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A review by banrions
American Girl by Wendy Walker
Did not finish book.
unfortunetly, this one isn't for me. i made it a solid halfway? maybe slightly a third? of the way through but it's just not really holding my interest, and i've decided not to keep reading things i'm not loving anymore. i don't think this is a bad book by any means, but it just didn't quite grab me as it went on.
it's a 'not for me, might be for you' kinda situation.
the premise was interesting, i've read and enjoyed two novels from this author before, and when i saw the narrator i was doubly excited to listen. paige is someone i've followed on youtube and tiktok where she makes a lot of videos about autism and abelism, and is generally awesome. i loved that they hired an autisic actor to play the character/read the novel and she did a great job. for me, the pacing kinda threw me, and it started off really good and started dragging a bit in the middle and today i just gave up. the little romance stuff going on with charlie and ian was just... not for me. i'm not reading hetero romance stuff unless it's amazing, and i picked this up hoping for a thriller/mystery and it just got too slow on that part. for me. if i had been in a different mood, i might have powered right through and it's possible that i'll pick this back up someday, but it's just not grabbing me right now.
that said, i do love a lot of what it had to say about girlhood, growing up autistic, small town politics, mothers and daughters, rape culture, and i think it's possible that it would have pulled it all together in an interesting way, the middle just lost me, personally.
it's a 'not for me, might be for you' kinda situation.
the premise was interesting, i've read and enjoyed two novels from this author before, and when i saw the narrator i was doubly excited to listen. paige is someone i've followed on youtube and tiktok where she makes a lot of videos about autism and abelism, and is generally awesome. i loved that they hired an autisic actor to play the character/read the novel and she did a great job. for me, the pacing kinda threw me, and it started off really good and started dragging a bit in the middle and today i just gave up. the little romance stuff going on with charlie and ian was just... not for me. i'm not reading hetero romance stuff unless it's amazing, and i picked this up hoping for a thriller/mystery and it just got too slow on that part. for me. if i had been in a different mood, i might have powered right through and it's possible that i'll pick this back up someday, but it's just not grabbing me right now.
that said, i do love a lot of what it had to say about girlhood, growing up autistic, small town politics, mothers and daughters, rape culture, and i think it's possible that it would have pulled it all together in an interesting way, the middle just lost me, personally.