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Anyone else here an audio book fan? I used to be obsessed with reading when I was younger especially the dystopian novels (anyone else still traumatized by divergent?) I mentioned I was on the last book of crescent city and my mom asked how I read it so
Fast and I mentioned I listen to the audio book while I work (I’m a graphic designer) she then was going on about how I’m cheating. When I’m not working, I read the library book hard copy but listen while I’m driving or working. I guess it does feel like cheating but also I’m still using my brain to imagine the world? Idk I’m just feeling conflicted and like maybe I shouldn’t say o
“Read” the Massaverse (my library only had the audiobook of the second crescent city book so I could literally only listen lol)
Anyone else have any thoughts?

UPDATE: https://www.reddit.com/u/Objective-Tank-8904/s/GlD4XxrFtL

I (30 f) and my boyfriend (32 m) are barely speaking right now. Yesterday, I kissed on my cat infront of him and he got extremely upset. He told me how he was disgusted and disrespected by me kissing my cats nose (he said mouth though). He said he can’t believe I would kiss my cat with the same mouth I kiss him.

What left me dumb founded wasn’t that he found it gross. I know a lot of non pet owners do. But it was his reaction. He kept threatening to leave my apartment, but then sat on my couch on his phone for an hour. I kept asking “are you seriously leaving?” like thinking we would talk but then he just sat there. I tried to give him space. I sat in the room with him. Got up and folded my laundry, etc. finally I checked in on him and he immediately shot up and announced he was leaving again. He grabbed his stuff and bolted for the door. I was completely shocked.

I am someone where I understand needing space and needing to be upset. But I also know asking for space is something that should be strategically done. Determine a time to talk again, reassure the other person if you’re in a relationship, but don’t just storm out.

Before he left, I kept trying to stop him because quite honestly I felt shell shocked. Like this couldn’t actually be the reaction to me kissing my baby. I even said “if you need to set a boundary and have me not kiss his head, that’s fine” but he still just left. He is still not talking to me today so now I’m just sitting here wondering if I’m the asshole.

I know cats are gross. So are babies. So are other people. So is drinking or eating after your friends. I can’t even fathom using the same utensil as someone else but I would never do this to him if he did that.

I think the word disgusted and disrespected are just ringing in my ears.

Any insights?

UPDATE: https://www.reddit.com/u/Objective-Tank-8904/s/GlD4XxrFtL

I so badly want to like TOG and CC but I can’t and it kills me. I finally was able to finish TOG and I feel like it was like pulling teeth. I don’t think it was until the last book that I really started to enjoy it. I’m on chapter 3 of CC and am already concerned for how much I it irks me.

On the other hand, I loved ACOTAR. The first half of the first book was rough but then I couldn’t put it down. I have never cried so much reading a book. The character arcs were amazing.

I cannot for the life of me word why I am not a fan of TOG or CC. Not that I don’t think they’re good books and I don’t understand why anyone likes them. They’re the same writer. In the same Megaverse.

I’m even relistening to the audio books of ACOTAR with my boyfriend and feel like I want to find excuses for long drives so we can listen to them more.

It’s almost like the other books seem corny ? But maybe that’s not even right. Like with TOG, I couldn’t seem to have almost any sympathy for any character and by the end I was shell shocked and it’s like it wasn’t even the same series as how it started. I legit forgot Khaol and Dorian were love interests. It felt like there was random build up in so many places and the it would fall flat. Maybe like it felt like she kept changing her mind about thing? Elena just got murdered by the gods and it was just weirdly brushed over. I had to keep rereading the forging of the lock part 100 times because nothing was clicking in my head. Also we are just going to casually bring up the healers in the other realm and how irine could be used to open doors and then never address it again and end the whole series? (Sorry TOG lovers I don’t mean to hate to much. But I will say Maeve was my favorite part she was a true iconic villain)

With crescent city I can’t keep up with the world building. It’s like she keeps dropping crucial pieces of information in the middle of snarky sentences so I keep rereading it like “surely this is important.” It’s like everyone and nothing is happening at the same time.

Long story short has anyone else found this similar feelings? Maybe it’s that ACOTAR feels more to the point story wise but more complex character wise? I truly have no idea

I so badly want to like TOG and CC but I can’t and it kills me. I finally was able to finish TOG and I feel like it was like pulling teeth. I don’t think it was until the last book that I really started to enjoy it. I’m on chapter 3 of CC and am already concerned for how much I it irks me.

On the other hand, I loved ACOTAR. The first half of the first book was rough but then I couldn’t put it down. I have never cried so much reading a book. The character arcs were amazing.

I cannot for the life of me word why I am not a fan of TOG or CC. Not that I don’t think they’re good books and I don’t understand why anyone likes them. They’re the same writer. In the same Megaverse.

I’m even relistening to the audio books of ACOTAR with my boyfriend and feel like I want to find excuses for long drives so we can listen to them more.

It’s almost like the other books seem corny ? But maybe that’s not even right. Like with TOG, I couldn’t seem to have almost any sympathy for any character and by the end I was shell shocked and it’s like it wasn’t even the same series as how it started. I legit forgot Khaol and Dorian were love interests. It felt like there was random build up in so many places and the it would fall flat. Maybe like it felt like she kept changing her mind about thing? Elena just got murdered by the gods and it was just weirdly brushed over. I had to keep rereading the forging of the lock part 100 times because nothing was clicking in my head. Also we are just going to casually bring up the healers in the other realm and how irine could be used to open doors and then never address it again and end the whole series? (Sorry TOG lovers I don’t mean to hate to much. But I will say Maeve was my favorite part she was a true iconic villain)

With crescent city I can’t keep up with the world building. It’s like she keeps dropping crucial pieces of information in the middle of snarky sentences so I keep rereading it like “surely this is important.” It’s like everyone and nothing is happening at the same time.

Long story short has anyone else found this similar feelings? Maybe it’s that ACOTAR feels more to the point story wise but more complex character wise? I truly have no idea