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OriginalCyn620
PUCKED | Helena Hunting
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#unpopularopinion time. Repetitive AF. I knew going in that this was spicy, which is fine, but there was sexy times in every chapter except for 2, maybe 3. And it just seemed like the MCs did literally nothing but bang it out, so I don‘t buy that they formed an emotional connection. When they did talk, it was mostly about each other‘s private parts. And if I never hear the words cock, beaver, or monster ever again, that would be fine with me!

CarolynM Yeah, I‘m not loving it for the reasons you give. There are a lot of better hockey romances out there. 24h
willaful I knew from the sample it wasn't gonna be for me. 23h
TheAromaofBooks I definitely find it frustrating when there isn't any story to balance the spice. 14h
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CarolynM
The Safekeep | Yael van der Wouden
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Mehso-so

#UnpopularOpinion

I appreciated what the author is trying to do here but for me she wasn‘t successful. I didn‘t buy the central relationship - there was too little to show how they came to care for one another. It‘s a trope I rarely enjoy or find convincing so maybe it‘s just me. The writing is good and the background story is really important. I‘m extra critical when I think a book could be truly great but misses the mark, so only a so-so.

Ruthiella Hot take! 🔥😂 I‘ve not yet read it. 4d
BittersweetBooks I completely agree! Plus I found the MC to be insufferable. 4d
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CarolynM This was on my #AuldLangSpine list from @TheKidUpstairs it‘s just taken me a while to get to it😬 I‘m hoping to read one or two more before the year is out🤞 4d
CarolynM @Ruthiella I‘ll be interested to see what you think 🙂 4d
CarolynM @BittersweetBooks I had some sympathy for her, but I had to work at it😆 4d
LeahBergen I have this waiting on my shelves. Here‘s hoping I like it more than you! 😆 4d
CarolynM @LeahBergen I hope so too 4d
TheKidUpstairs I'm sorry it didn't work as well for you as it did for me! Hope your next read is better for you 😉 3d
Cathythoughts @CarolynM I loved the family story. Maybe a little bit too much intimate details for me. I did suggest it for our IRL Bookclub and we had a powerful discussion. 3d
CarolynM @Cathythoughts It would be a good one for a book club discussion. I might suggest it to mine🙂 3d
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IMASLOWREADER
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read all 5…good premise but the stories were super redundant in my opinion…my two favorite stories were the lovers and the farewell… #unpopularopinion #audiobook #readinggoal #readinglife #aapimonth #serieslove2025

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DGRachel
My Next Breath: A Memoir | Jeremy Renner
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Panpan

This is an #unpopularopinion and I feel terrible about it. Renner‘s accident was horrific and his recovery nothing short of miraculous. This book, however, was so repetitive and Renner‘s insistence that he was responsible for all of the pain, fear, and stress his family experienced witnessing the accident and its aftermath bordered on performative martyrdom. I hope he‘s in therapy for the psychological trauma.

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DieAReader
Bailedbailed

#Read2025 #Wardens2025 #ShelfSweep #Elizabeth #UnpopularOpinion

With 76% read & 9 chapters remaining…this is a solid DNF for me. No matter what I did, I could not focus or keep track of everything that was going on. Too wordy for my tastes - reminded me of reading Shakespeare in HS😬🫨

I very much enjoyed the group read setting, just not this book😂🤭

IMASLOWREADER love the powet of DNF lol 1mo
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Andrew65 Better to focus on books you are enjoying. 1mo
Cuilin #hailthebail seriously life‘s too short. I hope your next book is more enjoyable. 1mo
DieAReader @Cuilin 💖Thanks! 🤓So very true! 1mo
CoverToCoverGirl Lol! I quite liked Shakespeare. 🤭 I just read Huck Finn and didn‘t really care for it. I‘ll have to put this one my classic to read list. I really liked the movie. Daniel Day Lewis wasn‘t hard on the eyes either. 😁 1mo
DieAReader @CoverToCoverGirl 😁Chances are you‘ll enjoy this one more than I did. Never saw the movie unfortunately. 1mo
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DGRachel
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Bailedbailed

#unpopularopinion Oh how I wish the inside of the book was anywhere near as beautiful as the exterior. It has sprayed edges and exquisite end papers. The text? It did not work for me at all. The writing feels choppy and juvenile and I already dislike the MC. 😭

TracyReadsBooks Gorgeous book, bad story…I somehow finished this one though I was generally disappointed by it. 2mo
Blh87 Oh, no! I have this book sitting on my shelf and was so looking forward to it! 2mo
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RamsFan1963
Six Wakes | Mur Lafferty
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Bailedbailed

#unpopularopinion I know a lot of people really enjoyed this book, but it's just not doing it for me. Maybe it's because I've just listened to two mysteries, I'm burnt out on solving murders, or maybe Lafferty isn't an author for me. I also bailed on The Shambling Guide to New York City. I think it's time for something lighter.

