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Fire & Flood (Fire & Flood, #1)
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bookshelves: knock-off, divisive-characters, drama-drama-drama, drove-me-to-drink, huge-world-holes, insufferable-mc, not-a-friend-of-feminism, poorly-executed-strong-theme, promotes-rape-culture, trolls-love-me, young-adult
Jan 16, 2014
bookshelves: knock-off, divisive-characters, drama-drama-drama, drove-me-to-drink, huge-world-holes, insufferable-mc, not-a-friend-of-feminism, poorly-executed-strong-theme, promotes-rape-culture, trolls-love-me, young-adult
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January 16, 2014
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January 16, 2014
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January 16, 2014
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4.59%
""I glance at the clock. It's ten at night, and my parents look like they could run a marathon. I stare at them as they stare at their books and will them to become tired. After five minutes of mental warfare, I give up. But just then my dad yawns. Victory is mine!"\n \n This is really entertaining so far."
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""There is a leech on my body. \n Oh my God. Oh my friggin' God. \n Strangely, my first concern is to not let anyone else see. I just want to handle it and then have mild panic attacks for the rest of the day."\n \n *shudder*"
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January 16, 2014
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So far...it doesn't suck. I really like the MC's self deprecating sense of humor.
This review is gonna be loooooooong.
Jenny, you're going to tear it apart if you get it. Take The Hunger Games but replace Katniss with someone who's the complete opposite of her in every way imaginable. This. Fucking. Chick. Do you know how many times she saved herself? ZERO. How many times others saved her? Fifteen. FML. She's there to save her brother but is more focused on how ugly she must look with mud on her face. Also, the romance is fucking horrible. HORRIBLE.
Ugh. Why are there so many of these kind of books?
No idea. I thought Dante Walker was pretty original so I figured this would be too. My mistake.
Aw, and to think I was looking forward to this... :(
Haha, it's okay. It's better to know before reading it. :)Dear ARC, I no longer treasure you as much.
I hope I get denied. Pray for me.
Andrea ❤Ninja Bunneh❤ wrote: "I hope I get denied. Pray for me."Hahaha! Guys, I always can count on your ARC requests comments to keep me entertained :))). First World Problems :P
Anyhow, I had kind of high hopes for this as well but not anymore ..... . Looking forward to the full review though :)).
JennyJen wrote: "*Hopes that if publisher is trying to decide between Andrea and I, Andrea gets this arc"Evilllllllll woman!!!!!
Isn't it bad enough I have Heart of Stone to read? Do you not have any sympathy? *sobs*
Oh my, good luck guys. D:
You know a book has GOT to be bad when people start talking about a free copy using the same terms they'd reach for to describe a root canal ("oh shit, now it's MY turn"). :D
Eeeeek. Does it feel like Hunger Games? And I was so excited for this, too.
I loved Fire & Flood and I think it's best that The Hunger Games! :(
IKR? It was so similar with the arenas and shit. I actually felt embarrassed for the author and tried to make up a game- keeping a tally wherever I found something unique.
Ha! I did the se thing, Stuti. Other than how different the MC was than Katniss, I found very little.
Everyone thinks they can survive THG these days. And I didn't even get the inclusion of animals! What was the point except that they were cute and awesome? They basically destroyed any opportunity of the guys showing survival skills. And HOW on earth did the elephant manage to walk in the desert?
The book NEEDED those animals. Because if she didn't have Madox she would have been jungle food within a day.
That woulda been better. I just thought it was a cop out. SHE shoulda roughened up and saved herself but noooooooooooooo. That cannot happen.
This fucking book. *grumbles*
You have a lot of 'fucking books' this time around. Mwhahahahhahhaa!
Done. Rant up. I took off a star because I realized how pissed off I was while typing it all.
perfect review.
Thanks, Kathy. Ooh, I see you rated it the same. Time to check yours out.
"The Point. I don't get it."OMG =))))))) I have lots of books when I ask myself if there WAS a point...
Spineless chicks. Why do authors even write about them if they're not going to grow and stand up for themselves eventually? This book sounds ridiculous. I'm not sorry you had to go through this because your 
I would love to be the fly on the wall as you search out Gifs for you reviews. "Gnome vomiting rainbow", "woman and hot dogs thrown at face", "raging dude".
Whelp, won't be reading this then.
Thanks for another great review. I'm still searching for the next Katniss and it's a shame that all these female writers create such weak female characters that only care about some manly man to save them.
@ Aly: SERIOUSLY, WHAT WAS THE POINT?! ARGH! @ Komal: I have no idea why they do it, it drives me bugfuck. And thank you.
@ Jeff: Cackling is involved.
@ Crimson: Don't. Seriously. I think anyone that enjoyed THG will hate this with the fiery power of a thousand dying stars.
@ Kathleen: OMG thank you! I keep reading these badass chicks written by men and then I get wet blankets and DiDs written by women. WHY?!
Litchick (is going to Hogwarts) wrote: "@ Aly: SERIOUSLY, WHAT WAS THE POINT?! ARGH!
@ Komal: I have no idea why they do it, it drives me bugfuck. And thank you.
@ Jeff: Cackling is involved.
@ Crimson: Don't. Seriously. I think an..."
Having logic is a curse. Who the hell takes the time to think about their looks in a Death Race? Who!? DAMNIT! WHO!?
And Rape Culture in general and female hate...ugh. What in hell are these authors thinking when they write this shit?
@ Komal: I have no idea why they do it, it drives me bugfuck. And thank you.
@ Jeff: Cackling is involved.
@ Crimson: Don't. Seriously. I think an..."
Having logic is a curse. Who the hell takes the time to think about their looks in a Death Race? Who!? DAMNIT! WHO!?
And Rape Culture in general and female hate...ugh. What in hell are these authors thinking when they write this shit?
I cackle when I am creating insane, obtuse passwords for people. BWAHAHAHAhA
@ Crimson: I could have written a novella about the rape culture in this book. I had articles pulled up, references, etc, and then I had to stop myself, because I've done that before with FSoG and I didn't want this review to end up being 5k longer. >.<@ Jeff: You would. You. Would.
This is why I read books written by male authors because they actually tend to write great female characters better than women. Coraline, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Fault in Our Stars? I can go on for years.
Yes they do. And thank God for that or I'd lose my mind.
Great review! No seriously, it was fantastic. I laughed, I cried, I raged. ;) This is getting put on my mental "no way in hell" list.
Litchick (is going to Hogwarts) wrote: "Yes they do. And thank God for that or I'd lose my mind."
I know.
I know.
@ Samantha: Thank you! @ Crimson: Le sigh.
That's so disappointing. The synopsis sounded interesting. I guess Suzanne Collins is the exception to the depressing rule about female authors and their ability/inability to write a strong female character. Great review.
Thank you, Cathryn!
Cathryn wrote: "That's so disappointing. The synopsis sounded interesting. I guess Suzanne Collins is the exception to the depressing rule about female authors and their ability/inability to write a strong female ..."
Don't forget Mrs. Rowling.
Don't forget Mrs. Rowling.
I think Ms. Rowling is considered a god and not a mere author. :)
Nice. "Please don't suck." has become my mantra when starting new books now.
Great review! I'm so glad I passed on this one. Dodged a bullet there. The rage this would have induced, Ugh.
