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A review by hedgehogreads01
Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
1.0
I wrote a review, but Goodreads collapsed (twice), and I don’t have a draft…
Anyway… To be short. Worst book of the year for me: male gaze, infantile male character, stalking female character (who also checks out her breasts first thing in the morning), badly written sex scene, the ending to disappoint those who believe in second chances (I didn’t care). From an ex salesman turned author, who opened a private Christian school and was a center of the scandal about his homophobic emails and banning student’s LGBT club. What a chap! He lives in NC, and his books, as far as I understand, are all set there.
Read it as a part of a volunteering program I am in, so tried my best not to cringe, laugh and make faces while reading aloud… (left some comments on the copy I was given, oops).
A star is given for the happiness I felt when I finished!
Anyway… To be short. Worst book of the year for me: male gaze, infantile male character, stalking female character (who also checks out her breasts first thing in the morning), badly written sex scene, the ending to disappoint those who believe in second chances (I didn’t care). From an ex salesman turned author, who opened a private Christian school and was a center of the scandal about his homophobic emails and banning student’s LGBT club. What a chap! He lives in NC, and his books, as far as I understand, are all set there.
Read it as a part of a volunteering program I am in, so tried my best not to cringe, laugh and make faces while reading aloud… (left some comments on the copy I was given, oops).
A star is given for the happiness I felt when I finished!