BookmarkTavern I loved this one, but I can definitely see how it‘s not for everyone! Hope your next book is better! 2mo
RamsFan1963 @BookmarkTavern I'm going to hold on to the book and try it again some other time. I just don't think I was in the mood for another mystery right now. 2mo
BookmarkTavern Absolutely fair! Also, if you enjoy audiobooks, that‘s how I read this one and I really enjoyed it! 2mo
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GingerAntics
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Mehso-so

This felt like 6 shows that had adults playing teens, and 1 that actually cast teens. After Fresh Prince, So-Called, and Dawson‘s, it felt like the book deteriorated into ways show business is horrible to people - people in show business, fans, and people in general - and how that was expressed in the next four shows.
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GingerAntics There was a lot of “no one had ever done this before,” but she said the exact same thing about the show before it when it did pretty much the same thing. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 2mo
GingerAntics Maybe I‘m not the target audience? I grew up watching Fresh Prince and Dawson‘s Creek. The rest of the shows I never watched and hadn‘t even heard of some of them. I have seen some episodes of Friday Night Lights, but everyone I knew who watched that show was a middle aged woman, so I never saw it as a teen show. When I asked these fans now, they were all baffled that anyone would call it a teen show. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 2mo
GingerAntics “It had teens in it, but it wasn‘t specifically aimed at teens. It was a family show maybe” was the general consensus. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 2mo
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GingerAntics If Glassman was trying to bring new fans to these shows, she utterly failed. At first, I thought I‘d check out the shows I hadn‘t seen before, but that quickly deteriorated. I do want to check out My So-Called Life. Hearing about the crappy way Apatow treated the Freaks and Geeks cast, I‘m not about to support that. Five minutes into the discussion of The OC the creators were quoted as saying “too Jewish” twice. Nope. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 2mo
GingerAntics Then it turned out the directors and crew talked crap about the actors behind their backs. Double hope. I was actually really excited to watch Glee. I knew several fans when it was on the air, and I just didn‘t watch it for whatever reason. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 2mo
GingerAntics Then she talked about the writer/creator of Glee venting his own body shaming, homophobia, racism, and general bad humanity through the characters - making actors say and do horrible things to each other for his own joy? Hard pass. 2mo
TheBookHippie 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 I‘ve watched zero of these shows 👵🏼 I did see a few Fresh Prince episodes 🤷🏻‍♀️but that‘s it. 2mo
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I'm intrigued because I've watched 5 of the 7 (not Glee nor FNL), but not sure if care enough about them to read behind the scenes drama. 15 years ago, sure. Today? Meh. If you can watch My So-Called Life, I'd suggest that one of the bunch. One short season, a 90s time capsule, and pretty Jared Leto if you're into that. 2mo
GingerAntics @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick yeah, it‘s less BTS and more (supposed) cultural importance. There is a bit of BTS type stuff. I don‘t think I would have gotten through the whole book if it was just BTS stuff. My favourite to hear about, honestly, was Fresh Prince. lol 2mo
GingerAntics @TheBookHippie lol that‘s fair… this was pretty niche watching, so if you didn‘t have someone in the right age group who actually watched these shows, you‘d really have no reason on to watch them. This was definitely a millennial anthem in a sense. Glee probably did have some gen Z and Fresh Prince had some younger gen X, mostly millennial shows. 2mo
TheBookHippie @GingerAntics I find it interesting my childhood shows still run 😂 I mostly watched old movies with my grandma and I‘m so grateful. I watched Gilmore Girls with my daughter, Fraiser with Mr BookHippie- but we mostly watched VHS BLOCKBUSTER 😂 I worked more than two jobs 14-40 so not much TV for me 🙃 2mo
GingerAntics @TheBookHippie yeah, long work hours do make it hard to do much outside of work. Gilmore Girls was a brilliant show. I really love that show! VHS Blockbuster seriously brings back memories. lol 2mo
GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I feel like Gilmore Girls would have made a better teen show than some of the nonsense that was listed in this book. Maybe more men need to get comfortable with that show, because seriously that is a show full of powerful women and girls! 2mo
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