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Erin Henderson 's Reviews > Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake
Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake (Winner Bakes All, #1)
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Okay, so. The biggest thing for me is that the entire book came off way too preachy. Which is frustrating because I absolutely love books that preach equality and diversity and treating people with respect and calling out behaviour you don’t like and consent and all that jazz but do we really need all of it?
It felt like everything was a teaching moment. Every conversation, every interaction was SOMETHING and it got a little redundant to be honest. Like don’t get me wrong, I love an author who includes consent in their books but does it need to be two pages? Rosaline drove me a bit nuts because yes, if someone is outright prejudice then you should call them on it but it seemed like every other conversation she had with someone ended in a “that’s not right” tirade. I hate that I disliked this about the novel because everything she said was absolutely true, but the book was just chock full of it, and it became quite tedious and annoying honestly.
It took away from the main storyline and anytime any character said something remotely politically incorrect I would roll my eyes and think here we go again. Here’s another page and a half monologue. We get it.
So. The premise was cute but I really didn’t like the vibe. I don’t know, I feel guilty saying it but it was all just too much to be enjoyable.
Thank you to Edelweiss for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Okay, so. The biggest thing for me is that the entire book came off way too preachy. Which is frustrating because I absolutely love books that preach equality and diversity and treating people with respect and calling out behaviour you don’t like and consent and all that jazz but do we really need all of it?
It felt like everything was a teaching moment. Every conversation, every interaction was SOMETHING and it got a little redundant to be honest. Like don’t get me wrong, I love an author who includes consent in their books but does it need to be two pages? Rosaline drove me a bit nuts because yes, if someone is outright prejudice then you should call them on it but it seemed like every other conversation she had with someone ended in a “that’s not right” tirade. I hate that I disliked this about the novel because everything she said was absolutely true, but the book was just chock full of it, and it became quite tedious and annoying honestly.
It took away from the main storyline and anytime any character said something remotely politically incorrect I would roll my eyes and think here we go again. Here’s another page and a half monologue. We get it.
So. The premise was cute but I really didn’t like the vibe. I don’t know, I feel guilty saying it but it was all just too much to be enjoyable.
Thank you to Edelweiss for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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Mar 17, 2021 06:40PM
Bummer!
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I did not likeanybody in this book. AH is one of my favorite writers ever and this def lacked some
of his magic.
Yes! This is exactly how I felt about it, too. Like, I'm right there with her politically but not every interaction needs to be a "teachable moment." It makes the teacher look like an intolerant a$$.
The preachy/teachy is very annoying but even less satisfying is how annoying Rosaline is. She's judgy about Harry's occupation, but can't see that Alain is gross. I'm only at 39% but I'm not sure I even want to finish.
