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A review by daniel26
Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst
1.0
Synonym for trash: rubbish, dump, garbage, inkmistress.
This bored the shit out of me, all the overwhelming fantasy terms is one thing, but the writing was so bland. I was completely baited into reading all of this thinking it was some fantasy wlw. I absolutely do not mind that Asra is bisexual, i love that for her, but everything felt so forced.
It felt like i was FORCED to read it after getting through the first 80 pages, the characters were MAD PLAIN. It felt like i was licking paper the entire time. Picking this book up felt like i had to run up mountains, there was no damn way i could do it and in fact once i started this and FINISHED IT, i found myself asking, “why the hell did i do this”.
What i hated most was the fact that authors tend to write about how the girl realises in the end “oh i never loved her in the first place”?????? “i met Hal and thats true love and bla bla bla”. Girl. put your pen down. Pick a path, choose good bisexual representation and dont undermine it, or just dont write things like “i realise i never loved her in the end”.
This entire read was DISS-appointing. seriously tho, it managed to make me question what made me walk to the store, look for it, realise it was the last book on the shelf, purchase it, make happy noises, go home, read it, get disappointed, and realises why it was the last book on the shelf. It was the only book. No one restocked it for a reason.
This bored the shit out of me, all the overwhelming fantasy terms is one thing, but the writing was so bland. I was completely baited into reading all of this thinking it was some fantasy wlw. I absolutely do not mind that Asra is bisexual, i love that for her, but everything felt so forced.
It felt like i was FORCED to read it after getting through the first 80 pages, the characters were MAD PLAIN. It felt like i was licking paper the entire time. Picking this book up felt like i had to run up mountains, there was no damn way i could do it and in fact once i started this and FINISHED IT, i found myself asking, “why the hell did i do this”.
What i hated most was the fact that authors tend to write about how the girl realises in the end “oh i never loved her in the first place”?????? “i met Hal and thats true love and bla bla bla”. Girl. put your pen down. Pick a path, choose good bisexual representation and dont undermine it, or just dont write things like “i realise i never loved her in the end”.
This entire read was DISS-appointing. seriously tho, it managed to make me question what made me walk to the store, look for it, realise it was the last book on the shelf, purchase it, make happy noises, go home, read it, get disappointed, and realises why it was the last book on the shelf. It was the only book. No one restocked it for a reason.