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A review by ida_warness
Wanting Mr. Cane by Shanora Williams
2.0
I wanted an easy but catching read, and thought a forbidden love story was a perfect fit. Man was I wrong.
Firstly, if remembering details about Your Own main character is troublesome, just don’t write them..:
- “‘September 8th, 2009’ Diary, I turned 13 today.”
- In her diary on “May 14th, 2017”, she writes about her day, during which she tells Cane “I’m eighteen, which is way past puberty.”
... I know it’s 2020 and we all have lockdown-brains at the moment, but I’m pretty sure My math isn’t the one that’s off here..?
Then again with the dates a little later in the book..: “I was eighteen now. Had been since September 23rd.” - Her birthday was September 8th last time I checked...
These are details I would try my best to ignore if the rest of the book kept to a higher standard, which in my opinion it didn’t. There wasn’t much of an actual story, and the characters weren’t particularly impressive either.
This just wasn’t a good fit for me I guess.
Firstly, if remembering details about Your Own main character is troublesome, just don’t write them..:
- “‘September 8th, 2009’ Diary, I turned 13 today.”
- In her diary on “May 14th, 2017”, she writes about her day, during which she tells Cane “I’m eighteen, which is way past puberty.”
... I know it’s 2020 and we all have lockdown-brains at the moment, but I’m pretty sure My math isn’t the one that’s off here..?
Then again with the dates a little later in the book..: “I was eighteen now. Had been since September 23rd.” - Her birthday was September 8th last time I checked...
These are details I would try my best to ignore if the rest of the book kept to a higher standard, which in my opinion it didn’t. There wasn’t much of an actual story, and the characters weren’t particularly impressive either.
This just wasn’t a good fit for me I guess.