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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
I wanted to love this but it was so slow for me. The writing, the development and the overarching theme were all great and about unfairness in the work place that I find important but something about it just didn’t grab me as much as I wanted it to. Still a good book and important message and great LGBTQ+ representation.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
sad
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
emotional
funny
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5
I liked this a lot. Great voice, smart and funny and bittersweet and heartbreaking all at the same time. A bit of “we are our own worst enemies” happening here. The dialogue was solid, the friendships felt very very real, and the s3c scenes were spicy.
One thing that bugged me was the flashback narration sounded like a different voice—but really it’s 3rd POV the whole way through so why would that be? Not sure quite what about it bothered me—maybe how it got a little explain-y (exposition-y) rather than narrative. Almost like 3rd limited feeling like it was slipping to 3rd omniscient without *actually* slipping. That’s not a great explanation but it did jump me out of the story a few times.
I also felt like the narrator’s current age felt a bit amorphous—her maturity level didn’t stay consistent. OTOH, I too would probably fall for the same sad lies I fell for in high school. Can anyone really be sure they wouldn’t?
I liked this a lot. Great voice, smart and funny and bittersweet and heartbreaking all at the same time. A bit of “we are our own worst enemies” happening here. The dialogue was solid, the friendships felt very very real, and the s3c scenes were spicy.
One thing that bugged me was the flashback narration sounded like a different voice—but really it’s 3rd POV the whole way through so why would that be? Not sure quite what about it bothered me—maybe how it got a little explain-y (exposition-y) rather than narrative. Almost like 3rd limited feeling like it was slipping to 3rd omniscient without *actually* slipping. That’s not a great explanation but it did jump me out of the story a few times.
I also felt like the narrator’s current age felt a bit amorphous—her maturity level didn’t stay consistent. OTOH, I too would probably fall for the same sad lies I fell for in high school. Can anyone really be sure they wouldn’t?
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
heavy read. took a while to get through but insightful & real