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A review by dobbsthedog
Blind Faith by N.R. Walker
1.5
*SLIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD!*
This book had a lot of potential, but there were definitely a few things that really hit me wrong. I liked the idea of the story, I liked there being a blind LI, despite not usually loving dog books, I liked the dogs! I liked the overall story. What I didn’t like was that this was a short book and the couple had so many misunderstandings/flights/nearly breakups, it was just too much; it was more than in a standard length novel.
The other things that really put me off were that the MC’s best friend was bisexual and he was the typical, harmful stereotype of bisexuals basically wanting to fuck anyone and everyone. I don’t care if you write a side character who likes to have lots of sex with different people, but this felt too stereotype-y and it felt icky. The best friend was also, basically, an asshole, and made a lot of inappropriate blind jokes. Then, at one point, he pretended to be blind so that they could smuggle Isaac’s guide dog into the hospital (where Isaac (the LI) was). That’s not a thing that would need to be done, because guide dogs are allowed in hospitals. Then Mark (the best friend) was making jokes about how he was going to have to borrow the guide dog so that he could pick up guys/girls. Again, this felt icky. Like, you’re going to pretend to be blind just to get laid? Gross. There were also a few times that comments were made about Carter (the MC) being a bad gay because he doesn’t like hookups. This is again a harmful stereotype and I don’t understand why it would be included?
Also, perhaps NR Walker shouldn’t write sex scenes? The first one in this book was not good, and I don’t know if she just forgot to include certain (important!) details, but it didn’t come across as very realistic and kind of made Carter come across as not a very considerate lover.
I think I could have liked this book more if it weren’t for the best friend. He was just terrible. I don’t think I’ll be reading the rest of this series. There are some NR Walker books that I’ve really liked, but then some that have just been bad.
This book had a lot of potential, but there were definitely a few things that really hit me wrong. I liked the idea of the story, I liked there being a blind LI, despite not usually loving dog books, I liked the dogs! I liked the overall story. What I didn’t like was that this was a short book and the couple had so many misunderstandings/flights/nearly breakups, it was just too much; it was more than in a standard length novel.
The other things that really put me off were that the MC’s best friend was bisexual and he was the typical, harmful stereotype of bisexuals basically wanting to fuck anyone and everyone. I don’t care if you write a side character who likes to have lots of sex with different people, but this felt too stereotype-y and it felt icky. The best friend was also, basically, an asshole, and made a lot of inappropriate blind jokes. Then, at one point, he pretended to be blind so that they could smuggle Isaac’s guide dog into the hospital (where Isaac (the LI) was). That’s not a thing that would need to be done, because guide dogs are allowed in hospitals. Then Mark (the best friend) was making jokes about how he was going to have to borrow the guide dog so that he could pick up guys/girls. Again, this felt icky. Like, you’re going to pretend to be blind just to get laid? Gross. There were also a few times that comments were made about Carter (the MC) being a bad gay because he doesn’t like hookups. This is again a harmful stereotype and I don’t understand why it would be included?
Also, perhaps NR Walker shouldn’t write sex scenes? The first one in this book was not good, and I don’t know if she just forgot to include certain (important!) details, but it didn’t come across as very realistic and kind of made Carter come across as not a very considerate lover.
I think I could have liked this book more if it weren’t for the best friend. He was just terrible. I don’t think I’ll be reading the rest of this series. There are some NR Walker books that I’ve really liked, but then some that have just been bad.