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corireed's review
3.0
This is definitely an important story, but unfortunately the execution wasn't phenomenal. This is the novelization of an award winning film of the same name, which I'm curious to see.
lostinmylibrary's review against another edition
3.0
There are two kinds of books that I give three-star ratings. One is books that I like throughout, but don't stand out to me in any way. The other is books that I have so many mixed feelings about throughout that when I have to condense all of my feelings down to a number, three stars seems to average things out as nicely as possible. This is definitely the latter kind of book. There were moments in here that absolutely shone, and paragraphs that took my breath away. There were also pages that left me horribly frustrated, and sections that I strongly disliked.
I think that I might appreciate this more after a reread. However, any future reread is going to be a long time from now.
This was a movie before it was a book, and I'm definitely still interested in seeing the movie!
CW: suicide, homophobia, off-page rape, drug dealing, referenced child molestation, referenced transphobia
I recieved an eARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I think that I might appreciate this more after a reread. However, any future reread is going to be a long time from now.
This was a movie before it was a book, and I'm definitely still interested in seeing the movie!
CW: suicide, homophobia, off-page rape, drug dealing, referenced child molestation, referenced transphobia
I recieved an eARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
mary_the_librarian's review
4.0
This is an emotional read that has so many components that tied into the perfect storm of a narrative.
neen's review
2.0
This book deals with a lot of heavy subject matter. Personally, I don't think it dealt with it adequately enough. It might have to do with the fact that it's the novelization of a film, or maybe the plot was badly executed. I genuinely wanted to like this book, but I can't get over how Tara was used as plot device-and reduced to another Native American girl who was brutally raped and killed while barely getting enough characterization or nearly enough depth-to further Shane's development which was, ultimately, very underwhelming.
sallanvaara's review
2.0
Well that was a massive bummer. Literally all I ask is to get to read books about m/m romance that don't screw over EVERY SINGLE FEMALE CHARACTER, is that really too much to ask?? ARGH. Don't get me wrong, #ownvoices books about indigenous queer characters are undoubtedly needed and there are harsh things about that world that need to be addressed, but my GOD did this have to be such a downer... I like hard-hitting contemporary YA as much as the next gal, but this had way too many bummers and shitty twists with not enough catharsis. The latter half was just such a drastic downhill slide and the whole thing left me quite unhappy. I also didn't really like the way the audiobook was read so that certainly didn't help. Blah.
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