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Chargement... Jon's Downright Ridiculous Shooting Casepar AJ Sherwood
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Humor is a tricky thing, meaning sometimes vastly different things to different readers. And, we enjoy more than one kind of humor, too. I found this story humorous in a sweet and charming way, and 'hearing' the conversations in Tennessee-southern accents only adds to it. It's not perfect, there's some repetition that really wasn't needed, but I liked the worldbuilding well enough, and loved the characters and the plot. I do have a HOWEVER, however; the terms tossed around regarding mental illness, musing about possible disorders, all of that? None of it was particularly sensitive considering there will certainly be readers with with such diagnosed problems who'll feel insulted, slighted, or the cliche of being piled in with criminals merely because they've got a personality disorder or whatever. That's irresponsible in a modern novel and I hope the author has done better in more recent work. dnf @ 80% this book contains everything I love - mystery, detectives, psychics and falling in love, so it should've been amazing? but unfortunately it didn't work for me because it's from 1pov (I like 2povs better) as well as insta-lovey, which can be done right, but in this case it was too much too soon. Downright ridiculous is an apt way to describe this story. The writing isn't bad, and it was certainly enough to keep me reading. But the plot itself just made me scratch my head and wonder why I was reading. Some of the descriptions bordered on purple, so if that's not your thing--maybe steer clear. dnf @63% People need to speak for themselves. Explaining their feelings with their own words (even if most of the time it seems impossible), in their own time, when they're ready, without anyone else putting words in their mouth. It's important for me in a book. People need to try and express themselves, to talk about their feelings, no matter how hard, uncomfortable or embarrassing it might be. Sure, it would be ah-mazing if I didn't need to tell my friends or the object of my affection how I feel about them, whether it's a positive or negative feeling. If they could just look at me and know, and I wouldn't have to spell it out. The problem with this story is that missing free will. Jon, being a psychic, can read emotions like no other. But I think the author overshot with him and with the world-building in general (what with Jon's inability to live in a world with electronics. For real?). Jon was too accurate sometimes. He could read auras, and sense what a person is feeling, but a few times he could even tell the exact reason Donovan was sad or apprehensive or any other thing. He could feel Donovan's growing emotions for SOMEONE (of course the fact that it was him, eluded Jon. How surprising). The icing on the cake was when he figured it out and jumped Donovan. He didn't even asked the guy. Sure, he could feel it, but Donovan didn't say it out loud and then in between kisses he goes "oh btw. I like you back". -.- Stupid me forgot to highlight, otherwise I would shared some of what made me roll my eyes and cringe at the same time. Maybe I'm overreacting, but this took away the charm of the story. Otherwise I liked it fine, maybe 2.5 stars. Then again, maybe psychic books just aren't for me. But considering how far I've got, it wasn't all bad. Though I've been trying to finish it for a month and I stopped every time for the above mentioned reason. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Appartient à la sérieJon's Mysteries (1)
A psychic without an anchor. A student in trouble. A shooter on the loose. I'm Jonathan Bane, a licensed psychic who consults for the police. I routinely help the police put the bad guys away and, for that reason, the criminal world doesn't like me much. People like to take a swing at me, or go stabbity, or try for a gun. It makes for interesting times. My psychic ability prevents me from handling anything electronic-and I do mean ANYTHING, I fry it in seconds-so calling for help isn't always a possibility. I need an anchor, a partner, but I'm resigned: it's just wishful thinking. At least, I thought so until he walked through the door. Donovan Havili looks like a thug and has the soul of a superhero. He shines so bright in my vision it's like watching a supernova. He definitely has the right mindset and skills for this crazy job. But asking anyone to take me on long-term is a bit much. And now we've got multiple cases to handle, a Chinese exchange student falsely accused who needs our help, and someone taking random shots at me. It's a bit much for any new guy to handle and I'm half-afraid that my new partner will run for the door. But in Donovan Havili, the criminal world has met its match. And maybe, just maybe, I have as well. Trigger Warnings: Your average cop show violence and criminals Tags: Companionable snark, Flirting, Kissing, Jon needs a hug, Donovan gives the best hugs, Getting together, Self-esteem issues, Explicit content, Anal Sex, Romantic Sex, Random shooting, Which Donovan isn't happy about, Donovan is a gentleman, Sort of, Jon just makes it REALLY REALLY HARD Okay?, Bisexual character, Public displays of affection, Muscles, Communication, Healthy relationships, The fluff might kill you, Supernatural elements, Modern with Magic, Feels, All the Feels, Mostly accurate medical stuff, Multiple electronics died in the creation of this story, blame Jon. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Like he's never heard of a mechanical watch? And nobody else around him has either? really? You can go on etsy or ebay right now and get a vintage watch for like $45.
Super lazy/racist when it comes to having a chinese character...he and his mother were 'speaking chinese'...ugh, 'chinese' isn't a language dude. get it together!
And his relationship with his mother is super weird and inconsistent...everything he tells us about her leads me to believed it's strained/estranged but in person it's fine? doesn't make sense.
I only stuck it out to see the conclusion to the mystery and that was SO unsatisfactory that I wish I had just DNFed it around 30% in...don't bother with this author. ( )