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Going Off Script
by Jen Wilde
3 stars
TW: sexism, misogyny, anxiety, ADHD, mentions of medication, mentions of past bullying, mentions of poverty, mentions of parental abandonment, coming out, cheating, queerphobic language, queerphobia, mentions of past homophobia, alcohol, underage drinking, predatory men, queerbaiting
Rep: lesbian MC with ADHD and anxiety, which she takes medication for, Indian lesbian LI, black queer SC, multiple queer and POC SCs
The Writing
Jen Wilde's writing always leaves me feeling like it was definitely enough for the book, but also, I would have liked more of just... anything from it?? It's very bland in the way that it does its job, but doesn't really do anything beyond that. Like there is absolutely nothing about this writing that makes me think I will remember in a month or two. In fact, it hasn't even been a month since I read this and I could not tell you a single thing that stood out to me about the writing.
The Plot/Pacing
My one problem with the plot is that the outcome definitely did not match the synopsis... And look, I usually blame myself for having unrealistic expectations for books, but in this case, this is mostly the book's fault. I was expecting the stolen script to be a much larger plotline in the book than it was. Really, this book was about the conversation happening on representation and diversity in Hollywood and while I was very much down for that, I just wish I had gotten what I had come for, as well.
Additionally, I didn't really feel like anything plot-related happened in the first 100 pages of the book and I was really bored with it, so the pacing here really wasn't my favorite either.
The Characters
None of the characters got enough time to develop and to feel like real people. I remember exaclty 0.3 things about Bex and I probably only remember those because I read over the synopsis before I started writing this review. None of the characters felt like real people at all.
The romance felt really underdeveloped and I really wish we had gotten to spend more time with both of our characters outside of Important Work Things that they were both doing because I really,,, did not see how the whole falling for each other thing happened.
Also, the villain felt extremely cartoonish to me, which I was really disappointed by because there really was a good opportunity for commentary there, if only it had been done better, but it wasn't, sighhhh.
Overall
This book came very close to being good, but it just... wasn't. It was very forgettable and I don't think I'm going to be able to tell you what this was about in a year or two, to be honest.
TW: sexism, misogyny, anxiety, ADHD, mentions of medication, mentions of past bullying, mentions of poverty, mentions of parental abandonment, coming out, cheating, queerphobic language, queerphobia, mentions of past homophobia, alcohol, underage drinking, predatory men, queerbaiting
Rep: lesbian MC with ADHD and anxiety, which she takes medication for, Indian lesbian LI, black queer SC, multiple queer and POC SCs
The Writing
Jen Wilde's writing always leaves me feeling like it was definitely enough for the book, but also, I would have liked more of just... anything from it?? It's very bland in the way that it does its job, but doesn't really do anything beyond that. Like there is absolutely nothing about this writing that makes me think I will remember in a month or two. In fact, it hasn't even been a month since I read this and I could not tell you a single thing that stood out to me about the writing.
The Plot/Pacing
My one problem with the plot is that the outcome definitely did not match the synopsis... And look, I usually blame myself for having unrealistic expectations for books, but in this case, this is mostly the book's fault. I was expecting the stolen script to be a much larger plotline in the book than it was. Really, this book was about the conversation happening on representation and diversity in Hollywood and while I was very much down for that, I just wish I had gotten what I had come for, as well.
Additionally, I didn't really feel like anything plot-related happened in the first 100 pages of the book and I was really bored with it, so the pacing here really wasn't my favorite either.
The Characters
None of the characters got enough time to develop and to feel like real people. I remember exaclty 0.3 things about Bex and I probably only remember those because I read over the synopsis before I started writing this review. None of the characters felt like real people at all.
The romance felt really underdeveloped and I really wish we had gotten to spend more time with both of our characters outside of Important Work Things that they were both doing because I really,,, did not see how the whole falling for each other thing happened.
Also, the villain felt extremely cartoonish to me, which I was really disappointed by because there really was a good opportunity for commentary there, if only it had been done better, but it wasn't, sighhhh.
Overall
This book came very close to being good, but it just... wasn't. It was very forgettable and I don't think I'm going to be able to tell you what this was about in a year or two, to be honest.