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Finished reading: September 25th 2023
DNF at 10% (40 pages)
I've had a copy of Light on my shelves for years now, and I decided to finally pick it up as it fitted one of the prompts for the POPSUGAR challenge. It's true that I don't tend to read a lot of sci-fi, but I've had a few winners so far this year so I was hopeful to add another sci-fi title to that list. Sadly, Light didn't come even close. In fact, I only suffered through 10% of the story before I couldn't take it anymore, and I only made it that far because it was a physical copy... What an absolute trainwreck of a book. I honestly had no clue what exactly I was trying to read; I don't mind a little weird in my books, but there is things taking too far and I felt like the book and me were on completely different planets. To make things worse, I absolutely hated the writing style, and the constant focus on sex and masturbating was the final nail to its coffin. I'm not sure if the author was extremely horny while writing this book or if he really thought it added something substantial to the plot, but I'm not going to spend one more second of my time torturing myself with this mess. And after reading some of the reviews, I suspect things only get worse later on, so I guess I dodged a bullet there.
DNF at 10% (40 pages)
I've had a copy of Light on my shelves for years now, and I decided to finally pick it up as it fitted one of the prompts for the POPSUGAR challenge. It's true that I don't tend to read a lot of sci-fi, but I've had a few winners so far this year so I was hopeful to add another sci-fi title to that list. Sadly, Light didn't come even close. In fact, I only suffered through 10% of the story before I couldn't take it anymore, and I only made it that far because it was a physical copy... What an absolute trainwreck of a book. I honestly had no clue what exactly I was trying to read; I don't mind a little weird in my books, but there is things taking too far and I felt like the book and me were on completely different planets. To make things worse, I absolutely hated the writing style, and the constant focus on sex and masturbating was the final nail to its coffin. I'm not sure if the author was extremely horny while writing this book or if he really thought it added something substantial to the plot, but I'm not going to spend one more second of my time torturing myself with this mess. And after reading some of the reviews, I suspect things only get worse later on, so I guess I dodged a bullet there.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Body horror
Moderate: Mental illness and Toxic relationship
detective_rascal's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
It is a slog to get through, I would not recommend it. The author doesn't know how to not sexualise a female character and the men have constant and consistent sex. I cannot emphasise this enough, no woman comes out of this unsexualised, and there is badly written sex at least once a chapter if not more. People are always masturbating or thinking about sex or having sex, it's not erotic and feels out of place a good 90% of the time. It absolutely detracts from any hard sci-fi present, the proof of that you can find in the last 20 pages where the story is at its best and the main characters aren't having any sex. Has some interesting ideas, but the author's clear horniness, and disdain for the marginalised (POC, addicts, disabled people, women, queer people, etc), makes it near unreadable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Murder, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, and Incest
Moderate: Death, Confinement, and Toxic friendship
aredridel's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Some pretty grotesque sexuality, in ways that did not serve the story (and were more general than a single character) and I didn't find the ending was enough of a payoff. The serial killer sub-plot seemed unneeded to tell the story, too.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Dysphoria, Death, Confinement, and Body horror
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