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A review by tjlcody
Over You by Amy Reed
3.0
Overall, not a bad book.
My biggest gripe is that it tended to get a bit heavy on the melodrama every now and then (dialogue and delivery-wise, less so on the actual events, though it did happen there too). On one hand you could argue that it works, since it's from Max's perspective and she would take it all Very Seriously, but it still came off as a bit over-dramatic and- I think "excessively poetic" might work too.
Like, the classical references were a bit over the top. Again, I get that it fits somewhat since Max is into classics, but some of the references just felt kind of... Convoluted, somewhat. Like some of the comparisons were somewhat obvious, but then others were just... Like, okay dude, we get it, you know mythology.
Then she gets outed in front of a bunch of small-town Nebraskans, and they weren't portrayed as a bunch of stereotypical hyper-religious homophobic hicks. (It's sad that this sort of thing pleasantly surprises me.)
My biggest gripe is that it tended to get a bit heavy on the melodrama every now and then (dialogue and delivery-wise, less so on the actual events, though it did happen there too). On one hand you could argue that it works, since it's from Max's perspective and she would take it all Very Seriously, but it still came off as a bit over-dramatic and- I think "excessively poetic" might work too.
Like, the classical references were a bit over the top. Again, I get that it fits somewhat since Max is into classics, but some of the references just felt kind of... Convoluted, somewhat. Like some of the comparisons were somewhat obvious, but then others were just... Like, okay dude, we get it, you know mythology.
Spoiler
Author gets a bonus for this, though: First, the main character is a bisexual girl whose story arc and character doesn't revolve around her being bisexual. Holy shit.Then she gets outed in front of a bunch of small-town Nebraskans, and they weren't portrayed as a bunch of stereotypical hyper-religious homophobic hicks. (It's sad that this sort of thing pleasantly surprises me.)