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A review by cres_
We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian
2.0
This was my first Cat Sebastian book and while I will give her another chance, I was thoroughly underwhelmed with this one.
The writing was sort of clumsy. It didn’t work for me. This is one of the few times where I think a book could be greatly improved by having the POVs in first person. I think it’s partially the style of writing but also the fact of it being in third person present tense which makes the characters feel so distant. Nick and Andy came off super flat to me. I couldn’t connect with them. There were a lot of side characters and they barely did anything. They were just sort of there. I know what the author was trying to do - big queer found family - but to me, it didn’t feel like she wanted to actually put effort in getting the readers there emotionally to make us care about these characters.
So given that, why was this book so long? Almost nothing happened. The plot was a bunch of half formed ideas that went nowhere. I do enjoy stories that are purely about the relationship of the characters, and if I hadn’t thought Nick and Andy were unbearably boring, I could have waved the useless “plot” parts of the book off.
Anyway, I will give Cat Sebastian another shot, mostly because I already have 2 of her other books on my kindle, but I will know to go in with adjusted expectations.
Thanks to netgalley and Avon for an e-arc of this book!
The writing was sort of clumsy. It didn’t work for me. This is one of the few times where I think a book could be greatly improved by having the POVs in first person. I think it’s partially the style of writing but also the fact of it being in third person present tense which makes the characters feel so distant. Nick and Andy came off super flat to me. I couldn’t connect with them. There were a lot of side characters and they barely did anything. They were just sort of there. I know what the author was trying to do - big queer found family - but to me, it didn’t feel like she wanted to actually put effort in getting the readers there emotionally to make us care about these characters.
So given that, why was this book so long? Almost nothing happened. The plot was a bunch of half formed ideas that went nowhere. I do enjoy stories that are purely about the relationship of the characters, and if I hadn’t thought Nick and Andy were unbearably boring, I could have waved the useless “plot” parts of the book off.
Anyway, I will give Cat Sebastian another shot, mostly because I already have 2 of her other books on my kindle, but I will know to go in with adjusted expectations.
Thanks to netgalley and Avon for an e-arc of this book!