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A review by heresthepencil
Dirty London by Kelley York
4.0
rep: lesbian mc, gay side character
i wish i could just rate components of this book instead of the book itself as a whole. because the characters? 5 stars. the plot ideas? 5 stars. the parent/child relationships? 5 stars. the wlw/mlm solidarity? a bazillion stars. (honestly, i loved it so much!!!) the softness of the ending? again, a bazillion stars.
but then there comes the writing and here is where my trouble lies. bc I've read kelley's later book and i know for a fact how well she writes, but "dirty london" is abt five years old and just.... not on that level yet. which isn't to say it's badly written?? it's not! it's rly good! but im still sitting here imagining how much better it would be if kelley wrote it now & it fucks with my brain.
word of advice: read people's books in chronological order of how they've written them. don't be like me.
i wish i could just rate components of this book instead of the book itself as a whole. because the characters? 5 stars. the plot ideas? 5 stars. the parent/child relationships? 5 stars. the wlw/mlm solidarity? a bazillion stars. (honestly, i loved it so much!!!) the softness of the ending? again, a bazillion stars.
but then there comes the writing and here is where my trouble lies. bc I've read kelley's later book and i know for a fact how well she writes, but "dirty london" is abt five years old and just.... not on that level yet. which isn't to say it's badly written?? it's not! it's rly good! but im still sitting here imagining how much better it would be if kelley wrote it now & it fucks with my brain.
word of advice: read people's books in chronological order of how they've written them. don't be like me.