Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - Summer of Salt

Reading this book felt like I was only getting a surface-level story. Georgina’s power was something that, for me at least, was easy to catch early enough into the story that when it was revealed it felt underwhelming.

This book definitely broaches an important topic for girls of Georgina and Mary’s age, but it isn’t revealed or discussed until the very end of the book so even that sort of felt rushed through. You could see signs of SA leading up to the reveal, but for statistics of it to be the first thing written in the acknowledgments, the actual discussion of it in the story felt brief.

Overall, the base for a good story is there but the writing felt redundant and shallow.

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fesja_reads's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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lucaengelhard's review

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.25

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nenaveenstra's review against another edition

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emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

This was a wonderful story of sisterhood, friendship, love and hardship. There was ace, bi and lesbian rep, as well as some other good conversations (check content warnings). I deeply loved this little book.

EDIT: after reading some reviews, I find myself agreeing with some of the negative comments about this book, and yet, I still stand by my rating, which I now realise is deeply subjective. It just gave me that fuzzy feeling in my chest that only the best books can.

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