Onwaree Rattanathon

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Good grief, I know everyone’s taste is different, but it’s still hard to believe this show earned such a high rating. The storyline is poor and inconsistent, riddled with plot holes big enough to drive a truck through, and the pacing is all over the place. You could watch the first two episodes and skip straight to the last two—everything in between feels like pointless filler that adds nothing to the main plot. Almost everything about this show is absurd—fantasy doesn’t mean it gets a free pass to be illogical. The final two episodes, in particular, are painfully hard to watch. The romance feels forced, as if the leads just woke up one day and suddenly decided they were in love. The chemistry between them is practically nonexistent; I blame that on the female lead, whose acting lacks depth, emotion, and nuance

Bon Appétit, Your Majesty

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A real page-turner for me... not in a good way. I hate DNF a book, so I had to push myself really hard to finish this one as quickly as possible just so I could move on to another. Honestly, I don’t get the hype at all. The author spends about 80% of the book either hating on white people or educating the reader about language and history through footnotes--the big, lengthly footnotes some of which take up half the page. I found these annoying as they kept pulling me out of the story. There’s very little story or character development, and the plot isn’t as deep as many claim—it’s pretty one-dimensional. According to the author, all white people are either evil or stupid, which, ironically, is a form of racism in itself. This book also fails as a fantasy novel. The world building is almost nonexistent and the magic system is basic. That said, I have no doubt the author is highly knowledgeable in her academic field. However, she is not a strong storyteller, and reading this book often felt like reading an academic paper.

Babel, or the Necessity of Violence

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