This is a “NO, thank you, put that thing back where it came from” situation. Where it may do something well, where it has value to something I’ve experienced or shared, something to that degree.īut for the love of all that’s holy, why is this…THIS? Why is this a thing? Why is “The Mister” considered a popular, sexy book? I just don’t understand. I like certain things, stories, aspects that are problematic too, but I fully acknowledge that they are problematic, why, and give my reasons for where I may like something in a way that I hope people will understand where I’m coming from as to where I can have an appreciation of the thing. I can also see that there are people who like things that are problematic. I get that fully, I can respect that at least in consideration to certain things. You know, I realize that reading is an individual experience and people like what they like. …I guess that time is now (2021, two years after this book was first read). One of these days, we’re going to talk about how this book broke my brain so badly that I had reviewer’s block in spurts over the course of a two year time frame when talking about other books I’ve read. James novel, but I don’t see myself picking up anything else from her at all from this experience. I guess I can cross off my bucket list that I read an E.L. Believe the critique – this was just an all around bad experience – bad writing (including bad sex scenes, yikes), bad pacing with characters that had little to no development, excessive violence against women that went completely overlooked most of the time, racist/xenophobic commentary passing off as humor, …I could go on for a while. Something tells me I’m going to regret this, but you know what? Let’s go.Īfter reading: I think I’m stuck in my reaction between cringing and laughing. James wrote a novel that wasn’t “Fifty Shades of Grey” related, I would read it? Pre-read: So remember that time a long while ago when I said that if E.L.
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