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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
lol Anna kept telling me to read this and I was like "IDK I guess" and then I started reading it and I was immediately like "you didn't tell me it's about a teen podcaster who loves the Bachelorette, that knowledge would have bumped it up on my TBR list". so anyway! It's about that. I LOVE Lee as a messy teen protagonist and I love that the narrative is very forgiving of her for not totally having her sexuality/life/goals all figured out but that it also doesn't let her off the hook for some of the privileged ignorance she had as a white teen in Memphis with a multiracial ex-boyfriend. The voice here is SO good, kinda gives me John Green vibes (COMPLIMENT) but a lil spicier than JG (also compliment).
it was very hard to get into this because i have readers slump but it was good
I read most of this while getting tattooed and it was so good it distracted me from the discomfort and pain!
I loved Lee's bitterness and disenchantment with love and the conclusions and peace she makes with it by the end of the book. I also don't think I've read a teen book that has a teen figuring out that she wants to be non-monogamous/poly so that was exciting. It was nice to see!
I loved Lee's bitterness and disenchantment with love and the conclusions and peace she makes with it by the end of the book. I also don't think I've read a teen book that has a teen figuring out that she wants to be non-monogamous/poly so that was exciting. It was nice to see!
This beautiful book about messy relationships was the right book at the right time for me. This author has officially joined the ranks of my “automatic reads”.
Fav line: “Apologies aren’t about who is right. They are about who is sorry”.
Fav line: “Apologies aren’t about who is right. They are about who is sorry”.
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
slow-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
3.5-4
Sometimes I outwardly love a book from the very beginning, and other times it's more subtle. A slow burn. This was definitely the latter. Maybe I appreciated this book more for the setting or memories of TN music scenes, but I'm glad I read it.
Sometimes I outwardly love a book from the very beginning, and other times it's more subtle. A slow burn. This was definitely the latter. Maybe I appreciated this book more for the setting or memories of TN music scenes, but I'm glad I read it.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
They say don’t judge a book by its cover, and I guess that’s true for Indestructible Object.
When I picked up this book, I thought I was going to love it. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. Overall, I thought the plot was pretty weak, there wasn’t a lot to tie the actual story into the mystery that the reader was supposed to care about the mc solving. I found the mc to be pretty unlikable, and honestly the only character I can say I actually liked was her dad. I was really hopeful for the representation, especially since bisexual polyamorous rep is hard to find. But there were a lot of things about it that weren’t great, at one point a character calls the mc a bi girl to watch out for, and says that the lesbian community has a whole list of “bi girls to watch out for”. There were several other biphobic comments, as well as toxic relationships that were written off as complicated.
Overall, this was a two star read for me, and a big disappointment :(
When I picked up this book, I thought I was going to love it. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. Overall, I thought the plot was pretty weak, there wasn’t a lot to tie the actual story into the mystery that the reader was supposed to care about the mc solving. I found the mc to be pretty unlikable, and honestly the only character I can say I actually liked was her dad. I was really hopeful for the representation, especially since bisexual polyamorous rep is hard to find. But there were a lot of things about it that weren’t great, at one point a character calls the mc a bi girl to watch out for, and says that the lesbian community has a whole list of “bi girls to watch out for”. There were several other biphobic comments, as well as toxic relationships that were written off as complicated.
Overall, this was a two star read for me, and a big disappointment :(
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Hm! Not what I expected for sure. The characters in this book are for sure messy, flawed for sure. I wish more focus was on the podcast since the description sold it as a big part. The mystery was fun, but it felt like it fizzled out toward the end. Not a bad read by any means, just expected more.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Biphobia, Toxic relationship
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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:
Yes