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The Favorites by Layne Fargo
2.75
This one didn't work for me.
All I knew about this book is that it’s about the elite ice dancing world, it’s compared to TJR’s Carrie Soto Is Back and it had a bunch of glowing reviews from people I know and trust: sign me up! I really WANTED to love this one but just didn't.
Well, joke’s on me. First, I think it’s insulting to compare this to Carrie Soto (one of my all times faves) for any reason other than they’re both about elite athletes. There is nothing beyond that that I found even remotely similar. And sure, it’s in a similar interview style to Daisy Jones at times. But again, the books themselves are not similar.
Overall, I found the characters super annoying and for what was supposed to be a juicy drama, it was immature and boring? There’s a total lack of character development (esp. Heath) so I never felt invested in the characters as athletes nor was I ever invested in their romance. I’ll also say, my #1 biggest pet peeve is when characters are obsessed with each other and Kat and Heath give Harriet and Wyn a run for their money (IYKYK). Okay and while I’m at it, I’m going to say something inflammatory that you can all disagree with me about and that’s well and fine, but I don’t get why ice dancing is a sport and I think it’s boring and this book did not convince me otherwise. Gimme pairs skating any day. I said what I said!
I listened to 51% of this on audio because I had heard great things about the full cast narration. It was fun but felt like it was taking 10,000 years to get through (it’s decently long) so I decided to switch to physical, which was definitely the right move for me.
I’m bummed because I LOVED They Never Learn by the same author a few years ago, which is a thriller about a female serial killer who targets men who do bad things to women.
Thank you Random House and PRH Audio for the gifted ARC and ALC.
All I knew about this book is that it’s about the elite ice dancing world, it’s compared to TJR’s Carrie Soto Is Back and it had a bunch of glowing reviews from people I know and trust: sign me up! I really WANTED to love this one but just didn't.
Well, joke’s on me. First, I think it’s insulting to compare this to Carrie Soto (one of my all times faves) for any reason other than they’re both about elite athletes. There is nothing beyond that that I found even remotely similar. And sure, it’s in a similar interview style to Daisy Jones at times. But again, the books themselves are not similar.
Overall, I found the characters super annoying and for what was supposed to be a juicy drama, it was immature and boring? There’s a total lack of character development (esp. Heath) so I never felt invested in the characters as athletes nor was I ever invested in their romance. I’ll also say, my #1 biggest pet peeve is when characters are obsessed with each other and Kat and Heath give Harriet and Wyn a run for their money (IYKYK). Okay and while I’m at it, I’m going to say something inflammatory that you can all disagree with me about and that’s well and fine, but I don’t get why ice dancing is a sport and I think it’s boring and this book did not convince me otherwise. Gimme pairs skating any day. I said what I said!
I listened to 51% of this on audio because I had heard great things about the full cast narration. It was fun but felt like it was taking 10,000 years to get through (it’s decently long) so I decided to switch to physical, which was definitely the right move for me.
I’m bummed because I LOVED They Never Learn by the same author a few years ago, which is a thriller about a female serial killer who targets men who do bad things to women.
Thank you Random House and PRH Audio for the gifted ARC and ALC.