MILF fantasies and mental health
-
- Posts: 194
- Joined: 08 Oct 2019, 04:22
- Currently Reading: Cute tooth decay
- Bookshelf Size: 33
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-readerrihana.html
- Latest Review: That Guy What Kill Topsy by Peter Wood Cotterill
Re: MILF fantasies and mental health
However, I think it's not really appropriate to the book or storyline and does not add anything, and obviously makes people uncomfortable, and especially for younger people so it could have been better without
- Sushan Ekanayake
- Official Reviewer Representative
- Posts: 4838
- Joined: 04 May 2018, 19:13
- Currently Reading: My Wind Therapy
- Bookshelf Size: 407
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-sushan-ekanayake.html
- Latest Review: My Wind Therapy: Motorcycling Through A History of Child Abuse And Domestic Violence by Queen Five Star
- Reading Device: B0794JC2K5
- Bill Gates -
$u$han €kanayak€
- Tars
- Posts: 1751
- Joined: 14 Feb 2018, 12:14
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 350
- Jezebelle84
- Posts: 73
- Joined: 27 Dec 2018, 18:20
- Currently Reading: The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
- Bookshelf Size: 2298
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-jezebelle84.html
- Latest Review: That Guy What Kill Topsy by Peter Wood Cotterill
- mama_ash
- Posts: 40
- Joined: 28 Sep 2018, 11:18
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 33
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-mama-ash_1063445.html
- Latest Review: Project Tau by Jude Austin
- Laura Lee
- Posts: 1074
- Joined: 18 Nov 2019, 08:12
- Currently Reading: Holiday in Death
- Bookshelf Size: 101
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-laura-lee.html
- Latest Review: My ABC "Chair" Book by Barbara H. Hartsfield
Have you taken a look at the next book in the series? I agree with your assessment that the book, and even the story arc, gives the author the opportunity to deal with mental health issues. I also agree that she didn't truly capitalize on the opportunity the way she could have. It will be interesting to see if she deals with it at some future point in another book. Honestly, though, at this point, I don't even like Adam.Jezebelle84 wrote: ↑14 Feb 2020, 13:58 I think putting this element in the book presented an enormous opportunity for the author to deal with mental health issues. Instead, I felt like the author just waved it off with the explanation of the serum his mother had ingested. As other people have stated, this is an actual complex people possess. I don't think it added to the story in any way.
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
- Cristina Chifane
- Previous Member of the Month
- Posts: 2061
- Joined: 07 Jan 2018, 03:51
- Favorite Book: The Magic Mountain
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 898
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-cristina-chifane.html
- Latest Review: The Fold by Dennis Lee
- Reading Device: B00JG8GOWU
- Laura Lee
- Posts: 1074
- Joined: 18 Nov 2019, 08:12
- Currently Reading: Holiday in Death
- Bookshelf Size: 101
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-laura-lee.html
- Latest Review: My ABC "Chair" Book by Barbara H. Hartsfield
Thank you. Very well said. The fact that the author did fall into that trap is largely why I think it was included more for shock value than anything else.cristinaro wrote: ↑15 Feb 2020, 04:56 In a strange way, Adam's obsession with his mother reminded me of Nabokov's Lolita and Humbert's dreams and fascination with the pubescent girl. For me, it could have added value to the book if the author hadn't had the tendency to fall into the trap of vulgarity and grossness.
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
- Jac-o-lantern
- Posts: 37
- Joined: 19 Aug 2019, 11:41
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 13
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-jac-o-lantern.html
- Latest Review: We are Voulhire: A New Arrival under Great Skies by Matthew Tysz
- Nym182
- Posts: 771
- Joined: 24 May 2019, 23:34
- Currently Reading: Harley Quinn
- Bookshelf Size: 36
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-nym182.html
- Latest Review: Homecoming: The Unari Experiment Book 1 by Brian L. Harad
I agree! The author took a big risk using incest to show how the serum connects Adam and Jo and I think it fell pretty flat. They could have used another means to do so!Jac-o-lantern wrote: ↑15 Feb 2020, 10:09 I found it very off-putting and disturbing. I think that it was added for a shock value, because it is definitely different, and the author tried to make it more essential to the plot as a excuse for it. I personally would have preferred the author to take another route.
- Nym182
- Posts: 771
- Joined: 24 May 2019, 23:34
- Currently Reading: Harley Quinn
- Bookshelf Size: 36
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-nym182.html
- Latest Review: Homecoming: The Unari Experiment Book 1 by Brian L. Harad
yesssss, I agree with this 100%!! I felt that the serum was such a weak explanation and did not satisfy me at all!Jezebelle84 wrote: ↑14 Feb 2020, 13:58 I think putting this element in the book presented an enormous opportunity for the author to deal with mental health issues. Instead, I felt like the author just waved it off with the explanation of the serum his mother had ingested. As other people have stated, this is an actual complex people possess. I don't think it added to the story in any way.
- Howlan
- Posts: 1985
- Joined: 01 Oct 2019, 08:15
- Favorite Book: Looking for Alaska
- Currently Reading: War Graves
- Bookshelf Size: 122
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-howlan.html
- Latest Review: The Soviet Comeback by Jamie Smith
It would have been to serious and dark for a YA novel if the author continued on that.Jezebelle84 wrote: ↑14 Feb 2020, 13:58 I think putting this element in the book presented an enormous opportunity for the author to deal with mental health issues. Instead, I felt like the author just waved it off with the explanation of the serum his mother had ingested. As other people have stated, this is an actual complex people possess. I don't think it added to the story in any way.
- Howlan
- Posts: 1985
- Joined: 01 Oct 2019, 08:15
- Favorite Book: Looking for Alaska
- Currently Reading: War Graves
- Bookshelf Size: 122
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-howlan.html
- Latest Review: The Soviet Comeback by Jamie Smith
Yes, most readers have gone reading based on what-ifs...mama_ash wrote: ↑14 Feb 2020, 19:11 I was so put-off by this in the beginning - of course, it came to make sense. I don't think it was totally necessary, but it added to the storyline and draws in the reader. I actually almost wanted to stop reading because it made me so uncomfortable, but glad I powered through.
- Wordlessly
- Posts: 303
- Joined: 03 Jan 2019, 07:52
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 24
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-wordlessly.html
- Latest Review: We are Voulhire: A New Arrival under Great Skies by Matthew Tysz
- Howlan
- Posts: 1985
- Joined: 01 Oct 2019, 08:15
- Favorite Book: Looking for Alaska
- Currently Reading: War Graves
- Bookshelf Size: 122
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-howlan.html
- Latest Review: The Soviet Comeback by Jamie Smith