Govind
This was a short, quick read. The story had a lot of promise, but it could have been much better. The relationship honestly was a bit bland, and throughout the story, the taller male lead takes most of the initiative. The smaller guy is portrayed as slightly meek and passive. The story and the chemistry feel built upon heteronormative notions. I don't really like the reinforcement of stereotypes, so that took away some of my enjoyment. That said, if you overlook those issues, it was actually an easy, wholesome read, and the artwork was good. I'm giving it 3 stars here, but it is more of a 2.5 than a 3.
Also content warning: Unlike usual romance Mangas, this book leaves nothing to the imagination and contains explicit sex scenes.
Thank you NetGalley for the advanced review copy.
This was a short, quick read. The story had a lot of promise, but it could have been much better. The relationship honestly was a bit bland, and throughout the story, the taller male lead takes most of the initiative. The smaller guy is portrayed as slightly meek and passive. The story and the chemistry feel built upon heteronormative notions. I don't really like the reinforcement of stereotypes, so that took away some of my enjoyment. That said, if you overlook those issues, it was actually an easy, wholesome read, and the artwork was good. I'm giving it 3 stars here, but it is more of a 2.5 than a 3.
Also content warning: Unlike usual romance Mangas, this book leaves nothing to the imagination and contains explicit sex scenes.
Thank you NetGalley for the advanced review copy.
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The book is a quick read. It dumbs down many of the complex cyber security concepts into an accessible manner, with diagrams and charts. Anyone would get it regardless of their familiarity with the matter. I liked how the author incorporated details about Asian culture and religious harmony in a great, tasteful way, especially with the interaction between the friends.
The author gave an unnecessary backstory for a side character, I felt that could have been avoided. Coming to the story itself, it’s kind of weak. The fast pace feels alright at the start, but by the end, it feels like everything resolved too quickly. Plus, the story is too simple to be really engaging. I feel like if they raised the stakes up and the made the novel a little longer and fleshed out, it would have been much better. So overall, it falls flat and can only serve as a quick, simplified PSA about the scope of new age cyber crimes, something which is a little more for fun and warm to read than an article.
Thank you NetGalley for providing the advanced copy for review.
The book is a quick read. It dumbs down many of the complex cyber security concepts into an accessible manner, with diagrams and charts. Anyone would get it regardless of their familiarity with the matter. I liked how the author incorporated details about Asian culture and religious harmony in a great, tasteful way, especially with the interaction between the friends.
The author gave an unnecessary backstory for a side character, I felt that could have been avoided. Coming to the story itself, it’s kind of weak. The fast pace feels alright at the start, but by the end, it feels like everything resolved too quickly. Plus, the story is too simple to be really engaging. I feel like if they raised the stakes up and the made the novel a little longer and fleshed out, it would have been much better. So overall, it falls flat and can only serve as a quick, simplified PSA about the scope of new age cyber crimes, something which is a little more for fun and warm to read than an article.
Thank you NetGalley for providing the advanced copy for review.
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The book is a quick read. It dumbs down many of the complex cyber security concepts into an accessible manner, with diagrams and charts. Anyone would get it regardless of their familiarity with the matter. I liked how the author incorporated details about Asian culture and religious harmony in a great, tasteful way, especially with the interaction between the friends.
The author gave an unnecessary backstory for a side character, I felt that could have been avoided. Coming to the story itself, it’s kind of weak. The fast pace feels alright at the start, but by the end, it feels like everything resolved too quickly. Plus, the story is too simple to be really engaging. I feel like if they raised the stakes up and the made the novel a little longer and fleshed out, it would have been much better. So overall, it falls flat and can only serve as a quick, simplified PSA about the scope of new age cyber crimes, something which is a little more for fun and warm to read than an article.
Thank you, NetGalley, for providing the advance copy for review.
The book is a quick read. It dumbs down many of the complex cyber security concepts into an accessible manner, with diagrams and charts. Anyone would get it regardless of their familiarity with the matter. I liked how the author incorporated details about Asian culture and religious harmony in a great, tasteful way, especially with the interaction between the friends.
The author gave an unnecessary backstory for a side character, I felt that could have been avoided. Coming to the story itself, it’s kind of weak. The fast pace feels alright at the start, but by the end, it feels like everything resolved too quickly. Plus, the story is too simple to be really engaging. I feel like if they raised the stakes up and the made the novel a little longer and fleshed out, it would have been much better. So overall, it falls flat and can only serve as a quick, simplified PSA about the scope of new age cyber crimes, something which is a little more for fun and warm to read than an article.
Thank you, NetGalley, for providing the advance copy for review.