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fictionaladventures's review
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
1.5
I just didn’t like this much. Mainly because all the characters were so mean to each other, and not in an entertaining way like in The Cruel Prince. And the plot just didn’t grab my attention ever.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
brokenbodybitch's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.25
‘A Disaster in Three Acts’ by Kelsey Rodkey is a messy, funny and relatable book. It follows a fat cheerleader who is complicated, yet loveable through all her teenage ‘mess ups’. She is dealing with a lot of heavy emotions. Especially those surrounding the death and grief of her grandmother; her complex web of friendships along with ‘normal’ teenage troubles. Her relationship with therapy was discussed so transparently (and personally I found her caution fairly accurate to real life). Saline is such a relatable character, she makes a lot of mistakes but also experiences a lot of growth. I was upset about how she handled things often and a little bit of communication could have proactively saved a lot of upset, however; they were also very expected choices for someone of her age given the situations. I loved the dog named Bagel, and found the dialogue and banter between the friend groups to be very accurate to what I remember from High School. My favourite ‘line’ was “I don’t follow for a follow” I can totally imagine someone saying that in a petty high-school fight and it made me laugh. I loved the childhood friends, to enemies, to friends, to lovers story line and again the timeline of events and explanation for their actions were relatable and realistic. Holden is funny, awkward and so loveable, although at times he could use some…confidence, but again they are 18 and after all, are meant to grow as often as they can.
I got this through NetGalley as an ARC and it was in an auto generated voice, despite that, the writing was still funny, captivating and messy in the best, most relatable ways. It was a YA style but I personally found it started to lean a bit towards NA at times, I would say it leans more ‘older’ YA if that exists.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism, Death, Fatphobia, Grief, Medical content, Sexual content, Cancer, and Car accident
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