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A review by 8_angie_8
Bass-Ackwards by Eris Adderly
dark
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Re-read
31/08/24
Audiobook this time. I enjoyed the audiobook but I definitely think reading it was better. There's a personality and rhythm to the writing that doesn't come through when elocution is a main goal. And I never really like men doing women's voices, even though I love it when some women do men's voices (not all though!) I think it might be easier for some women to do the lower range than it is for men to go high? Especially the gravelly voiced men they get to narrate these books. Why are they all gravelly btw? Lol!
Original review
This was so refreshing! For a book that is almost just erotica, the writing and characterisation are wonderful. To put it bluntly, there is a f*cked power dynamic that starts this relationship off (not usually part of any book I'd enjoy, definitely not behaviour from an MMC that I would usually care to tolerate) - but the writing is great so I really just enjoyed myself. The little character touches also made it hot and interesting. They felt like real people, more real than real honestly because there was emotional truth there even when it was OTT. I love fiction when I occasionally find something like this. At other times I tolerate it lol. I'll be looking into more of her books for sure. My favourite thing was that I read it in a particular US accent - I don't exactly know where it is from but it came straight out of the writing - the inner dialogue and dialogue. It had a rhythm and sound in my head and that rarely happens to me, especially in romance.
31/08/24
Audiobook this time. I enjoyed the audiobook but I definitely think reading it was better. There's a personality and rhythm to the writing that doesn't come through when elocution is a main goal. And I never really like men doing women's voices, even though I love it when some women do men's voices (not all though!) I think it might be easier for some women to do the lower range than it is for men to go high? Especially the gravelly voiced men they get to narrate these books. Why are they all gravelly btw? Lol!
Original review
This was so refreshing! For a book that is almost just erotica, the writing and characterisation are wonderful. To put it bluntly, there is a f*cked power dynamic that starts this relationship off (not usually part of any book I'd enjoy, definitely not behaviour from an MMC that I would usually care to tolerate) - but the writing is great so I really just enjoyed myself. The little character touches also made it hot and interesting. They felt like real people, more real than real honestly because there was emotional truth there even when it was OTT. I love fiction when I occasionally find something like this. At other times I tolerate it lol. I'll be looking into more of her books for sure. My favourite thing was that I read it in a particular US accent - I don't exactly know where it is from but it came straight out of the writing - the inner dialogue and dialogue. It had a rhythm and sound in my head and that rarely happens to me, especially in romance.