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A review by charvi_not_just_fiction
The Otherworld by Abbie Emmons
Did not finish book.
Dnf at 40%
Never in my life did I think I'd be dnfing a book by Abbie Emmons but here we are. I honestly couldn't stand how creepy and uncomfortable the book and one of the love interests were making me feel.
I also read some reviews and realised that people who have a problem with the things I do ended up finding way more problems and things that I know I don't want to read about so dnfing is the best choice for me.
So here's what's happening:
The 10 year age gap can honestly be acceptable for me of written well but the fact that the naive and innocent mc just turned 18 makes my stomach churn. Nope. This girl hasn't talked to or met a single person other than her father so for course she's enamoured with Adam and interested in him. That's okay, that's somewhat logical? But Adam is fucking creepy. He's 'falling' for this girl who's not like other girls because she lives alone and talks about philosophy. Seriously, no other girl is ever interested in talking philosophy with you? Then he goes on to say she's 'pure and unpolluted' and I have let out a full body shudder at this point. I cringed so hard while reading this.
And top top it off they fall in love within the first 40% of the book, AFTER 3 DAYS OF KNOWING EACH OTHER. I as it is have an ick of falling in love with the first person you meet/is kind to you but on top of it Orca is literally a child with no knowledge of how these feelings go and Adam is a fucking predator. He literally says that he's nearing 30 and she just turned 18 so it's wrong but continues to pursue her anyway. Ew.
Can't make myself read this.
I'm so disappointed? Literally don't see why Adam couldn't have been written as slightly younger or Orca aged up a bit? But it still wouldn't have affected the not like other girls narrative I guess. This book is sadly a hard pass for me. I'm so disappointed, I was expecting much better from Emmons.
Never in my life did I think I'd be dnfing a book by Abbie Emmons but here we are. I honestly couldn't stand how creepy and uncomfortable the book and one of the love interests were making me feel.
I also read some reviews and realised that people who have a problem with the things I do ended up finding way more problems and things that I know I don't want to read about so dnfing is the best choice for me.
So here's what's happening:
The 10 year age gap can honestly be acceptable for me of written well but the fact that the naive and innocent mc just turned 18 makes my stomach churn. Nope. This girl hasn't talked to or met a single person other than her father so for course she's enamoured with Adam and interested in him. That's okay, that's somewhat logical? But Adam is fucking creepy. He's 'falling' for this girl who's not like other girls because she lives alone and talks about philosophy. Seriously, no other girl is ever interested in talking philosophy with you? Then he goes on to say she's 'pure and unpolluted' and I have let out a full body shudder at this point. I cringed so hard while reading this.
And top top it off they fall in love within the first 40% of the book, AFTER 3 DAYS OF KNOWING EACH OTHER. I as it is have an ick of falling in love with the first person you meet/is kind to you but on top of it Orca is literally a child with no knowledge of how these feelings go and Adam is a fucking predator. He literally says that he's nearing 30 and she just turned 18 so it's wrong but continues to pursue her anyway. Ew.
Can't make myself read this.
I'm so disappointed? Literally don't see why Adam couldn't have been written as slightly younger or Orca aged up a bit? But it still wouldn't have affected the not like other girls narrative I guess. This book is sadly a hard pass for me. I'm so disappointed, I was expecting much better from Emmons.