303 reviews for:

Sticks and Stone

Grace McGinty

3.81 AVERAGE

emotional funny sad fast-paced

Kinda sad that Huey was forgotten during the book, specially his condition, but I liked it anyway
adventurous challenging emotional tense 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
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
emotional funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-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: No
emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I weirdly liked this quite a lot. I’m not usually the biggest fan of the new parent trope but this was pretty sweet. I liked that they were communicating and acting like actual adults, although I felt like the background of all the characters could have been explored more, as well as the plot. There was just too much ground to cover in a stand-alone. Wasn’t a big fan of the constant tears of Nova but that’s just because I can’t fathom reacting that way in crisis. I adored Rigby so so much. 
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Amazing

So far I absolutely bloody love all of Grace's standalone random sports novels. This has an engaging plotline, likable characters and steam, I know absolutely nothing about ice hockey but that's ok as the sport is just the background. I'm hoping that she continues to write novels like this one.
emotional hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes