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Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)
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bookshelves: disappointment, erase-from-my-memory, skim-skim-skimmerrr, zzz-im-sleep, romance, negative-stars, problematic-author, 1-star
May 27, 2023
bookshelves: disappointment, erase-from-my-memory, skim-skim-skimmerrr, zzz-im-sleep, romance, negative-stars, problematic-author, 1-star
worst $6 i have ever spent in my mf life. reading this book was the equivalent to ripping out each individual hair follicle on my head.
i actually can't believe i avoided every spoiler on this book like the mf plague thinking this series was gonna be a banger. all that hard work for nothing. wattpad, i'm so sorry for ever comparing this book to you. i've read books on wattpad a million times better than whatever the fuck i just read.
alright lets begin.
the length. the length of this book is enough to make me go dizzy. 626 pages in the copy i had, but other copies have over 800 pages. what is going on here? chloe walsh, may i introduce you to an editor perhaps? this book did not need to be as long as it was. and i genuinely thought since it was so long there would actually be shit happening in the book. i was mistaken. the book had absolutely nothing going on for about 99% of it, and that's me being generous.
chloe walsh must have thought she was saving the environment the way she recycled every single conversation and plot overnovernovernover again. basically just johnny driving shannon home every day and them having the same conversations. didn't realize he was signing up to be her chauffeur.
shannon
why in the fucking hell did i need to hear how small shannon like the river is every 5 seconds? there is absolutely no reason for me to be reading about how small she is the number of times i did. WE FUCKING GET IT. i was tired of it by the second page. yes, the second page. you read that correctly. it had already been mentioned at least 5 times by then. and then a million more times afterwards. shannon like the river and her tiny bone structure. she's so small and unable to do anything for herself. she needs literally anyone else to help her do the most basic human tasks.
the way this character is infantilized and then sexualized is disturbing. they constantly remind us of how tiny she is and how she acts like a child. she legitimately cannot do anything without needing help from someone else. you would think she would have some sort of development by the end of the book but she remains unchanged. her whole home life plot is explored so little you could literally forget its a factor. the book had more than enough pages to delve into that plot. but all we're supposed to care about is this girl's constant loop of a relationship with the popular rugby player. not the reason why she is literally emotionally and physically stunted. she acts like a child but we're told she's actually "mature" lol okay. and then they love to mention her body every 5 seconds and how hot johnny and other boys find her.
johnny
genuinely thought his name was josh the entire first half of the book. i hate this kid. all he did was talk about his dick for half the book, and how hot and tiny shannon like the river is and everything he wanted to do to her. being inside his head was the most painful experience of my life. the repetitive nonstop inner monologues really made me homicidal. pure torture it was putting myself through this. i could skip pages and still wind up back in the same spot.
he loved to create problems for him and shannon like the river out of thin air. one of the dumbest characters i've read about in a while. it was fun laughing at him sometimes though so at least there's that.
where was the love? the chemistry? the connection? there was over 600 pages and somehow nothing to convince me these two were made for each other. johnny needs to get his ass back to dublin and shannon like the river needs years of therapy and a stable household.
anyways see below the big josh and tiny shannon. how lovely!
joey
he barely was in this book but he is the only good thing in it. carried the book. there is no way i would enjoy any other book in this series, but this man is a gem. i will appreciate his character from afar but i truly do love him so much.
i brought the review back bc fuck the bullies yall can stay mad.
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when the plan to br finally makes it out the dms 🤭 iqra lets hope we love it or hate it together <3
i actually can't believe i avoided every spoiler on this book like the mf plague thinking this series was gonna be a banger. all that hard work for nothing. wattpad, i'm so sorry for ever comparing this book to you. i've read books on wattpad a million times better than whatever the fuck i just read.
alright lets begin.
the length. the length of this book is enough to make me go dizzy. 626 pages in the copy i had, but other copies have over 800 pages. what is going on here? chloe walsh, may i introduce you to an editor perhaps? this book did not need to be as long as it was. and i genuinely thought since it was so long there would actually be shit happening in the book. i was mistaken. the book had absolutely nothing going on for about 99% of it, and that's me being generous.
chloe walsh must have thought she was saving the environment the way she recycled every single conversation and plot overnovernovernover again. basically just johnny driving shannon home every day and them having the same conversations. didn't realize he was signing up to be her chauffeur.
shannon
why in the fucking hell did i need to hear how small shannon like the river is every 5 seconds? there is absolutely no reason for me to be reading about how small she is the number of times i did. WE FUCKING GET IT. i was tired of it by the second page. yes, the second page. you read that correctly. it had already been mentioned at least 5 times by then. and then a million more times afterwards. shannon like the river and her tiny bone structure. she's so small and unable to do anything for herself. she needs literally anyone else to help her do the most basic human tasks.
the way this character is infantilized and then sexualized is disturbing. they constantly remind us of how tiny she is and how she acts like a child. she legitimately cannot do anything without needing help from someone else. you would think she would have some sort of development by the end of the book but she remains unchanged. her whole home life plot is explored so little you could literally forget its a factor. the book had more than enough pages to delve into that plot. but all we're supposed to care about is this girl's constant loop of a relationship with the popular rugby player. not the reason why she is literally emotionally and physically stunted. she acts like a child but we're told she's actually "mature" lol okay. and then they love to mention her body every 5 seconds and how hot johnny and other boys find her.
johnny
genuinely thought his name was josh the entire first half of the book. i hate this kid. all he did was talk about his dick for half the book, and how hot and tiny shannon like the river is and everything he wanted to do to her. being inside his head was the most painful experience of my life. the repetitive nonstop inner monologues really made me homicidal. pure torture it was putting myself through this. i could skip pages and still wind up back in the same spot.
he loved to create problems for him and shannon like the river out of thin air. one of the dumbest characters i've read about in a while. it was fun laughing at him sometimes though so at least there's that.
where was the love? the chemistry? the connection? there was over 600 pages and somehow nothing to convince me these two were made for each other. johnny needs to get his ass back to dublin and shannon like the river needs years of therapy and a stable household.
anyways see below the big josh and tiny shannon. how lovely!
joey
he barely was in this book but he is the only good thing in it. carried the book. there is no way i would enjoy any other book in this series, but this man is a gem. i will appreciate his character from afar but i truly do love him so much.
i brought the review back bc fuck the bullies yall can stay mad.
