Basically, it’s every 2012 Tumblr user’s wet dream. Captive Prince meets The Raven Cycle but badly written.I didn’t really don’t get the hype so far, I’m assuming it’s the easy writing and Tumblr obssessiveness that people like about the books? I’d be interested to know if people felt the same way about the author’s other works.VERY confusing! Everything just started happening from the word go and never really slowed down.The pacing was a bit off and there was definitely a lot of info dumping so there was never really any time to get to know the characters. Mediocre writing that could’ve used some editing.Okay, so where to start? I’ll bullet point some of my smaller thoughts and then get into my bigger points after, if that works for eveyrone? It does? Great, you’re a peach. My initial reaction after finishing the book: “This was genuinely awful but I kind of want to read book 2.” TW: physical abuse, parental abuse, alcoholism, talk of violence, talk of rape (in jesting), use of word f*ggot, use of r word (more than once), drugs, drug overdose, murder If you’re looking for trigger warnings or a quick overview of my thoughts on the trilogy, without spoilers just skip to the end of the review! Mafia stuff might have happened at the end of book 2, I can’t really remember at this point). The mafia and gay aspects only really comes into play towards the end of the trilogy (from what I can remember, they become important in book 3.
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The series uses a really violent take on Lacrosse, called “Exy” which is used as a constistent plot device and motivator for the main character thoughout the trilogy.
► Dan → Team captain, ex-stripper, with Matt ► Matthew “Matt” Boyd → with Dan, has a brotherly relationship with Neil ► Nathan Wesninski → Neil’s father, “The Butcher of Baltimore” ► Riko Morriyama → Kevin’s adopted brother ► Nicholas “Nicky” Hemmick → has a long distance boyfriend, Minyard cousin, speaks german, sophmore, 100% the comic relief ► Kevin Day → Face tattoo, Striker position ► Aaron Minyard→ 20, “the normal twin”, speaks german, likes Caitlin ► Andrew Minyard → 20, blonde, 5 feet tall, goalkeeper, spent 3 years in Juvie, twin, speaks german, weekly therapy sessions, takes medication that makes him manic, (required to take it for 3 years while on parole), gay, sort of has a “free pass” to do whatever he wants because of his mental health and traumatic past And that's not worth the read.Character Guide ⇩ ► Neil Joston → 18, main character, male, dad in jail, mother dead, not his real name, dark hair dye, brown contacts, father is a murderer, 18 but paperwork says age 19, speaks German, (real name: Nathaniel Abram Wesninski), #10 Fox I'm not judging anyone who enjoyed this series I'm just saying for people like me - this series is gonna make you feel more downs than ups. There was no point besides adding to hurt, whether for the character it was happening to or to others around them. But that's the whole thing with this series - there was no purpose aside from pain. I'm not saying that these things can't serve a purpose in the writing/reading process of a book. The story just seemed like an excuse to hurt gay men and call it a "dark romance" or some crap like that 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️.ĮDIT to clarify: I'm not saying books can't be written on/containing horrible subjects. It made me feel sad and angry and made me think that these characters may have a happy-ish moment at the end of the story but aren't gonna have happy lives.
I didn't feel like the main characters went through so much pain to learn something or become better people. I will say I pushed through and read the whole series a few years ago and am looking at it through that lens so maybe I forgot a couple things - but in the end, TFC didn't make me feel good or like I learned something or like I simply read a satisfying story.
And that's just one type of abuse present in the books. Multiple instances of sexual assault on one of the main characters - to the point where I was wondering if this author wasn't just basically writing some weird type of. Spoiler/Trigger Warning for those who need it cause I definitely did for this series.
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