Had to DNF because of immaturity. (Spoilers for New Eden Asylum Series)

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I was reading {Beggars, Sin, and Wine by JB Trepagnier} and I really wanted to like it. It has a great concept. The self actualization is a great origin. It had the bones of a great story. I just couldn't get over how immature the characters (Benji) are. He was so immature I felt like I was reading about a child and it felt pedophelic and gross. There is supposedly a reason for it in his childhood and how he was abducted before he even graduated kindergarten, but it was like he never evolved beyond that even though he’d been out for years.

The book had other problems- I kept having to go back to the chapter beginning in the M POV because all th characters were so much the same I couldn't recall whose view it was supposed to be. I could have lived with that for the plot- but again- maturity of Benji left me squicked out.

I don't think I have clearly conveyed just how gross this has left me feeling. I feel violated and dirty and like I violated someone who has no mental capacity even if they are in a man body. I really want to go rub my brain with bleach and scrub it with a metal scratchy. Even skipping the smut parts to try to get around this-I couldn't do it!

Has anyone else ever had this issue? Please, warn me of any other books like this so I can put it on my ‘Fuck No’ list.

*shudders in horror*

Posted Feb 15, 2026, 11:02 PM UTC

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