Monday, March 18, 2024

eleventh week

I only had time to finish one book this week (I'm about 2/3 of the way through another one): If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio, which I can best describe as The Secret History with added Shakespeare quotes. I hated The Secret History so much that I had to stop reading it halfway through to avoid doing permanent damage to my teeth, since I was constantly clenching my jaw in rage at that character. I wish I'd done the same with this insufferable novel. The author made an attempt at writing a psychologically complex novel, but failed miserably. Everything from the setting to the characters is a collection of clichés, and the ending makes no logical sense. 0 stars.