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A review by annicanns
Acts of Service by Lillian Fishman
3.0
3/5
i have no idea what to rate this book so bear with me while i work out my thoughts.
acts of service follows eve as she cheats on her current girlfriend, with an open couple that’s not really a couple. think conversation with friends but like more gaslight-y. obviously nothing can go perfectly and so everything goes to shit.
i never really enjoyed the reading, there would be moments i was more intrigued and moments i was bored out of my mind. the writing is decent, thorough and well paced.
as for the storyline, besides there being no way that eve is actually a lesbian because of her blatant attraction to men (and this is OKaY, and also i know sexuality is completely up to the person), i enjoyed the conversations about relationships, power play, and queerness overall. i feel like this started out as just smut and became some sort of het fantasy novel. i wish eve, the mc, had been more unlikeable, more in your face awful, because then i could rate this higher. but you’re telling me that a good looking, white, lesbian gets offered an open relationship with a male and female and cheats on her current partner with little to no consequences…also not to mention working a little paying job, living in nyc and never once concerned for money or anything. maybe my issue is that i couldn’t relate? or maybe i’m just tired of this trope in books
once again, i enjoyed the musings on queerness, relationships, male gaze and our own thoughts on sex but found them to be too covered by a queer book that became a straight book.
i have no idea what to rate this book so bear with me while i work out my thoughts.
acts of service follows eve as she cheats on her current girlfriend, with an open couple that’s not really a couple. think conversation with friends but like more gaslight-y. obviously nothing can go perfectly and so everything goes to shit.
i never really enjoyed the reading, there would be moments i was more intrigued and moments i was bored out of my mind. the writing is decent, thorough and well paced.
as for the storyline, besides there being no way that eve is actually a lesbian because of her blatant attraction to men (and this is OKaY, and also i know sexuality is completely up to the person), i enjoyed the conversations about relationships, power play, and queerness overall. i feel like this started out as just smut and became some sort of het fantasy novel. i wish eve, the mc, had been more unlikeable, more in your face awful, because then i could rate this higher. but you’re telling me that a good looking, white, lesbian gets offered an open relationship with a male and female and cheats on her current partner with little to no consequences…also not to mention working a little paying job, living in nyc and never once concerned for money or anything. maybe my issue is that i couldn’t relate? or maybe i’m just tired of this trope in books
once again, i enjoyed the musings on queerness, relationships, male gaze and our own thoughts on sex but found them to be too covered by a queer book that became a straight book.