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A review by yvo_about_books
Light by M. John Harrison
0.0
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