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4.54 AVERAGE
4.54 AVERAGE
emotional
inspiring
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
adventurous
emotional
tense
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:
Yes
emotional
inspiring
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
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-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:
Complicated
4.5 I think.
A tough one to call because I devoured this book and fell in love with Joan and Vanessa. I think there were just elements that felt expected or unexplored fully.
If someways it feels unfair to say I wanted a bit more, but I did. I even just wanted more pages to explore the relationships and just have a bit more time with everyone.
Some of my issues were that a couple of the relationships were not as complex as they could be. Barbara felt a bit stereotypical and I wanted a few more difficult conversations there. In contrast to Barbara, Joan felt like a saint with her relationship to Frances and I don't think it would be perhaps have been a more difficult decision with more consequences.
Ultimately, it was just a desire for a tad more complexity in the relationships and dynamics.
But at the same time, I loved the novel and loved watching Joan learn more about herself.
Ooooh, just remembered that Joan works out her sexuality when they randomly go to a strip club, for no real reason. Yeah that felt like a lazy decision.
Also, TJR used to be very clever with shocking twists that make complete sense. This one didn't. A tad bit more simple.
A tough one to call because I devoured this book and fell in love with Joan and Vanessa. I think there were just elements that felt expected or unexplored fully.
If someways it feels unfair to say I wanted a bit more, but I did. I even just wanted more pages to explore the relationships and just have a bit more time with everyone.
Some of my issues were that a couple of the relationships were not as complex as they could be. Barbara felt a bit stereotypical and I wanted a few more difficult conversations there. In contrast to Barbara, Joan felt like a saint with her relationship to Frances and I don't think it would be perhaps have been a more difficult decision with more consequences.
Ultimately, it was just a desire for a tad more complexity in the relationships and dynamics.
But at the same time, I loved the novel and loved watching Joan learn more about herself.
Ooooh, just remembered that Joan works out her sexuality when they randomly go to a strip club, for no real reason. Yeah that felt like a lazy decision.
Also, TJR used to be very clever with shocking twists that make complete sense. This one didn't. A tad bit more simple.
adventurous
emotional
medium-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:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
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
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
felt underdeveloped.
No one outwardly expressed negative opinions about the LGBT+ community throughout the book, although the characters TOLD us It was tough (SHOW DON'T TELL, TJR!). It got more realistic towards the end, I think, when Antonio told Joan she should make sure she was "morally pure" 🤮 so she wouldn't lose her job, that felt more like the 80S. But Antonio was still a bit too woke for the time period. Everyone who found out about Vanessa and Joan's relationship was totaly cool about it, except Jimmy (whoever he was?), which definitely felt anachronistic, particularly Griff's incredibly understanding reaction to getting rejected by Joan because she was falling in love with Vanessa.
Despite these flaws, the characters were strong, and we all wanted to slap Barbara and hug Franny. There were some lovely moments between the characters, and the space stuff was cool (but did it have to be SO tragic?).