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A review by tepidgirlsummer
Beatle Meets Destiny by Gabrielle Williams
2.0
Eh.
This book has a neat premise—John Lennon meets Destiny McCartney, signs all over the place that they’re MFEO, etc. etc.—but it just didn’t do it for me. It’s a very superficial book, a fun idea and fun characters but everything feels more like an outline than a fleshed-out novel and no one is remotely profound. The characters are quirky, which I like, but so much of the quirkiness just seemed... forced. I felt zero connection to any of the characters. I would’ve liked to know more about them and what makes them tick.
I read this book within 24 hours though, which is quite a feat considering how long it’s been taking me to read some other books lately. I get pretty excited about Aussie YA fiction, so maybe part of the problem was just how high my expectations were.
This book has a neat premise—John Lennon meets Destiny McCartney, signs all over the place that they’re MFEO, etc. etc.—but it just didn’t do it for me. It’s a very superficial book, a fun idea and fun characters but everything feels more like an outline than a fleshed-out novel and no one is remotely profound. The characters are quirky, which I like, but so much of the quirkiness just seemed... forced. I felt zero connection to any of the characters. I would’ve liked to know more about them and what makes them tick.
I read this book within 24 hours though, which is quite a feat considering how long it’s been taking me to read some other books lately. I get pretty excited about Aussie YA fiction, so maybe part of the problem was just how high my expectations were.