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A review by capyval
The Yearbook Committee by Sarah Ayoub
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
2.0
The idea of the book is good, and for most of it I thought it was not too bad, but towards the end things get messy, the situations reminded me of soap operas (which I don't personally enjoy). Also, it gets very sad near the end.
Another issue is that I listened to the audiobook, and it's not a good one. There are 5 main characters, but we only get two narrators, one male and one female. There are more chapters from the point of view of female characters, so it's hard to say much about the male narrator, but both had similar issues: didn't make distinctive voices for each character, and they did not act the book much, their tone is almost always a reading one. The girl, also, had an "angry" teen tone in most of the book, like the characters were always annoyed and defensive. Not enjoyable, but it's the version my library had to offer me.
Another issue is that I listened to the audiobook, and it's not a good one. There are 5 main characters, but we only get two narrators, one male and one female. There are more chapters from the point of view of female characters, so it's hard to say much about the male narrator, but both had similar issues: didn't make distinctive voices for each character, and they did not act the book much, their tone is almost always a reading one. The girl, also, had an "angry" teen tone in most of the book, like the characters were always annoyed and defensive. Not enjoyable, but it's the version my library had to offer me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Death, and Fatphobia