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A review by lenoreo
Loud Mouth by Avery Flynn
3.0
https://celebrityreaders.com/2021/11/27/loud-mouth-by-avery-flynn/
2.5 stars — Well, that was a bit of a disappointment. Honestly, if I wasn’t reading it for a challenge, I might have DNF’d it. It’s not a bad book, but it is kinda boring, and needless to say I was NOT compelled.
Here’s the thing: Shelby seems like she should be a fucking badass right? Or maybe really deeply damaged — what with the alcoholism and stuff (not that you need damage to be an alcoholic, but she mentioned damage). Or maybe I expected to connect with her on the high voice thing (because it’s a curse people). But she came across so flat. We didn’t get to learn much of anything about her it seemed — what exactly happened in her past that affected her so much? I don’t know. What was she about? I…don’t know.
And then there’s Ian. Maybe if he had captured my attention it would have been different, but he was so meh for me too. I quickly grew tired of his taciturnness (that’s a word right?)…his grunting, his grumpiness, his, well, everything. At least we got a bit more explanation of why he is the way he is, but apparently I didn’t have patience with him. I’d have rather read about Alex.
So fine, individually they’re kinda duds. But if they’d had chemistry, that could have saved it. But. They didn’t. I mean, honestly, all of a sudden they’re fucking at the cabin and I’m like “wait, what?” Maybe I missed something. Now, I did feel glimmers here and there, but in general I just didn’t really get what drew them to one another.
I kept wondering if it was my mood or something, but nothing changed. It just wasn’t for me. I needed more in almost every aspect of the story. Too bad, I really enjoyed the first two books.
2.5 stars — Well, that was a bit of a disappointment. Honestly, if I wasn’t reading it for a challenge, I might have DNF’d it. It’s not a bad book, but it is kinda boring, and needless to say I was NOT compelled.
Here’s the thing: Shelby seems like she should be a fucking badass right? Or maybe really deeply damaged — what with the alcoholism and stuff (not that you need damage to be an alcoholic, but she mentioned damage). Or maybe I expected to connect with her on the high voice thing (because it’s a curse people). But she came across so flat. We didn’t get to learn much of anything about her it seemed — what exactly happened in her past that affected her so much? I don’t know. What was she about? I…don’t know.
And then there’s Ian. Maybe if he had captured my attention it would have been different, but he was so meh for me too. I quickly grew tired of his taciturnness (that’s a word right?)…his grunting, his grumpiness, his, well, everything. At least we got a bit more explanation of why he is the way he is, but apparently I didn’t have patience with him. I’d have rather read about Alex.
So fine, individually they’re kinda duds. But if they’d had chemistry, that could have saved it. But. They didn’t. I mean, honestly, all of a sudden they’re fucking at the cabin and I’m like “wait, what?” Maybe I missed something. Now, I did feel glimmers here and there, but in general I just didn’t really get what drew them to one another.
I kept wondering if it was my mood or something, but nothing changed. It just wasn’t for me. I needed more in almost every aspect of the story. Too bad, I really enjoyed the first two books.