Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde

2 reviews

madamenovelist's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Biphobia, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, and Ableism

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Fatphobia, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, and Bullying

I content tagged moderate cultural appropriation because one of the POV characters is Chinese Australian and the author is … definitely not. And while I assume no harm was intended, I personally feel uncomfy about a white author writing a quirky primary hair-colored Asian protagonist that just drop 3 or 4 small references to her heritage and that’s it. It was very refreshing to read about Charlie’s & Jamie’s & Taylor’s friendship, Charlie becoming more comfy in her bisexuality and

branching out with a girl for the first time

,, and Taylor learning to navigate stressful environments while autistic. Several of Taylor’s moments hit me like a freight train in a good way. I just wish the author had not picked a heritage for Charlie she could not accurately flesh out. One more thing that’s more a personal quibble: it was hard to suspend disbelief that Alyssa would actually

UPLOAD FOOTAGE OF KISSING BY MISTAKE

. I was rolling my eyes while listening to the audiobook because REALLY?!??

jenny_librarian's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It’s a soft book that would probably have benefited from being longer. Everything happens in a weekend – which I can understand, since that’s how long most conventions are – and it feels a bit rushed. You get everything thrown at you at once. I don’t feel like I had enough time with the characters to get to enjoy any of them, even though one of them is very similar to me.

I wish it had been more of a SDCC kinda con (which I thought it was gearing up to be, with where it is and all the star sighting), going on for a week. I think it would have given more time to flesh out the characters and their relationships.

I also didn’t love the aphobia in there, but I’ll let it go since it’s an older novel.

Cute, but I wouldn’t reread it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia and Biphobia

Minor: Blood