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A review by farmv8
When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey
3.0
I loved all the diversity in race, culture, family structure and sexuality that is present in this novel. Magic is entwined in this realistic setting in a beautiful way. I was interested in what would happen next throughout the story. This book’s plot is unique and stands out in the YA genre.
Although, the narrator Alex isn’t a likeable character to me. She ended up killing a boy out of jealousy, and she got away with it. While she struggles with accepting that her friends love her and she ponders whether she deserves their love, I was thinking the same thing. Although Alex and her five friends lost aspects of themselves such as the inability to dream and seeing gray instead of the color green, that pales in comparison to the loss of life. Throughout the whole book I couldn’t appreciate the romance and bonding because the wrongful death of a nice teen boy was in the front of my mind.
Also, characters like Gina and and Marcelina were underdeveloped as there wasn’t enough space for them in the story. 6 main characters is a lot. I wish this story had a more fair ending. I don’t think Alex deserves to be with the girl of her dreams and surrounded by the love of her brother and parents and friends after covering up a murder.
Although, the narrator Alex isn’t a likeable character to me. She ended up killing a boy out of jealousy, and she got away with it. While she struggles with accepting that her friends love her and she ponders whether she deserves their love, I was thinking the same thing. Although Alex and her five friends lost aspects of themselves such as the inability to dream and seeing gray instead of the color green, that pales in comparison to the loss of life. Throughout the whole book I couldn’t appreciate the romance and bonding because the wrongful death of a nice teen boy was in the front of my mind.
Also, characters like Gina and and Marcelina were underdeveloped as there wasn’t enough space for them in the story. 6 main characters is a lot. I wish this story had a more fair ending. I don’t think Alex deserves to be with the girl of her dreams and surrounded by the love of her brother and parents and friends after covering up a murder.