Jarbidge Review - DNF

Title - Jarbidge

Author - M. Bryce Ternet

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spice 🌶 - 0

scare 😱 - 0

plot 📖 - 2

characters 🧍- -1

stars ⭐ - 1

ALL RATINGS AND THOUGHTS CONTAINED IN THIS REVIEW ARE BASED SOLEY OFF OF THE FIRST 30% OF THE BOOK. 

 It is a shame that Jarbidge's great information on Basque history and family dynamics within those Basque communities was overshadowed by the author's need to interject his misogynistic and close-minded views within the storyline.  

Here are some examples: 

Confidence in a woman was good. Too much was too much though.

For as ditzy as Katie could be, as she was most of the time, she did know men.

Though her technical side had to resist pointing out that cannabis was the actual name of the narcotic.

They’d just have to wait until later when the others were asleep. That’d be fine. He really wanted some action. And that primal urge was not lessened by having sexpot Katie around.

Especially for women who liked to drink but didn’t like beer and didn’t like calories.

Abby began to think perhaps Katie had eaten too many of the THC-laced gummy bears.

Took me down by the river, threw me down to the ground, and rode me like a cowgirl, Grandad always said with a smirk. Though he still wouldn’t speak her name.

All of these quotes from the book are within the first 30% of the book. I know authors can write unlikable characters BUT every character in this book is TERRIBLE. The three girlfriends hate each other and constantly tear each other down in their inner monologues. Abby's boyfriend who is also on the trip is constantly thinking about f*cking her friend. Finally, the local, Ben, has these weird a** family flashbacks.

Maybe you're supposed to loathe all the characters in a horror book? The few other books I have read in this genre did not have characters THIS loathable.

I let this book sit for ~ a week to see if I had a pull to read, but I did not. I thought about pushing through to see if it turned around, but life is too short for books you hate.

❤ Les

PS
Weed is not a narcotic.
Edibles you purchase from a dispensary are not "laced".

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