31 December 2020

NetGalley Review: The Cleveland Heights LGBTQ Sci-Fi and Fantasy Role Playing Club by Doug Henderson

 I wanted very much to like this book, it hit all my geeky checkboxes, but sadly, it was a miss for me.

The premise is solid, and the characters are full of possibility, but the plot and character development just didn't seem to get anywhere.  I can see where it was trying to go, but the whiny protagonist, constant sex-references (it was basically an early 2000’s ebaums world video in here) and the subplots that dont go anywhere made it hard for this story to shine. I am usually a fan of “books about nothing” that prove to be a little bit about everything, but this one just didn't meet the mark. Granted I have written exactly zero books, so maybe I am missing something, but nonetheless I am putting this one in my “don't recommend” pile.


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