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phoenixinprogress 's review for:
The Summer of Jordi Perez
by Amy Spalding
At the halfway point:
It's a high school lesbian romcom. It's cute? It's also a bit painful to read. (I'm listening to this on audible, and the narrator makes everything sound more petty, so that might be part of it). Basically half of the text is descriptions of someone's physical appearance. The POV character is obsessed with fashion, so if this was done less I might think it was a good choice for narration, but it's so much that it takes me out of the story. The POV character also grew up in a painfully fatphobic household, and she believes she's less than because of her size, even though she runs a plus size fashion blog, and builds other fat girls up all of the time. Idk where the burger subplot is going, but it is weird that it's such a minor thing since it's in the title. I consider putting this book down every chapter, so if I leave this review as is, that's probably why.
End review:
The burger subplot is actually possibly the most realistic part of this book, and also sort of beautiful. Common sense solutions to problems suddenly abound. Communication is good. It’s a pretty solid romcom. I’m glad I finished it, but not quite glad that I started it.
It's a high school lesbian romcom. It's cute? It's also a bit painful to read. (I'm listening to this on audible, and the narrator makes everything sound more petty, so that might be part of it). Basically half of the text is descriptions of someone's physical appearance. The POV character is obsessed with fashion, so if this was done less I might think it was a good choice for narration, but it's so much that it takes me out of the story. The POV character also grew up in a painfully fatphobic household, and she believes she's less than because of her size, even though she runs a plus size fashion blog, and builds other fat girls up all of the time. Idk where the burger subplot is going, but it is weird that it's such a minor thing since it's in the title. I consider putting this book down every chapter, so if I leave this review as is, that's probably why.
End review:
The burger subplot is actually possibly the most realistic part of this book, and also sort of beautiful. Common sense solutions to problems suddenly abound. Communication is good. It’s a pretty solid romcom. I’m glad I finished it, but not quite glad that I started it.