Reviews with content warning for Infidelity - A Scatter of Light

joan they didnt have to do that to you….. you didn’t deserve it….. overall this book really felt weak in the start, and only got a tiny but stronger towards the end. on one hand i appreciated aria representing messy bisexuals(?) everywhere, on the other, i did Not sign up for the mess this was. i think some people would love it, but it was certainly not my cup of tea. loved the little bit with lilly and Kath getting married tho <3

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peony_xo's review against another edition

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Had a feeling this was about to turn into a cheating plot and I'm not down for that. No thanks. Probably could have looked at reviews more closely before starting to avoid wasting 5 hours but oh well. On to the next.

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afroonyx_'s review

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emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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sefkhet's review

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

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pipe_dream's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

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

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ericalarsen's review

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emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.5

Read Telegraph Club right before this (like, in the same night, read them both in basically one sitting), and honestly A Scatter of Light fell very flat for me in comparison. I might be outgrowing YA contemporary romances or it might just be

fresh out of HS Aria having sex with the love interest, who is already in a relationship and also at least 3 years older than her, in her grandmother's house, WHILE HER GRANDMA IS IN THE HOSPITAL after a stroke?

Joan was my favorite character by far. Analemma gets second place because dogs are perfect. But yeah, I just didn't really like the love interest... or the love interest's group.... or Aria's high school friends.... or the mom.... or, like, even Aria, all that much.

I appreciated the references to other queer media, the true-to-2013 descriptions, and (strangely) the closure for Telegraph Club characters.

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kari0208's review

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dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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victoriousbookworm's review

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emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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