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alertnerd 's review for:
The Fascinators
by Andrew Eliopulos
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was super excited to read this one when it was first announced, and I ended up being surprised by how slow it was at the start. It took me a little while to get invested in the plot and the characters, but once I did I ended up reading it in a couple hours. All the mysteries throughout the story made this a quick read. I wanted to know what the characters were hiding and what the secrets from their past were.
The first thing that jumped out to me was that the main character, Sam’s sexuality was established at the beginning and while it was an important part of his character, it wasn’t vital to the plot of the story.
The whole story I was waiting for somebody to cut James some slack, and I felt like he was very unfairly treated. He was going through a lot and his friends weren’t super supportive about it. Delia wrote him off as a troublemaker without even considering everything that he was going through with an abusive and homophobic father. I would have appreciated it if we had seen them attempting to help him but they just commented that he drank too much and it was never really discussed further.
I was also a little disappointed with the ending. I felt like there wasn’t a whole lot of resolution for the characters and everything wrapped up very quickly. It seems like there was some room left for a sequel?? I think this story and these characters would work really well as a series. If that’s the case, I look forward to reading more of these stories.
The first thing that jumped out to me was that the main character, Sam’s sexuality was established at the beginning and while it was an important part of his character, it wasn’t vital to the plot of the story.
The whole story I was waiting for somebody to cut James some slack, and I felt like he was very unfairly treated. He was going through a lot and his friends weren’t super supportive about it. Delia wrote him off as a troublemaker without even considering everything that he was going through with an abusive and homophobic father. I would have appreciated it if we had seen them attempting to help him but they just commented that he drank too much and it was never really discussed further.
I was also a little disappointed with the ending. I felt like there wasn’t a whole lot of resolution for the characters and everything wrapped up very quickly. It seems like there was some room left for a sequel?? I think this story and these characters would work really well as a series. If that’s the case, I look forward to reading more of these stories.