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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
*sighs*
I was extremely frustrated throughout this book. Everything I liked about Aiden is gone and I just can’t get over how horribly this book treated Harvard. This series has a Harvard problem.
This book does more with Seiji and Nicholas, which was the storyline I cared the least about in the last book. I usually enjoy Seiji's POV, but this book was repetitive with every one of Seiji and Nicholas' chapters being about their complicated feelings regarding Jesse. I really don't care. I was here for Harvard and Aiden.
We sort of get to see Harvard have a life outside of Aiden. With Aiden treating Harvard like shit the entire trip, Harvard catches up with an old friend Arune. Honestly, he and Eugene were the only people that seemed to care about Harvard in this book. Where do I even start?
This book blames Harvard for the entire miscommunication with Aiden. That's fucked up. Harvard hid his feelings for Aiden because he'd watched for years as Aiden treated all of his conquests as disposable. Aiden told him to his face that their relationship didn't mean anything. How is it Harvard's fault that he assumed he wouldn't be special? Honestly, the number of times this book showed Aiden and Harvard together where a group of people ignored Harvard to hit on Aiden + Aiden telling Harvard he was boring, it's no wonder Harvard didn't think his feelings would be returned. Instead of having Aiden acknowledge his role in their issues, this book puts all of the blame on Harvard. That's not fair.
Harvard supports his team all the time. They didn't even attend his match. Not only does that suck and completely goes in line with the theme of Harvard supporting others and getting hardly anyt support in return, but it really sucked because the team had been shit on by all of the other schools the entire trip. Harvard really needed the support.
We still get hardly any information about Harvard's past outside of Aiden. This series has an Harvard problem.
The Aiden/Harvard scenes were the entire reason I read this book and this just made me really sad. Harvard deserved to be treated better and I couldn't even be happy about the outcome. It's clear the writer loves Aiden and doesn't care about Harvard. It's so sad because he's so sweet and this was the only real chance to see him get more attention.
I was extremely frustrated throughout this book. Everything I liked about Aiden is gone and I just can’t get over how horribly this book treated Harvard. This series has a Harvard problem.
This book does more with Seiji and Nicholas, which was the storyline I cared the least about in the last book. I usually enjoy Seiji's POV, but this book was repetitive with every one of Seiji and Nicholas' chapters being about their complicated feelings regarding Jesse. I really don't care. I was here for Harvard and Aiden.
We sort of get to see Harvard have a life outside of Aiden. With Aiden treating Harvard like shit the entire trip, Harvard catches up with an old friend Arune. Honestly, he and Eugene were the only people that seemed to care about Harvard in this book. Where do I even start?
This book blames Harvard for the entire miscommunication with Aiden. That's fucked up. Harvard hid his feelings for Aiden because he'd watched for years as Aiden treated all of his conquests as disposable. Aiden told him to his face that their relationship didn't mean anything. How is it Harvard's fault that he assumed he wouldn't be special? Honestly, the number of times this book showed Aiden and Harvard together where a group of people ignored Harvard to hit on Aiden + Aiden telling Harvard he was boring, it's no wonder Harvard didn't think his feelings would be returned. Instead of having Aiden acknowledge his role in their issues, this book puts all of the blame on Harvard. That's not fair.
Harvard supports his team all the time. They didn't even attend his match. Not only does that suck and completely goes in line with the theme of Harvard supporting others and getting hardly anyt support in return, but it really sucked because the team had been shit on by all of the other schools the entire trip. Harvard really needed the support.
We still get hardly any information about Harvard's past outside of Aiden. This series has an Harvard problem.
The Aiden/Harvard scenes were the entire reason I read this book and this just made me really sad. Harvard deserved to be treated better and I couldn't even be happy about the outcome. It's clear the writer loves Aiden and doesn't care about Harvard. It's so sad because he's so sweet and this was the only real chance to see him get more attention.
Another stellar volume in the Fence series! Sarah does a fantastic job bringing the characters to life, and in continuing the story that Fence: Striking Distance left us on. This one's a bit more emotional and angsty (SO many morons with no brain cells or communication skills!), so at times I was DYING for things to just HAPPEN! But I'm so pleased with the ending and I hope for a) either Volume 5 ASAP or b) more novels or c) all of the above!
In this novel, you'll get:
- Seiji just not knowing how emotions work or other human beings. But he's getting there!!!
In this novel, you'll get:
- Seiji just not knowing how emotions work or other human beings. But he's getting there!!!
Oh boy, this is just...not a good book.
I love these characters. And I love getting to see their stories played out. But where CS Pacat and Joanna the Mad gave them such life and so much character in the pages of the graphic novels, SRB has made them more caricatures of themselves. She has grossly exaggerated aspects from the comics until they no longer resemble human beings we are meant to be able to care about and relate to. It seems that, as is typical for SRB novels, she is aiming for "humor", but it comes across as more of a mean parody in tie-in books like this.
I liked the ending (and I'm going to clarify Harvard and Aiden's ending, because Seiji and Nicholas are kind of punted aside by this point...when I talk about caricatures, I'm talking about them), although the misunderstandings trope became a cringeworthy goliath of a mess in this book, so by the time you finally get the ending, you're exhausted and wondering if it was really worth the trek. And frankly, SRB did not deserve to get to tell that story.
I love these characters. And I love getting to see their stories played out. But where CS Pacat and Joanna the Mad gave them such life and so much character in the pages of the graphic novels, SRB has made them more caricatures of themselves. She has grossly exaggerated aspects from the comics until they no longer resemble human beings we are meant to be able to care about and relate to. It seems that, as is typical for SRB novels, she is aiming for "humor", but it comes across as more of a mean parody in tie-in books like this.
I liked the ending (and I'm going to clarify Harvard and Aiden's ending, because Seiji and Nicholas are kind of punted aside by this point...when I talk about caricatures, I'm talking about them), although the misunderstandings trope became a cringeworthy goliath of a mess in this book, so by the time you finally get the ending, you're exhausted and wondering if it was really worth the trek. And frankly, SRB did not deserve to get to tell that story.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
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
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
tense
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:
Yes
Seiji and his dads conversations are some of my favorite things on the planet. He really thought Seiji was giving it to the whole team and was like 'okay, cute. what else?'
Background Dante and Bobby were really backgrounding it up, wish I could get a chapter or two from their point of view..
I feel like Eugene and Nicholas' storylines fell flat a little in this one. Like, I wasn't as excited reading about them as I was the other 3 on the team.
FINALLY HARVARD GOT HIS HEAD OUT OF HIS ASS AND TOLD AIDEN!!! Sad Aiden is not something I need to be privy to it makes me too emotional.
Crying score: YESSSS
Background Dante and Bobby were really backgrounding it up, wish I could get a chapter or two from their point of view..
I feel like Eugene and Nicholas' storylines fell flat a little in this one. Like, I wasn't as excited reading about them as I was the other 3 on the team.
Crying score: YESSSS
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Classism
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
fast-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
funny
lighthearted
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
Give me a book 3 or I'll fling myself out the window.
Yes, this is my review.
Yes, this is my review.