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A review by williamabookworm
A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
I am not so sure about this book...
On one hand, it is very well written (good phrasing, excellent wording, emotions are so well described you can instantly put yourself into Arias position).
I of course appreciated the queer representation! The foremost reason, together with the beautiful cover, for reading a scatter of light, which was written by a lesbian woman.
The sapphic, nonbinary, all together queer characters (most of them anyways) are really important and authentic.
Furthermore, I really enjoyed the ending. My only criticism here's it's just to short in my opinion.
Anyways, now to the contra:
The cheating was just aweful and destroyed all the great things I already mentioned. I can only speak for myself here, but it gives me a constant queasy feeling in the stomach. This storyline was just so unnecessary. It made a pretty good book into an dislikeable one, where the main characters became uncongenial a lot of the time .
On one hand, it is very well written (good phrasing, excellent wording, emotions are so well described you can instantly put yourself into Arias position).
I of course appreciated the queer representation! The foremost reason, together with the beautiful cover, for reading a scatter of light, which was written by a lesbian woman.
The sapphic, nonbinary, all together queer characters (most of them anyways) are really important and authentic.
Furthermore, I really enjoyed the ending. My only criticism here's it's just to short in my opinion.
Anyways, now to the contra:
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism, Death, and Sexual harassment