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Almost Flying by Jake Maia Arlow

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emily_mh's review

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

There were four things I liked about this book, and one major thing I didn’t like. Let’s start with the positive stuff: 
  1. The rollercoasters! I thought it was so interesting to learn about them, like the specific terminology. I also enjoyed looking up the POV rides that Dalia & Co. went on.
  2. Dalia’s narrative voice. It was funny and made me feel all the emotions that she was.
  3. The queerness! I loved watching Dalia’s self-discovery journey and the shyness, caution, and innocence of Dalia and Rani’s connection. The older queer kids helping the younger ones and showing them what queer joy and found family looked like made my heart so warm, as did the beauty of Alexa and Sara’s relationship.
  4. Seeing Dalia and Alexa becoming sisters, although I think this conflict could have been paced better.

Which brings me onto my major issue with this book, which is that I didn’t actually enjoy reading it that much. I found myself feeling bored at times and just wanted to be done with it. I think this comes down to the pacing generally: the road trip didn’t provide enough plot to keep me hooked and the story felt it kind of bloated, like it shouldn’t have been over 300 pages.
 

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