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A review by tospeakordie
And They Lived... by Steven Salvatore
emotional
reflective
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
3.5
this book is about fairytales and this book IS a fairytale.
i just didn’t really click with it if i’m honest. it was just so easy. sure, Jack’s parents were homophobic assholes for basically the whole book but then they’re suddenly okay? they’re 18 and 19 in their first term of university and fall completely in love? and the sex scenes were also bordering cringe
but in the end i can see the strength in writing about a non traditional hero and i do think that this book is important, maybe not entirely for me, but for some people i’m sure this will make a difference. something i thought was particularly good was the whole revelation that you don’t have to fit into boxes, you can be a ‘contradiction’ because that’s you and you’re allowed to exist and thrive no matter how you identify on the gender spectrum.
i just didn’t really click with it if i’m honest. it was just so easy. sure, Jack’s parents were homophobic assholes for basically the whole book but then they’re suddenly okay? they’re 18 and 19 in their first term of university and fall completely in love? and the sex scenes were also bordering cringe
but in the end i can see the strength in writing about a non traditional hero and i do think that this book is important, maybe not entirely for me, but for some people i’m sure this will make a difference. something i thought was particularly good was the whole revelation that you don’t have to fit into boxes, you can be a ‘contradiction’ because that’s you and you’re allowed to exist and thrive no matter how you identify on the gender spectrum.