Okay, as I understand it, people here like to hear about bad books from Russia, because no one needs my review of Morpho. So here you go.
This book was written before the LGBT ban in Russia and it's called "Rise in 40 days" and damn how terrible it was. If anything, it was one of the first books I read, and even then I didn't like this book. And I'll tell you why now.
Let's start with the plot. Daan, the main character commits suicide after a quarrel with his mother and becomes a ghost, but he can resurrect if he saves his soulmate, who is the only one who sees him. And he has it for the whole 40 days, otherwise he will disappear.
This story had potential, but it was very well drained down the toilet. To begin with, this story is about poor gays who are not accepted by society, all the characters treat this negatively, even the main characters who are homosexuals. Oh yes, I forgot to say that the book takes place in the Netherlands… the country that was the first to accept LGBT people.
I also want to point out the idiotic version of ghosts. So that you understand, they need to eat and sleep like ordinary people and there is no point in this. And the plot is wildly boring, most of the time there is drama from scratch, and there are no other emotions except anger and sadness here. It also feels like you're being made to cry (that is, instead of building a sad scene well, the author pressed for pity), and it didn't work out, because the characters turned out to be bad. There are also many types of anime moments from sad anime. It's funny to look at.
Both main characters are boring and annoying.
Daan is an empty character. He has only two traits: He is gay and a whiner. That's all.
Alexis is just a top-form asshole. There was a scene where his sister finds a diary with where he admits his orientation and during an argument he says: "Do you think all gays are monsters?!", but after a couple of pages he laughs hysterically at how the scum mock the teacher, and then tells Daan that he would do worse to her, he robs people, knowing that his father has a weak heart, he does stupid things, and when one of the girls At his school, she just said: "Are you gay?" he punched her in the face (for the record, the author is a woman).
The rest are very boring, except for the bullies and the policeman. They are so evil to the point of caricature that you want to laugh.
The text is bad. Most of it is Daan's thoughts, which are similar to those quotes you see on social media. And some of them are stupid, for example, that a gay family will be more prosperous than a straight family. Looking at Alexis, I don't think so, especially since it depends on what kind of person he is, and not what orientation he is. And then the thought was repeated that everyone is waiting for the same end, through the page. The descriptions are bad. The hero describes how cozy it is in an old hut, but according to the description, a maniac's lair is being built, the hero says that he has stopped being a squishy and just describes his appearance, not his character. He does not see the girl because of poor eyesight, but clearly sees how she climbed over the railing. And so it is everywhere.
As a result, this is a very bad book related to LGBT people. And the worst thing is that it has a very pretty cover and that's why people used to buy it.
by mystery5009