing of the relationship if that makes any sense #i guess it would have to be different for different characters and the overall dynamic of the relationship but regardless #with 30 chapters + 3 interludes and your chosen ending you would think you can do alot with that #cus 30 chapters is alot and 5 story parts per chapter too #i dont think alot of the stories need tp change if im being honest now #but imagine if each chapter included more subtance not to mention detail to clarify alot of things #overall I thing the book 1 consort routes to felt really filling were Roy or Toa #or maybe knight i remember the first time I read knights route like i was watching a movie cus i ended up really sucked into the story #and the lore of it too #same with Roy #i wish there was more side plot to the consort route cus realistically im not thinking about or doing the same thing everyday even if im #set on a specific path and moving forward towards a goal if that makes any sense #the path or goal in this case being cuffing one if these ridiculously hot men yk like im not gonna be thinking about this man every second #of the goddamn day no #court of darkness #kay just saying shit

[wild-at-mind]

Not to talk about MRA-lite spaces again but I'm going to need everyone to understand that in these spaces, the subtext of 'men don't get to talk about their problems' is ALWAYS 'and it is women's fault!'

#my time in the MRA-lite saltmines returns to me yet again whenever i see the transandrophobia side of tumblr #look- it's just the same stuff ok? Or maybe i'm just biased because it triggers me the fucking same no matter who is saying it #also please note i'm saying MRA-lite and not MRA- I understand that MRA usually has connotations of violence for people #MRA-lite is nothing like that it's just a load of talking about men's issues but without any of the context #the very important context that you need to place the issues into wider society and its effect on everyone and not just men #these spaces may not be violent but they are quite pointless and the conversations never ever go anywhere #and it's been the same like 5 conversations for the past 15 years and no doubt much longer but that's as far back as i go with it #every time someone discovers the 5 or so men's issue they act like they just converted to a religion or something #and bring it up in everything. I was like that too at like 21 i promise i get it! but now i look back and CRINGE #and i am a guy now! ok? I get it that a lot of people are transmasc doing this i get why! but..... #i just wish it was less of a Thing. and i genuinely find it triggering. #because i do fucking care ok? i have academic books about some of the 5 or so men's issues on my bookshelf! #because actually there are people writing these books and they do care! #i had someone a while ago saying it was 'sad' to see a trans man talk like i do on this so i explained where i'm coming from #and they never came back so i will never know if they saw my point of view and that kind of sucked #hopefully that won't happen again- i really don't like arguing with other transmasc people (i like discussions though) #anyway i'll stop rambling now

[magstorrn]

about to leave a scathing review for a historical fiction book on goodreads (felt so strongly about it i made an account for the first time) then chickening out once i realised i'd put down my full name and i dont want to offend the author TOO much in case we end up working in the same field as historians

#missives #i admire her a lot too which sucks but holy shit. this book is bad its SO bad #maybe i'll post my review here just to get it out of my system #in essence its a book about a real historical figure but shes written in this way where literally all she ever does is serve men #and have babies continuously #and we're meant to believe she's fallen in love with her dropkick of a husband who does fuck all and is constantly abroad #and like. of course i can believe that's how some women were especially given their religious inclinations #but i could feel the feminism leaving my body the longer i read the book like it is that bad i felt like i was being brainwashed #it starts good like it goes into her childhood and relationship with her siblings #but then she just turns into her husband's mother essentially and its so revolting. and it doesnt even feel authentic? like #none of these people feel like real people. they dont fight they dont have nasty thoughts they are so fucking sanitised #i dont know what i expected.jpeg #and this woman is a historian!! she has a phd!! #yet she gets basic things wrong to an immersion-breaking degree #the whole thing is set during the civil wars but she NEVER talks about there being surgeons i have not seen a single mention of a surgeon #shes always referring to doctors and physicians but it's becoming apparent to me that when she says physician #shes just using it as an old timey word for doctor not because she properly understands the 17th century medical hierarchy #fucking hell. im so mad

[martyrbat]

batman #229

[ID: three photos focusing on Batman's face as he's framed by a yellowish, white comic panel border. Behind him is a blue night sky. The first photo, he's looking to the right and in the third picture he's looking to the left. The middle photo is in the shape of a circle instead of a normal rectangle like the other two and he's looking to the right. In all the photos he's shown in dramatic, yellowish lighting and has his mouth agape in a horrified scowl. END ID]

#everyone say thank you 70s artist's for drawing bruce with dick sucking lips for whatever reason as he experiences the horrors <33 #i love objectifying middle aged fictional men almost as much as comic book artists love objectifying middle aged fictional men <3 #c: batman | i: 229 #crypt's panels #batman

[jaggedwolf]

wanted to read some f/f romance novels set in college while I let the longfic draft rest. already fucked up with the first book I started on because one of them is in grad school (wrong type of college!) and the other is running for congress. there's also a fictional mayor of new york who does not have something deeply wrong with him, which is a requirement for the office imo.

and yet, all of that said, I cackled out loud at how the main two women meet in-person because I got one page of anticipation of how ridiculously it was going to go down. that was good.

