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A review by beforeyouandidie
Ask, Tell by E.J. Noyes
0.0
if you happen to be e.j. noyes, please don’t read this.
not sure why i finished this and it’s beyond me why it has such glowing reviews. here are just some of the things that bugged me (*spoilers incoming*):
i) the main character, sabine, legit says at one point that she’s proud of her nazi ancestry;
ii) a gay man calls sabine, who’s a lesbian, the d-slur and it’s treated as being okay;
iii) sabine is horny 24/7 (even when she’s heavily injured and thinks she might die) and constantly ogles the love interest, rebecca, while she is still in a relationship (and we’re supposed to root for her during this);
iv) the breakup arc is completely unnecessary and sabine’s strong reaction to it makes zero sense, given her earlier emotional cheating;
v) the two main leads have zero romantic chemistry and barely interact before jumping into bed together;
vi) before that can happen, however, cue my most hated trope of all time: sabine hooks up with a random woman while pining for rebecca and realizes it doesn’t help her get rid of her feelings for her (no shit).
overall, i hate sabine and i hate this book. so glad i didn’t buy it physically because i would have been tempted to burn it. will not be picking up anything by e.j. noyes going forward.
not sure why i finished this and it’s beyond me why it has such glowing reviews. here are just some of the things that bugged me (*spoilers incoming*):
i) the main character, sabine, legit says at one point that she’s proud of her nazi ancestry;
ii) a gay man calls sabine, who’s a lesbian, the d-slur and it’s treated as being okay;
iii) sabine is horny 24/7 (even when she’s heavily injured and thinks she might die) and constantly ogles the love interest, rebecca, while she is still in a relationship (and we’re supposed to root for her during this);
iv) the breakup arc is completely unnecessary and sabine’s strong reaction to it makes zero sense, given her earlier emotional cheating;
v) the two main leads have zero romantic chemistry and barely interact before jumping into bed together;
vi) before that can happen, however, cue my most hated trope of all time: sabine hooks up with a random woman while pining for rebecca and realizes it doesn’t help her get rid of her feelings for her (no shit).
overall, i hate sabine and i hate this book. so glad i didn’t buy it physically because i would have been tempted to burn it. will not be picking up anything by e.j. noyes going forward.