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A review by eleanorefiore
Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno
3.0
✨ Practical Magic vibes
✨ murder mystery that wasn't much of a mystery at all
✨ infuriating sister dynamics
+ Mary grated on my nerves. She's pushy, obnoxious, rude, and she belittles almost everything Georgina says or does. Reminds me a lot of my older sister back when she bullied me the exact same fucking way. I think she got on my nerves a lot for this reason.
Obviously I'm sympathetic towards her as the story goes on. But the beginning? She made it insufferable. At one point Georgina says that Mary makes her feel like she's home. Babe?? What?? At this point she's never been kind or compassionate towards you and has dismissed everything you've said and done. Is that home to you?
+ The murder mystery wasn't a mystery. Literally right from the beginning I knew who it was, and it made the rest of the book's pacing slow and stilted. At one point the characters are given the answer and yet still debate about it two pages later which was so frustrating.
+ The writing style is nice and the small town vibes are cool. Also I didn't hate Georgina or her romance with Prue, though it's a minor subplot. Also love the strong bond between Georgie and her mom!
+ I read this book because it was on a "asexual books" list and it features one aroace side character who barely shows up or has a role in the book. That'll be the third book this month that was listed as an "asexual book" and then had a super minor character as asexual. I hate it here. Why am I just digging for scraps??
✨ murder mystery that wasn't much of a mystery at all
✨ infuriating sister dynamics
+ Mary grated on my nerves. She's pushy, obnoxious, rude, and she belittles almost everything Georgina says or does. Reminds me a lot of my older sister back when she bullied me the exact same fucking way. I think she got on my nerves a lot for this reason.
Obviously I'm sympathetic towards her as the story goes on. But the beginning? She made it insufferable. At one point Georgina says that Mary makes her feel like she's home. Babe?? What?? At this point she's never been kind or compassionate towards you and has dismissed everything you've said and done. Is that home to you?
+ The murder mystery wasn't a mystery. Literally right from the beginning I knew who it was, and it made the rest of the book's pacing slow and stilted. At one point the characters are given the answer and yet still debate about it two pages later which was so frustrating.
+ The writing style is nice and the small town vibes are cool. Also I didn't hate Georgina or her romance with Prue, though it's a minor subplot. Also love the strong bond between Georgie and her mom!
+ I read this book because it was on a "asexual books" list and it features one aroace side character who barely shows up or has a role in the book. That'll be the third book this month that was listed as an "asexual book" and then had a super minor character as asexual. I hate it here. Why am I just digging for scraps??
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault and Drug use