wanderer78

She was on Parks and Recreation for a bit. She was also in the movie Everything Everywhere All At Once in a small part. She's a stand up comedian too. She created and voices Marcel the Shell:



But I think most people know her because she dated Chris Evans.

Sorry, I missed this. I sold it on Mercari, which is kind of like eBay.

LilMouse

She's "money please"


eek, no editor around to help her out?

wanderer78

Yes! That's her.


To be fair, my opinion is probably the minority. It's intentionally written in stream of consciousness. And overall, the reviews are good on places like Amazon and Goodreads.

BehrItAll

Oh yes, I know her from Parks and Rec.

Ah yes, I have heard of Mercari. Thanks.

LilMouse

This style is not something I can deal with

BehrItAll

Sounds like On the Road.

That isn't writing, it's typing.

LilMouse

Exactly like On the Road. Garbage book.

madness

Most recently, the sequel to Where Dreams Descend: When Night Breaks by Janella Angeles

I just reread what I wrote about it on Goodreads, and I just feel my anger bubbling again.

LilMouse

Isn't it great when old reviews can stir up old emotions?

BehrItAll

I know that feeling!

This past week I couldn't finish The Vespertine (The Vespertine, #1)
by Saundra Mitchell.

DNF at page 102 (34%)

I bought this back on April 30, 2011. I'm sure it was the cover that caught my eye. The plot sounded interesting. Unfortunately the description on the book jacket is more intriguing than the book itself.

Nothing happens. Where are the visions at sunset? It's 293 pages long and I gave up on page 102. She had one vision and there's been more than one sunset.

It has just been a story about Amelia and her cousin Zora acting like silly mischievous school girls.

Where are the people who start to turn on her because of her visions?

The "instant attraction" between Amelia and Nathaniel falls flat. I was actually finding him annoying. I was like, "You again!?"

The prose was trying too hard to sound Victorian and it just ended up convoluted.

The concept was good but the execution was amateur. It read like someone's first story in a creative writing class. Where were the agents and editors to advise that this needed more action?

I thought I could stick with it and finish out of guilt because I've had it since 2011, but it's too boring. By page 102 she should have had multiple visions already. This story is not as advertised. It's going on the sell/donate pile.

1 out of 5 Lack of Visions.

LilMouse

Ouch.

I can't believe the editors and agent let her publish it.

BehrItAll

Was I too harsh?

LilMouse

No such thing as too harsh.

There are certain people who should have never been published.

BehrItAll

Or be told you're capable of better. Keep working on it.

LilMouse

I really want to speak to an agent/editor in real life and ask them what kind of stuff goes on behind the scenes to allow such books to be published.