#tfw you want to suck up to a senator for your campaign but instead his daughter is the woman you've been uhhhh lesbian mentoring via text??? #how do you even explain that to anyone #not even lesbian mentoring in a sexy way to be clear #jaggedwolf rambles #mine #i'm waiting for a single politician in this book to like...not be such a goody goody though #like this far into rwrb you already had the president joke that she should fake her son's death for the votes #haven't even had anything at even that meager level yet #grad student has terrible taste in men so far btw why is every past bf she had some dude who sucks #understandable for the politician to be like dear god this woman needs a list of red flags to look out for

[isekyaaa]

Reading the spoilers of otome light novels always be like, "Wow, people really hate men."

#rambles #I KNOW I COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS A LOT OKAY LEAVE ME ALONE #I JUST........... #NUANCE #PEOPLE HATE NUANCE AND IT SUCKS #PEOPLE HATE COMPLEXITY #AND MOSTLY #people hate stereotypical tropey men that are specifically written that way for the trope #'i hate how possessive and dismissive he is of mc!!!' #it's the same level of idiocy as going to the circus and being mad at the clowns #if you want to read a story about the perfect politically correct male lead find some chronically online girl's book on tiktok #like look okay let me be honest here #when i go to isekai manhwa as my medium of entertainment choice i embody those middle aged women reading smutty novels abt guys named knut #i don't go in expecting quality okay i'm not an idiot #i go in expecting a specific fix to be filled #and if that specific fix is a possessive dismissive male lead then by the almighty god himself one must do as one must #now let me be clear like.... i am complaining about two things here #one: readers don't like nuanced complex men #two: readers do not like genre-specific stereotypical men #these two things are not the same okay #possessive stereotypical men are not nuanced or complex... BUT BY JOVE THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO EXIST #SHITTY STEREOTYPICAL MEN ARE JUST AS ENJOYABLE AS NUANCED AND COMPLEX MEN #it's so funny that people go into otome manhwa expecting q u a l i t y #this is the modern woman's equivalent of those trashy novels our grandmothers read #we are no better than them #i really just want to go into reading spoilers where everyone is on the same page of 'okay so we all just have terrible taste amiright' #tho tbh writing all of this i should be more forgiving of people that love crappy reader-inserts on this website #but lmao no i am not i have way better taste than they ever will whoops u//w//u

[dnangelic]

goodby e

#more onto my list of books i cram so im not solely passionate about silly little anime charas #now i can be passionate about dramatic murderous french men who are definitely real and definitely existed instead /j #oh i suck so bad at pdfs. girl please hold my hand #*･ﾟ⊰ 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒. ⊱ ✦ › OUT.

[lovecatsys]

i feel so weird being a huge Quentin Quire fan when like I despise the majority of his appearances or at least have a lot of gripes with them

#riot at xavier's had a lot of potential to me and could have been really good #but it was really really bad lol #phoenix endsong was great but he only has a small role in it #that nation x story sucks #havent read schism but ive heard it sucks #watxm sucks balls #generation x is SPECTACULAR. best Quentin story ever #havent read his mighty thor arc frankly have never heard anything about it #wca is okay but i have a lot of gripes with quentin's characterization #havent read leah williams' gwenpool #havent touched x force before laura joined because.... i have no desire to read a book where my favorite guy dies over and over and over #my hope is that mackay's x men will be his best book tbh #i trust mackay to do something great #but yeah anyways its like #i like the potential of who quentin is as a character but hes been written really poorly a lot

[starlit-mansion]

sometimes i still like to laugh at the romance book i tried to read that over-pitched being about people in their late 30 or early 40s, one of which was sober and unemployed because of a scandal, and the other was a divorcee with an extremely demanding job, and the book proceeded to be exclusively them reminiscing about their high school romance and recreating it by visiting old locations from their past together, the alcoholism was waved away whenever anyone else wanted to drink, the scandal had nothing to do with the character whatsoever, the divorcee and the ex had the most function besties coparenting relationship ever and the demanding job literally never came up from the first chapter to the middle of the book where i finally dropped it in disgust.

not only failed step one. but literally failed every other step

#it was. hilarious. i donated the book to goodwill #almost worth the bookstore price for being able to mock it alone #here's my problem. it's that really emotionally heavy stories can actually kind of ruin my mood because of the mood swings #but then you try to take in fluffy light stuff and it SUCKS ASS and is full of so much painfully unfunny wanna-be witty banter #and an absolute determination to never demand the slightest bit of thought from the audience that it also ruins my mood lmao #anyway. why even pitch me a romance story about 40 year old dudes when it's just about them remembering being teens #i came here for the 40 year old men part

[wanderingmind867]

So this is just genetic warfare and eugenics. Messing with her DNA to make her a god? Sounds pretty bad to me. So, mesmero sucks. But also, the birth of Polaris! Queen of the Mutants! (X-Men #50):

#this feels messed up #poor lorna #also mesmero sucks #just like magneto #x men #the x men #great art here #jim steranko #x men comics #xmen #o5 #original xmen #cyclops #scott summers #jean grey #marvel girl #beast #hank mccoy #angel #warren worthington iii #iceman #bobby drake #polaris #lorna dane #arnold drake #marvel #comics #comic books #marvel comics

[mrswarnerxo]

the urge to just get a book girl best friend whos interested into the stuff (book men) im into but all the students at my school do not read at all😎😳

#bsf #i need a bsf #book nerds #book bsf #best friends #AHH THIS SUCKS #GHRHRHRG #LIKE WHERES MY GIRL BEST FRIEND #I NEED TO TALK ABOUT BOOK MEN WITH HER #IM GONNA KMS #GRAHGGG