reading "stealing infinity" by alyson noël and being absolutely disaoppointed - a tale by me
(maybe spoilers?)
first of all what the fuck is up with the chapter lenght?? whos idea was this???? there are chapters that are literally 2 pages long (at least in my version)... if you can even call that a chapter.
nothing happens for like 400 pages, when you finally get to a real mystery and the real reason natasha was invited to gray wolf. more pages =/= good world/character building
the characters are flat af, there are almost no motivations, no goals, no depth. we get told they have some kind of goal but we don't get to see them work for it in any way.
instead of using the previous pages before they mystery to build natashas character we get timeskip after timeskip, scenes with braxton where they a) don't talk only make-out or b) natasha asks stupid, irrelevant questions that brax doesn't answer.
also the fact that natasha has so much beef with stealing. babe. its just. stealing from rich people. they're all so dramatic about it like "you'll be different" etc. etc. but like... idk i don't think stealing shit is that serious lmao
relationships to other characters are non-existance. we get told that she is friends with song, oliver, etc. but we don't get to see them be friends. we're just expected to believe they are.
elodie is annoying. she is not a villain, she is not morally gray, she is not a friend. she is just annoying.
arthur is supposed to be this intimidating, genious billionaire but he is literally just a guy. just some dude with a mansion. how am i supposed to believe that there are consequences to crossing him or not living up to his expectations when he's not even doing anything? he's just there.
i also love the pseudo-feminism lmao. go ahead critiquing the role of women hundreds of years ago while allowing not one female character in your book to be a likeable person with motives (exluding ✨️men✨️) <3
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