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Hey, hello, can I sit with you? It looks like you're my partner
for today's discussion about thebook we're reading this month.
Thanks. So are you new in the book club?
I don't remember seeing you around.
I see. Unfortunately for you, you got
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in the club right in the month we had to read this monstrosity.
I swear we usually read much better books.
It's not always like this, but we got some new members with a
questionable taste for literature recently.
And that's why a majority of people voted for this book to be
chosen. Of course I didn't vote for this
one. Who in their right mind would
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want to read a book called His Grace?
The Duke is secretly obsessed with me, his lowly orphan maid.
It sounds like a title for a very bad rated anime honestly.
But as soon as I read that titleI knew it would be bad and after
finishing the book I just affirmed to myself what I
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already knew. It's very very bad.
Oh come on, you can't be serious.
Are you actually asking me what's wrong with it?
Everything. For starters, the title.
Why the hell would a writer nametheir first book something like
this? I have no idea who the writer
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is, but I bet they were high when they named this book and
when they wrote the entire thingtoo.
I don't think it's an eye-catching name as you say, I
just think it's ridiculous. What more?
Well, the Duke character is horrible, a complete psychopath
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and does cruel things to the protagonist from the beginning
to almost the very end of the book in my opinion.
The author also romanticizes himand his actions a lot.
Like yeah we get it, the Duke isrich and sexy.
Stop repeating this every three lines God.
And the female protagonist is also so annoying.
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She just cries, screams, feels guilty about being attracted to
the Duke and doesn't fight his romantic advances towards her at
all. She just.
Except that pisses me off all right?
I know she's in a complicated situation with the Duke being so
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much more socially and physically powerful than her,
but honestly, she could have kicked him in the nuts at least
once. Everyone knows that he wouldn't
have done anything too bad to her since he loves her so much
and all that. Also Speaking of love, the
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protagonist ends up falling for him at the end of the book after
all he did for her. What's up with this end?
I was hoping for some sort of revenge plot twist but no, the
author just decides to make the protagonist even more
insufferable then. I didn't even think that could
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be possible. Stockholm syndrome?
Well, yes, that makes sense. She already lived there as a
maid, but he kept her locked inside the mansion for months.
So he did kind of kidnap her in a way.
And he did manipulate her brilliantly, I have to admit.
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The one good thing about the book is how well all his plans
were architected. The whole thing still pisses me
off though. I hated the Duke, the maid, and
all the other horrible characters.
The only character that wasn't that bad was the maid's best
friend. She was kind of good as a Comic
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Relief, but then the author wentand killed her off.
God, I'm getting angry all over again because of this book.
Yes, sure, you could say her death was to cause shock in the
readers, but there was other ways to do that.
Like, I don't know, making the Duke turn into a decent human
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being? That would be pretty shocking.
No, I'm I'm not taking this too seriously.
The book really is the worst thing I have ever read in my
entire life. I spent the whole last week in a
bad mood because I kept thinkingabout it.
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Don't tell this to the other club members, but I was
considering leaving the club over this book.
Seriously, What? What do you mean?
I just told you this was the worst book I've ever read.
I hated it. How could you say that?
It looks like I had fun reading it.
I absolutely did not. Well, no, it wasn't boring.
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How could it be with so many things happening at the same
time? At some point, I thought I was
going to go crazy trying to connect the dots.
Yeah, I kept thinking about the book even after I finished it.
I think because it made me mad and frustrated.
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Like, no, the book made me in years.
All right, I have to agree. It's better reading something
that makes you angry than something that doesn't make you
feel anything at all. One of the purposes of
literature is to transport you to another reality and make you
feel all sorts of things, after all.
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I see what you mean, but you seem very eager to defend this
book and the author. Don't tell me you liked it Even
worse, Don't tell me you're actually a fan.
Oh good, I was going to questionyour sanity if you said you were
a fan. Anyway, I've been rambling on
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and on about how off of this book is and didn't even give you
a chance to speak about it. What are your thoughts?
Wait wait wait wait. Did you just say that this book
is a psychological horror? No, it's not.
It's a romance. I mean, at least I got it in the
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romance section of the bookstore.
All right. Where in the book does it say
that it's a psychological horror?
I didn't see that. Yeah, of course.
Show me. Someone here is wrong.
You or me and that stupid bookstore.
And I want to know who it is. OK, Let me read it.
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Oh. Oh, wow.
OK, it really does say in here the genre of the book and it
definitely doesn't say romance. I can't believe this.
Why did the bookstore put this in the romance section?
And I even heard some of the members of the club swooning
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about the Duke so I really thought this was a dumb TikTok
romance type of thing. I feel kind of guilty about
everything I said now. Well, if I went into this book
with the fact that it's a psychological horror in mind, I
probably wouldn't have been so harsh on it.
Maybe I could have even liked it.
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Maybe I should reread it. No, no, I wasn't fair with my
review. I thought it was a bad romance,
but the intention of the author was very far from that, so I
should give it another chance. Well, you seem very pleased to
see I'm willing to give another go at the book.
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You can admit it now. I already know that you're a
huge fan of this book and of theauthor.
You defended it so much that it was impossible to hide it.
You're a fan, aren't you? I knew it.
You looked so offended with everything I said about the
book. Only a fan would feel that way
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about it, right? Or the author, but we both know
they're not here. But thank God, because if they
listen to me rambling about how much I hate their book only for
me to find out I read the whole thing thinking it was a romance,
I would be so embarrassed. Come on, don't make fun of me.
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I might have been at fault for not paying attention, but the
bookstore is in the most wrong here.
Oh, it's that bookstore right infront of the club on the other
side of the street. Why you're going to have a talk
with them. An angry fan sure is scary.
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They're in for some problems by the look on your face.
Well anyway, thank you for alerting me about my mistake and
opening my mind. I actually really like
discussing this book with you. I hope I get you as a partner
for next month as well. This was fun.
Of course, you don't need to thank me, That's the decent
thing to do. Read it again and review it in a
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fairway. So I was wondering if you could
give me your number. I want to invite you for some
coffee. Maybe we can discuss more about
the book once I reread it and you can tell me more about the
author. Since you're a fan, I'm sure you
know all about them. Oh, yeah, sure, you can tell me.
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Hmm. OK, noted.
And what's your name? I'm so sorry.
I didn't even ask before sittingdown at the table with you.
How funny. Isn't that the author's name?
You must be a happy fan for sharing the same name as them.
Why are you laughing? You're.
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You're the other What? You're joking, right?
Right. Please tell me you are OK.
I I think I have to go now. It was a pleasure meeting you.
Thank you. I mean, I'm sorry.
Bye. Shit.
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Yeah. Yeah, I'm.
I'm fine. I'm just being a complete fool
in front of you again. Look, I'm.
I'm really sorry for the way I talked about your book and for
misunderstanding the genre of itand for not recognizing you.
God, I should just shut up. Really.
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You're not mad. I see.
Well, I'm happy you didn't take anything I said to heart.
So can we still go for coffee together one of these days?
I promise there's much more to me than being a hater.
OK, cool. All right.
I should go now. So bye now.
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Fuck. What is wrong with me today?
Yeah, yeah, I'm fine anyway, Byefor real now.
See you around. Got to go, Got to go bury myself
since I'm dying of embarrassmentanyway.