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Wanted: One Perfect Man (Starlight Trilogy, #1)
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Well, this was truly horrible.
Here is a very boring story of an alien woman who comes from a galaxy far, far away because all the men on her planet became so delicate, they lost interest in flirting (it's when a man randomly puts your hand on his penis bulging in his jeans so you can feel he is a manly man, or can't concentrate on a conversation with you because BOOBS), and they generally became so unmanly they can't now produce children, and if they do produce children it's 'females' only.
The most bizarre thing was that the whole thing had male gaze written all over it - we barely know anything about the hero, and the heroine on the other hand is only boobs, legs and blonde hair. The way she is described she is clearly some adolescent boy's fantasy and nothing a normal woman could possibly relate to. When the POV switches to her, it is mostly some nondescript cocktail of yearnings for a controlling manly man:
"None of the men on her planet would ever dare to be so controlling [...]" This was after the hero told her what to do for five pages and banned her from leaving the house because she was 'unwell'. And this was supposed to be lovely and romantic. Shit, lady, can I please get a ticket to your planet, because it fucking sounds wonderful.
The alien woman's mission is to get pregnant with a male baby and fuck off back to her planet to save them. It is never explained how they are absolutely sure that if she just gets pregnant, it will definitely be a boy, but I suppose it is because Texas men are so manly they can only produce more manly men.
I know Judi McCoy was supposed to be some old lady but here are some ideas of who I think really authored this novel:
a) a 14 year old boy who has never read a romance novel in his life, but how hard can it be? He fancies himself a bit of a pick-up artist as well as a libertarian, because he read some stuff on the internet and it made, like, total sense. He refers to women as 'females' and he is a fountain of wisdom. He often publishes his thoughts on 'females' on twitter. And he really, really wants to get laid finally.
b) an AI based on artificial neural network made of 50s romance novels and 4chan forum threads
c) an actual fucking alien that's convinced she is totally passing for human
Here is a very boring story of an alien woman who comes from a galaxy far, far away because all the men on her planet became so delicate, they lost interest in flirting (it's when a man randomly puts your hand on his penis bulging in his jeans so you can feel he is a manly man, or can't concentrate on a conversation with you because BOOBS), and they generally became so unmanly they can't now produce children, and if they do produce children it's 'females' only.
The most bizarre thing was that the whole thing had male gaze written all over it - we barely know anything about the hero, and the heroine on the other hand is only boobs, legs and blonde hair. The way she is described she is clearly some adolescent boy's fantasy and nothing a normal woman could possibly relate to. When the POV switches to her, it is mostly some nondescript cocktail of yearnings for a controlling manly man:
"None of the men on her planet would ever dare to be so controlling [...]" This was after the hero told her what to do for five pages and banned her from leaving the house because she was 'unwell'. And this was supposed to be lovely and romantic. Shit, lady, can I please get a ticket to your planet, because it fucking sounds wonderful.
The alien woman's mission is to get pregnant with a male baby and fuck off back to her planet to save them. It is never explained how they are absolutely sure that if she just gets pregnant, it will definitely be a boy, but I suppose it is because Texas men are so manly they can only produce more manly men.
I know Judi McCoy was supposed to be some old lady but here are some ideas of who I think really authored this novel:
a) a 14 year old boy who has never read a romance novel in his life, but how hard can it be? He fancies himself a bit of a pick-up artist as well as a libertarian, because he read some stuff on the internet and it made, like, total sense. He refers to women as 'females' and he is a fountain of wisdom. He often publishes his thoughts on 'females' on twitter. And he really, really wants to get laid finally.
b) an AI based on artificial neural network made of 50s romance novels and 4chan forum threads
c) an actual fucking alien that's convinced she is totally passing for human
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November 12, 2017
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November 12, 2017
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November 18, 2017
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December 13, 2019
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Nov 19, 2017 04:39AM
Wow! This book sounds as if it deserves this passionate, aggressive review because of the novel's sexist, juvenile attitudes. has this book really come from this century? I respect Kinga's opinion and shall not be reading this book as I don't want my blood pressure to shoot up. I hope the author, whoever she/he is, takes note and thinks twice about writing the other books in the trilogy.
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Part 2: Careful What You Wish For, in which the alien female takes Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby back to her home world.
Part 3: Deportation,
in which...
d) Someone working on Republican legislation related to birth control and/or rape.
I can't believe this is a series. Seriously?
Jennifer wrote: "I can't believe this is a series. Seriously?"Maybe she didn't get a male baby after all so she had to try again.
