Kat Kennedy’s review of Of Poseidon (The Syrena Legacy, #1) > Likes and Comments

Glad I wasn't interested in reading this one then. ;)

So you don't like this one? I found a link to an excerpt and liked it up to where it ended... Hmmmm... What did you dislike?

What? What happened?

Oh no, this sounds bad.

^Ah! I found you, ya tricky bastard!

Sharifah - I simply couldn't stand it. My apologies.

Aww! I was looking forward to hearing what you think of it since I'd rated it 5 stars. Oh well~

I couldn't go through with this book either. I just closed it and return it. XDD

The shark turns, saunters away as if sulking.

Thanks for saving me from spending several months on a library reserve list waiting for this one. You have to wonder what was running through the editor's mind w/regard to the sulking shark bit. Did s/he actually think, "Hey, now that's a great way to describe a shark in the middle of an attack!"?

Sulky sauntering sharks may become my new pseudo-curse.

Reviews like this one keep me from buying crappy YA novels. Thank you.

You make me glad I didn't fall for this mermaid book (like I do all the other mermaid books). Don't think I could handle the sexism.

love your review. made me smile and really have a good think...

thanks for the laugh :) the one of the dog..lol

her refusal and hatred of him is treated as a com­i­cal device in the story

Yep, sounds utterly hilarious.

Gag.

"Clumsy is not a char­ac­ter flaw." And all the angels sang above you. Thank you. THANK YOU.

Wish I could of read this sooner would of saved me money :(
Lool but I loved your review it was hilarious

Lol, I loved the image for your sexism reason. And your review. Nice. XD

i wish i had read this review before i went out and bought the book. It was terrible and having galen from third person was annoying, but great review so true!!!

you have something like 142 read books on your GR profile - 82 of which you've marked as YA. Why do you like rubbish YA books? I hated this one but I at least enjoy, if not love, a good number of YA books that I've read. Which I'm betting may just be more than you've read.

The tag YA should not mean that the book is allowed to be bad because the demographic target is young. An author should not consider his reader stupid and sell him crap, regardless of his age.

Thank you for your reviews Kat. I sure don't want to fall into the pretty cover trap anymore.

And yes, surprisingly as it might sound, there are exceptional YA books out there. Books with a solid plot, memorable characters and something to say.

Thanks for the review. I read the prequel and for some reason had misgivings. It turns out it was based on all the points in this review - go figure! At least the author is consistent...

You articulated so many of my thoughts so well here.

You sound like a b****. If you didn't like the book then it isn't your type. Your acting like you'd do a better job. How about you write a book n publish it

Oh look it's a troll resorting to the B word! How original!

Exactly the kind of comment I'd expect from someone like you.

FYI Gage, Try having some class, there is no reason to call someone a Bitch for having an opinion, a well thought out, intelligent opinion at that. Goodreads is meant for opinions good or bad. Except that or don't be apart of it.

Oh my God this is exactly how I feel about this book! thank you so much, this book was horrible, I HATED Emma right when I started. I am so glad I didn't not buy it now all I have to do is return all the 3 books I checked out from the library, I am done with mermaid books just no I had it up to here. :/ love your review by the way keep it up. don't read the hateful comments! they are nothing but hate.

I really have a problem with the whole "clumsy is cute" thing. I am clumsy. It's not cute, it's a fucking nightmare sometimes. I broke the glass over the screen of my high-end phone because I am clumsy. That's expensive. I broke the clutch on my boyfriend's scooter because I am clumsy. That is expensive AND has to be fixed. I can live with a broken screen I can't live with a broken scooter, I need that to travel.
When I was a teenager, I broke BOTH WRISTS within the span of two months, because I am clumsy.

STOP MAKING CLUMSY CUTE DAMMIT IT IS AN ISSUE PEOPLE DEAL WITH AND IT IS NOT FUN TO HAVE

I feel your pain.

How is the setting significant to the overall meaning of the book?

I read this book a year or two ago and I hadn't realized that there was so much sexism. I think I was just in love with the idea of the story that I didn't take the time to analyze and actually see its flaws. I've noticed that this happens with a lot of YA books. So now I'm trying to expand my horizons with some other genres.

