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A review by readerbreather
Embracing His Syn by A.E. Via
1.0
1.5 stars.
Firstly can we talk about the names? Sydney to Syn, like wtf. So damn cheesy and you can tell it was only done for that mediocre 'embracing his syn' title. If the author wanted a character named Syn so bad she should have just named him Synergy or something. It's almost less ridiculous. And then God and Day? My head was spinning.
But I wouldn't factor in names when rating a book no matter how outstanding the names are. What really brought this book to 1.5 stars was the soo prevalent misogyny all throughout. Usually, I can, unfortunately, tolerate a little misogyny from M/M books and even M/F because I find that it is very very common. However, when Day was questioning the lesbian witness and she said:
“You’re not as smart as you think you are Lieutenant Day!”
and Day replied:
“Smart enough to like cock,” Day shot over his shoulder before leaving the room.
And Syn and God doubled over laughing? Are these guys supposed to be the good guys? Are we supposed to like them? All of this just because the author wanted to extract laughs from the viewer? The author managed to make her gay characters both homophobic and misogynistic. Make it make sense. A positive portrayal of a woman is so few and far between in this book, it's almost sad.
And then the plot. I love Hawaii Five-0, its a show about cops in a team that have free range and can also do whatever they want. However, the cops in Hawaii Five-0 are responsible. And you can see that's why they have that privilege. The members of the team in this book, are very clearly not. From the dumbass jokes to the absolute shambles of a plan they have when doing anything, it's clear that these are not the people you would choose to put on a team that have no consequences for the actions whatsoever. It's like watching a bunch of skilled high schoolers that are all attracted to each other try to solve crimes after watching an episode of CSI.
Firstly can we talk about the names? Sydney to Syn, like wtf. So damn cheesy and you can tell it was only done for that mediocre 'embracing his syn' title. If the author wanted a character named Syn so bad she should have just named him Synergy or something. It's almost less ridiculous. And then God and Day? My head was spinning.
But I wouldn't factor in names when rating a book no matter how outstanding the names are. What really brought this book to 1.5 stars was the soo prevalent misogyny all throughout. Usually, I can, unfortunately, tolerate a little misogyny from M/M books and even M/F because I find that it is very very common. However, when Day was questioning the lesbian witness and she said:
“You’re not as smart as you think you are Lieutenant Day!”
and Day replied:
“Smart enough to like cock,” Day shot over his shoulder before leaving the room.
And Syn and God doubled over laughing? Are these guys supposed to be the good guys? Are we supposed to like them? All of this just because the author wanted to extract laughs from the viewer? The author managed to make her gay characters both homophobic and misogynistic. Make it make sense. A positive portrayal of a woman is so few and far between in this book, it's almost sad.
And then the plot. I love Hawaii Five-0, its a show about cops in a team that have free range and can also do whatever they want. However, the cops in Hawaii Five-0 are responsible. And you can see that's why they have that privilege. The members of the team in this book, are very clearly not. From the dumbass jokes to the absolute shambles of a plan they have when doing anything, it's clear that these are not the people you would choose to put on a team that have no consequences for the actions whatsoever. It's like watching a bunch of skilled high schoolers that are all attracted to each other try to solve crimes after watching an episode of CSI.