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The Foxhole Court
Apr. 30th, 2024 05:02 pmSo, I heard about the All For The Game series by Nora Sakavic on BookTube recently and it was then highly recommended to me by a friend who's a huge fan. The concept didn't really appeal to me at all, but I decided to give it a try and approach it with as open a mind as possible.
And that's the only reason I got as far as I did - which was only just over halfway through the first book...
( Cut for spoilers... )
Whilst I have been told everything ramps up in a really interesting way towards the end of the first book, and gets really good in the second and third, I have no desire to spend the amount of time required with these characters to find out if it would eventually become more appealing to me.
I really don't understand the massive hype and obvious extreme enthusiasm of the fanbase of this series!
Oh well - I really wanted to like it and I did try - but not for me.
[Later edit: I watched a two-hour deep-dive on the whole series by my favourite YouTuber and I get it now. I wasn't approaching it with the right mindset - it's angst/trauma-focused fanfiction - which I totally understand because I've read and written enough of it myself! Okay, mystery solved.]
And that's the only reason I got as far as I did - which was only just over halfway through the first book...
( Cut for spoilers... )
Whilst I have been told everything ramps up in a really interesting way towards the end of the first book, and gets really good in the second and third, I have no desire to spend the amount of time required with these characters to find out if it would eventually become more appealing to me.
I really don't understand the massive hype and obvious extreme enthusiasm of the fanbase of this series!
Oh well - I really wanted to like it and I did try - but not for me.
[Later edit: I watched a two-hour deep-dive on the whole series by my favourite YouTuber and I get it now. I wasn't approaching it with the right mindset - it's angst/trauma-focused fanfiction - which I totally understand because I've read and written enough of it myself! Okay, mystery solved.]
