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The Prospects

KT Hoffman

4.31 AVERAGE

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

i love gay people and i love love
challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense 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: No
adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
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lukiespookey's review

3.0

3 stars

I wanted to like this, I really did. I was excited to see myself (trans in a gay relationship) represented in fiction. But I just could not connect with the characters. Nothing wrong with the writing, the sex scenes were handled with care but I just couldn’t connect with the characters and I’m so sad about it.

Also, every time I read a novel written in third person I do remember how much I dislike third person

corinnegammon's review

4.5
emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-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: Yes
funny hopeful inspiring fast-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
emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-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: Yes

Phenomenal representation across the board. I'm so glad this book is out in the world!

That said, I was so confused by the third act. I'm not a big sports person but I'm pretty sure you don't just move people into pitcher position on a whim. Also is Gene supposed to be good or bad? He acts like he's shit and such a burden to the team even when he gets called up to the majors! And Baker's 3rd personality swap didn't feel consistent.
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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: Complicated