calmchowder 's review for:

True Biz by Sara Nović

3.0

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Loved the unique structure and learning about ASL, deaf culture, and the history of struggles in the deaf community. This book is a standout in a lot of ways. That said, there were too many storylines that felt shoehorned in just for the sake of added representation. For example, I really felt the whole February/Wanda storyline was completely unnecessary and those pages could have been better spent rounding out characters like Eliot - and then pretty much all of those storylines are left with loose ends! I feel equal parts admiration and frustration toward this book.