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A review by sandraagee
Boys Don't Knit by T.S. Easton
3.0
Enjoyable, but I found myself needing to let a few things go:
This biggest of these for me was the ease at which Ben takes up knitting. He completely skips the scarves and hats phase and is working on expert-level skills after just a few weeks, which isn't terribly realistic. Necessary for the plot, but just not realistic.
The book's framework was also confusing. Ben has to write a diary as part of his probation, but he historically has kept one anyway. He starts off using the supplied prompts (which seems to be a really uninventive way of setting the scene and characters) but despite insistence that he will use the prompts, they are soon dropped completely without warning. The author needed to pick one or the other and go with it instead of trying to do both.
A few other little things also bothered me in the moment. Despite these issues, the book is more fun than the sum of its parts. Just don't think too hard about it while you're reading.
This biggest of these for me was the ease at which Ben takes up knitting. He completely skips the scarves and hats phase and is working on expert-level skills after just a few weeks, which isn't terribly realistic. Necessary for the plot, but just not realistic.
The book's framework was also confusing. Ben has to write a diary as part of his probation, but he historically has kept one anyway. He starts off using the supplied prompts (which seems to be a really uninventive way of setting the scene and characters) but despite insistence that he will use the prompts, they are soon dropped completely without warning. The author needed to pick one or the other and go with it instead of trying to do both.
A few other little things also bothered me in the moment. Despite these issues, the book is more fun than the sum of its parts. Just don't think too hard about it while you're reading.