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utopiastateofmind 's review for:
The Right Thing to Do at the Time
by Dov Zeller
(Disclaimer: I received this free book from Netgalley. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
-Rounding up to a 4 star
-DNF'd around 30%, but read below why I gave it 4 stars.
This had all the makings of something I would like. I picked it up because of the fantastic pitch and the whole summary sounded amazing. But I read about 30% and it didn't grab me - it didn't make me want to keep reading. It is such a shame because I don't even really know why. So I want to list what I loved and what didn't draw me.
I liked...
I loved that our MC is Trans and Jewish. There is wonderful Jewish representation throughout. There's this fantastic self-introspective narrative voice that is just so clever. I am such a sucker for family dynamic books and this one has so much in this area! The friendship Ari has with his best friend, Itche, is really important to him and also this book.
But?
It didn't grab me.
-Rounding up to a 4 star
-DNF'd around 30%, but read below why I gave it 4 stars.
This had all the makings of something I would like. I picked it up because of the fantastic pitch and the whole summary sounded amazing. But I read about 30% and it didn't grab me - it didn't make me want to keep reading. It is such a shame because I don't even really know why. So I want to list what I loved and what didn't draw me.
I liked...
I loved that our MC is Trans and Jewish. There is wonderful Jewish representation throughout. There's this fantastic self-introspective narrative voice that is just so clever. I am such a sucker for family dynamic books and this one has so much in this area! The friendship Ari has with his best friend, Itche, is really important to him and also this book.
But?
It didn't grab me.