Review: Fatefully Awful
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 10 1, 2013
I am not concerned with a plot summary- and neither should you. This `genre' of storytelling is so over used its getting quite annoying.Problems:1.I am not sure if this `woman' is a woman at all. The author demonstrates how strong she is- single mother and all that- but she speaks as though she is very young. There are certain scenes that really threw me off as to who Marcy was- her dialogue is very juvenile.2.If I read one more time how much Mike looked like a `famous movie actor' I mentally threatened to stop reading. We get it- it is one of my biggest pet peeves when authors think their readers will forget. Yeah, he suffered...such is life.3.The length was a bit much... I skipped through certain pages that repeated what I had already read. Repeatitive information is a huge problem in this work. Apparently, this author writes short stories-I think that shows here. Some passages I read echoed almost exacally like a previous passage.4.The love story was easy, predictable and cliqued. While the author seemed to be attempting a triangle of love with Andre, it was pretty clear the direction once Mike and Marcy meet. It was annoying how Mike also magically knew what Marcy really needed (insert mini-Christian Grey here) and he convinced her that this what she was laking all her life.5.The openness of talking about sex and everything that physically comes with this type of relationship just did not make sense in this book; maybe I am old fashion but I do not think one would be so excited that you watched them learn to be submissive on video and then you in turn openly discuss your relationship with your employer. Yeah no.6.The karma-tic element of this story is way over the top and quite harsh.Overall I would not recommend this book.Side note: I would encourage writers to steer clear of the '50 Shades' bandwagon that seems to be so popular today. I fear authors are picking up bad habits...