#usually booktok romcoms treat me right I had an awesome streak of like 5 of them that were all good

[emeraldcreeper]

I had such high expectations for the probably final book in this romcom series but goddamn is the main character so exhaustingly upsettingly fucking stupid, it’s fun it’s a romcom it’s catnip for me but goddamn is it frustratingly ohhhh but we can’t actually date it’s fake dating and Shakespeare themed but queer and feminist and written by an insufferable millennial woman I can only presume. She used to write good, but this one is missing the good sexual tension cause the love interest barfs at the thought of sex and cries post orgasm in the most sad wet kitten way that’s not even hot in an aw I wanna take care of the wet kitten way, she does want the sex she likes it ostensibly she’s just Bad At Taking Affection, and the main character is so insecure about sex and romance and having a relationship at all it’s not even fun to have a sex scene happen, it’s just clashing insecurity and wetness, I miss the I hate you fucking and the ah your friends hate my guts fucking, the artsy cry fucking is just sad and not even a little horny

#it’s funny but god it’s tiring #I want more hatefucking less yearn not fucking #it’s also millennial uhhhh diverse I guess #it’s constantly going this person with this race and this gender and I go #okay! why? why’d you list 5 descriptors for this person we’re never seeing again #I am sated with descriptions of my favorite characters being in disgusting love #but also there’s like 2 distinct scenes of #have you considered you’re This Label? #and it’s never right #it’s like someone’s mom read how 2 be a good ally to ur lgbtqia+ kid #and went okay! I get it now! #it’s a solid 3/5 book but god the first two books were leagues better #way better sex scenes and actual tension #it’s a booktok book I shouldn’t expect good things but I liked the first two books #usually booktok romcoms treat me right I had an awesome streak of like 5 of them that were all good