Yes, the cooking bit. *eye roll* I imagine some people's parents are genuinely that dense about it, he's possibly writing from people's experiences! But it was no fun. I can see why you stopped. I liked the ~concept of someone being in love with their bully, it has its appeal, in a nasty, dub con, transgressive and twisted way, but it left a nasty taste in my mouth in this story which was basically a romance.
And I think Ash was written very well, and the problem was mine. I used to suffer from clinical depression for a lot of my life and I have problems relating to depressed characters because I can't let myself empathise with them. I close off and become all dismissive and defensive instead, and feel angry with them. Ash got to me quite a lot, I hated his behaviour and couldn't empathise, but hearing Nick Boulton portray him made me soften. I love that he was relatable for you, must have been a good experience to find that complexity in a MC.
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Date: 2016-10-30 02:31 pm (UTC)Yes, the cooking bit. *eye roll* I imagine some people's parents are genuinely that dense about it, he's possibly writing from people's experiences! But it was no fun. I can see why you stopped. I liked the ~concept of someone being in love with their bully, it has its appeal, in a nasty, dub con, transgressive and twisted way, but it left a nasty taste in my mouth in this story which was basically a romance.
And I think Ash was written very well, and the problem was mine. I used to suffer from clinical depression for a lot of my life and I have problems relating to depressed characters because I can't let myself empathise with them. I close off and become all dismissive and defensive instead, and feel angry with them. Ash got to me quite a lot, I hated his behaviour and couldn't empathise, but hearing Nick Boulton portray him made me soften. I love that he was relatable for you, must have been a good experience to find that complexity in a MC.