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Girl Falling
by Hayley Scrivenor
This book was cleverer by the end than I thought it was while I was reading it - though I’ll admit I had a bit of a tough time slotting all the “before” sections into place chronologically. The whole plot felt like a metaphor for Fin and Daphne’s friendship with Daphne overshadowing all and seeming to drag Fin along in her wake.
I would have loved more outdoors sections (climbing, hiking, etc) because it sounds like that’s a big part of Fin’s life but we really only see it in two scenes - instead spending much more time at her coffeeshop job (even if that was technically only one scene).
I also really loved Fin and Magdu’s relationship, as well as the realistic pressures from without (same sex marriage not being legal in Australia in 2017 when the book is set, grief after a sibling’s death by suicide, being undiagnosed dyslexic in a traditional school setting, having conservative parents who don’t approve of queer relationships, etc)
For such a short book, it was really solid
{Thank you Macmillan Audio for providing the ALC via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review}
I would have loved more outdoors sections (climbing, hiking, etc) because it sounds like that’s a big part of Fin’s life but we really only see it in two scenes - instead spending much more time at her coffeeshop job (even if that was technically only one scene).
I also really loved Fin and Magdu’s relationship, as well as the realistic pressures from without (same sex marriage not being legal in Australia in 2017 when the book is set, grief after a sibling’s death by suicide, being undiagnosed dyslexic in a traditional school setting, having conservative parents who don’t approve of queer relationships, etc)
For such a short book, it was really solid
{Thank you Macmillan Audio for providing the ALC via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review}