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Cake day: July 27th, 2023

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  • I heard all the hype, so I read it. I now don’t understand the hype. It has three main elements:

    Dragons

    Magic School

    Romance/light erotica

    It doesn’t do any of those things particularly well. There’s nothing interesting or particularly original about the dragons or magic school stories. The plot is full of ham-fisted exposition (the protagonist “reciting facts about the world to deal with stress”? Really?) and the characters are two dimensional and boring as well. The romance is super cringe:

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    the unpopular girl falls for the school’s “bad boy”. In a ‘shocking twist’, he falls for her too. The romance is completely shallow and goes from “I’m attracted to you but we can’t be together” to “we’re soul bonded and will be together forever” in the span of a few in-story days. Literally one short chapter. Again, super cringe and hardly believable, even considering these students are supposed to be late teens to early twenties yet actually act like 15 year olds. Yes, the least believable part in a book about magical, flying reptiles is the shitty romance.

    Plus this really short video nails the entire book and not in a flattering way. It may not be the worst book I’ve ever read, but it’s amongst the top ten.



  • Same here and seriously. It’s not that I disagree that whatever is bothering them is bothersome, it’s usually just something I wouldn’t notice.

    Like people cutting me off or speeding on the freeway. I really couldn’t care less as long as they’re not putting me directly in danger. I really just don’t notice but it drives my wife nuts. I’m just happy I’m only driving my car, not living in it.