A review by sonygaystation
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It was fine! Fun at times but I don’t think I love it as much as my friends all seem to. Loved the disability/chronic illness rep a lot, I think that was treated with so much care. I liked Chloe a lot and I liked Red well enough but I didn’t really connect with the book on any emotional level. I enjoyed the first half of the book much more than the second half. Once they went camping things felt very rushed and off and I REALLY disliked *everything* that ramped up toward the end. I get it, representation of trauma etc. I just think it was a bit out of place tonally. Hibbert hinted at these things with the characters but Red in particular felt extremely out of left field. It’s hard to describe because I understand how triggers work it just felt VERY off to me in the book. I also had no idea this book was so explicit, which isn’t something I mind in a book, but I would like to be mentally prepared to read it when I’m passing time at 7am while brushing my teeth. I did really appreciate Hibbert’s upfront-ness with the sex scenes, though! I really don’t enjoy sex that’s written with a lot of euphemisms and metaphors so her use of proper names and vocab and words that many authors tend to shy away from was refreshing. But like I always feel, sex scenes or not, a lot of sentences could do with about 30% fewer adjectives 😬
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