───
when the plan to br finally makes it out the dms 🤭 iqra lets hope we love it or hate it together <3
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Reading Progress
November 20, 2022
– Shelved
May 27, 2023
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Started Reading
May 27, 2023
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1.0%
"if i hear how small she is one more time 😃 giving me tutoring the player flashbacks rn"
May 27, 2023
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5.0%
"I looked down at the tiny little female under my arm.
Who could attack her?
She was so small.
And frail.
im not even joking the amount of times they mention how small she is is driving me insane i have the ick. is it satire or smth??"
Who could attack her?
She was so small.
And frail.
im not even joking the amount of times they mention how small she is is driving me insane i have the ick. is it satire or smth??"
May 31, 2023
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45.0%
"you could skip 100 pages of this book and still know exactly whats happening bc they just go around in the same circles 😐"
May 31, 2023
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67.0%
"”Oh, that’s good,” my mother breathed. “You’re a good boy.”
A good boy?
Was I a bleeding dog?
There was nothing good about what I wanted to do with Shannon Lynch.
💀💀 sit down boi"
A good boy?
Was I a bleeding dog?
There was nothing good about what I wanted to do with Shannon Lynch.
💀💀 sit down boi"
May 31, 2023
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73.0%
"every day this girl crashes into a wall of muscle. this book is so wattpad coded its not even funny"
June 1, 2023
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75.0%
"”I’m doing the math here, Shannon, and two plus two equals a bad bitch.”
this is the most unserious shit 😭 bc the way mans says this randomly in the middle of an argument 💀"
this is the most unserious shit 😭 bc the way mans says this randomly in the middle of an argument 💀"
June 1, 2023
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ewww that's disgusting they should go to therapy fr
Your reviews are AMAZING. And even if I loved the book I would still support you ml<3
But omg BABES.
The rant.
The picture.
SHANNON’s TININESS.
👏CHEFS FUCKING KISS.👏❤️❤️
Thank you for making sure I will never read this.
I can’t believe this is like 800 pages wtf the recycling must have been doing some heavy lifting istg.
You came out this book free as a bee and now I’m shackled to the series 😭😭 get out it’s not fair.
Also your review ATE bbyg. The way I’m cryinglaughing at how you’re so annoyed by the Shannon ‘like the river’ getting mentioned every three pages 💀😭🤣🤣
You can’t even lie tho- johnnys one liners were top notch (except *that* one hahah lemme erase that from my memory rq 🏃♀️ )
I hope your next read is beyond enjoyable and thank you for giving Johnnyshannon a shot either way.🥹❤️🩹
p.s I won’t even lie, the laugh I laughed at you thinking Johnny’s name was JOSH the first half of the book… ahskskj PLSS💀🤣
THATS WHAT IM SAYINGGGG it wasnt a slow burn , it was JUST SLOW . bwahaha chaffeur fr
I think shannon had potential honestly , she could have been a good character if they just explored her more outside of the whole shes like a child and demure and sad :( i liked it when she got angry at the way she was being treated . I would have liked to see her THINK more abt what shes going thru and grow etc etc
Jonny- didnt see any chemistry between them too and why was he always fighting ppl like plz . GROW UP . i liked him high tho 👀 when he was open ...
and yes joey is such a good bro , ppl have been enocuraging me to read his book but i dont know if i can take any more or ms walsh
Sorry to hear about the bullying 😞
also omg u saying gibsie is even more obsessed w johnny’s dick than he is is the realest shit i ever read 💀 the way he always wanted to talk about it omds jdhcjsjsjsjd “a child plus shannon would still not be a johnny” BYE UR TAKING ME OUT 😭 im glad it didnt bother u tho but i kept having this disturbing image in my mind 💀
OMG U THOUGHT HIS NAME WAS JOSH TOO?? girl his name keeps autocorrecting in my head to josh so im just sticking w it. hes josh to me. and seriously just slow no burn ://
EXACTLY that is what i wanted from shannons character. but shes such a one dimensional character it’s disappointing. i wouldve loved to see her think more about what was going on w her as well rather than it just being “shannon is small, sad and lonely” the end.
yeah theres no way im going anywhere near joeys books even tho i rlly love him. cw writing is not for me but many others love it so ima let them enjoy
LMAOO yes the recycling of content was insaneeee omg im so glad im done it tho ouf never gotta touch another of her books again now 😭 thank uuu ur amazing 💘
no fr im so free and cant be more happy about it and look at you running to book 2 AND ADDING THEM TO UR BIO 🫢 but i acc love that for u jdjcjsjjsjajs
bye why did shannon like the river need to get mentioned every 5 seconds fr 😃
NO IQRAA his lines had me laughing at him not with him 😭💀 and now im laughing remembering the line ur tryna forget LMAO 💀