I read this book a year or two ago and I hadn't realized that there was so much sexism. I think I was just in love with the idea of the story that I didn't take the time to analyze and actually see its flaws. I've noticed that this happens with a lot of YA books. So now I'm trying to expand my horizons with some other genres.

I read this book a year or two ago and I hadn't realized that there was so much sexism. I think I was just in love with the idea of the story that I didn't take the time to analyze and actually see its flaws. I've noticed that this happens with a lot of YA books. So now I'm trying to expand my horizons with some other genres.

Well this book is for teen girls. Not women who read teen books because they have nothing better to do. This is a great book for TEENS.

I don't think this is a good book for anyone.

Sarah wrote: "Well this book is for teen girls. Not women who read teen books because they have nothing better to do. This is a great book for TEENS."

It's so lovely to see that ageism is so present in our society.

I did not finish this book because it was boring.

I did not finish this book because it was boring.

I had a good laugh after reading your review.

I had a good laugh after reading your review.

Sorry for the spam... my Kindle was so slow so I just decided to write it again.

I am a teen girl and while I actually liked the writing style, it's true that the character who dies was there JUST to die, and especially during the end, Galen came off as just creepy. I hated the part about his sister being forced to marry his friend, and the part where Emma, who was pretty good about it at first (she was mad about the forced marriage) justified the marriage by helping make Galen's sister jealous. There were great parts about the book, but there were too many parts I didn't like to ignore.

I will add that while I dislike YA novels and I hate romance novels, this was at least passable, and I didn't feel offended at the end, excluding the sexism, because the story was actually pretty damn interesting in my opinion, and if the death of that character and the sexism hadn't been present, it would have been among my favorites.

Sarah, as an adult with teenage daughters who are rather oblivious and naive sometimes, it's good for me to read and review books so I can responsibly recommend quality storis and explain horrible books to them so they know why I'm appalled. They can read whatever they want, but if I see them reading a book I haven't heard of, I check it out on GR to see what it's about. If it looks interesting, I might read it. If it's on a controversial topic, I'll simply say, "Hey, I heard that book is about xxx. I'd love to hear your opinion when you're done."

But if it's a book like this, I'm going to tell them how I feel because I don't want them getting the idea this is okay. My girls are smart, capable, reliable, interesting, creative individuals. They are also beautiful just the way they are ( which I make sure they know and so far none have developed an eating disorder). I want to make sure they stay that way and don't start believing other people can control them or tell them they need to change to be acceptable. There are times when you have to listen to authority and obey or suffer consequences. But if you believe those consequences are unfair, you talk about it at another time and if appropriate, work to change the law. Fortunately my kids and I live in a country where we can do that.

I'm fine with them reading this kind of claptrap as long as they do so with a critical eye and understand that none of this behavior is acceptable. This is not a great book for teens unless a mom is using it as a cautionary tale. You might have enjoyed it, and that's fine for you, but if my daughters enjoyed it and trolled people who didn't like it, I would cry because that would mean they didn't understand what I've been trying to teach them: that people of any gender, race, creed, orientation, religion, hertiage, ethnicity, etc. deserve respect, love, certain freedoms and responsibilities, the right to vote, to express an idea or opinion, AND respect those rights in others even when they don't agree with those opinions. I'm very sorry you were never taught that lesson. It will hurt you as you go through life.

BTW, my kids are foster kids and they didn't get these lessons until their teenage years. Because I treat them with respect, they are willing to learn. They see that respect earns respect. It's never too late to start this process. You might want to try it. My kids are all heroes.

way to go.....way to go..

Tax soon as they started talking about her fiiend's weave I was worried. As soon as she died in the most horrific way I was so offended.

I haven't read the book, and I'm not even sure why this is in my updates feed, but I actually enjoyed the review a lot.

That a Review.... Do yall ever read a review that should've be a book because the are so good?? Thats one of them.

I thoroughly enjoyed this review! Could not stop laughing... thanks!

I left that book alone as soon as the stereotype died. I just couldn't continue.