A review by gossamer_lens
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

Did not finish book. Stopped at 3%.
I cannot express how off-putting a book post 2018 using the term "Asperger's" is. I could excuse characters using the term. But the actual book synopsis not using the actual diagnosis term is frustrating. 

But I pushed on... And then I hit the main character having the most ridiculous in-office conversation with a sleeze of a man. I didn't get how non of her thoughts/dialogue seemed to register being uncomfortable with the hr violation of a man who pushed into her office. Then I was perplexed by her going "maybe he is right that I need to have more sex".... And then she looked up male escort services on her WORK COMPUTER?!?

Color that all by her references to her her work are vague and clearly the author knows nothing of the tech world... And that she seems to not have any internal motivation for what the books plot is... I just cannot. 

Doesn't help that when I hit the male escorts narrative he clearly feels forced to do his work for the money. How fun that neither of the protagonists are actually into what the plot is doing to them. Yuck. 

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