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A review by slowa_w_filizance
If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales, Cale Dietrich
2.0
I really wanted to love this book. I adored previous books by Sophie Gonzales, so I've expected that this will easily be a five star read. So, you can imagine, it really hurts me to say, that I did not enjoy this book for the most part.
The beginning was pretty good. I really liked Ruben and Zach, I was interested to see how their story unfolds. But then, as the romance progressed... See, I understand that there needs to be some conflict and drama. But I draw the line at the conflict that is basically 5 chapters of miscommunication, that dragged to the point where I felt the urge to throw my book across the room.
With this being said, we actually come close to the main issue I had with this book: the pacing. Some things, like the conflict I mentioned, dragged horribly but then things I've expected to take some time, happened really quickly and felt rushed. Not to mention that at some point there was a scene I've we reached the climax of one particular plotline. But then it was swept under the rug and the actually climax, written in the really dimilar way, happened some time later.
While I did like some of the dramatic aspects of this book - what can I say, I am a sucker for good angst - I didn't feel like the heaviest themes where handled well. There is this plotline of one of the bandmates, Angel, who is not really taking the fame and pressure well, doing drugs because of this. I was really interested in this plotline - at some point I cared about Angel more than I cared for the main characters. But, man, I was so annoyed, when the other bandmates, who were supposed to be such close friends, were really just observing Angel's struggle and kinda waiting for someone else to do something. And then, when something bad had actually happened, the main characters were talking about themselves, their relstionship instead of focusing on their friend just once.
While the middle of the book dragged and annoyed the hell out of me, I was surprised to actually enjoy the ending. Honestly, if the authors handled communication better and written found family the way they did on the last pages, this could be much better book.
The beginning was pretty good. I really liked Ruben and Zach, I was interested to see how their story unfolds. But then, as the romance progressed... See, I understand that there needs to be some conflict and drama. But I draw the line at the conflict that is basically 5 chapters of miscommunication, that dragged to the point where I felt the urge to throw my book across the room.
With this being said, we actually come close to the main issue I had with this book: the pacing. Some things, like the conflict I mentioned, dragged horribly but then things I've expected to take some time, happened really quickly and felt rushed. Not to mention that at some point there was a scene I've we reached the climax of one particular plotline. But then it was swept under the rug and the actually climax, written in the really dimilar way, happened some time later.
While I did like some of the dramatic aspects of this book - what can I say, I am a sucker for good angst - I didn't feel like the heaviest themes where handled well. There is this plotline of one of the bandmates, Angel, who is not really taking the fame and pressure well, doing drugs because of this. I was really interested in this plotline - at some point I cared about Angel more than I cared for the main characters. But, man, I was so annoyed, when the other bandmates, who were supposed to be such close friends, were really just observing Angel's struggle and kinda waiting for someone else to do something. And then, when something bad had actually happened, the main characters were talking about themselves, their relstionship instead of focusing on their friend just once.
While the middle of the book dragged and annoyed the hell out of me, I was surprised to actually enjoy the ending. Honestly, if the authors handled communication better and written found family the way they did on the last pages, this could be much better book.