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A review by mellamaron
Forward March by Skye Quinlan
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This is like… between a 3.5 and a 4 and I’m going to round up to a 4.
Overall, I generally liked this book. I enjoyed reading it but I don’t think it will be one I look back on and remember much about. There were certain scenes I liked a lot and I looooved a certain character near the end who is kind of a spoiler I guess. I honestly liked that relationship more than Margot and Harper.
Anyway, I think my biggest frustration with the book was the timeline / pacing. At parts it felt very fast and other parts it felt very slow. At the beginning Harper has zero ideas about Margot - she legit tells her “that’s not necessary” and tells her to go away. I was hoping for more of a slow relationship because I liked that Harper had no preconceptions about Margot. Then the two talk three times that the reader sees (and a little more that the reader doesn’t see) in ONE WEEK and Harper is all “omg what is this feeling” 😬 I didn’t see it. Especially because some of their interactions were normal ass conversations that I’d have with a colleague or classmate 🙃 It was just too fast for me to comprehend or relate to.
And during this ONE WEEK, Nadia goes batshit crazy. 🧐 Yup. Okay. I know there is an attempt at making this seem plausible at the end but I just think the girl is cray cray. 🤷♀️
Then we get a nice conversation about Margot and Harper getting to know one another which I really liked. And the timeline just skips like … WEEKS? We have a random interaction at the Ren Faire which…. Felt like nothing to me. And a few other things, all of these felt like plot points in a pinboard that needed to get hit.
Finally when the shit hits the fan at the end is when I started to get invested again. And I generally liked how Skye handled the ending and the reveals. I called most of them but there weren’t many options. So I get it.
Overall, I think what I needed here was a shift in the timeline - I would have liked the “developing” of feelings to be over weeks instead of getting week skipping later. I honestly think had I had that, I would have enjoyed this a lot more. Individually I really like Harper. Margot is fine but not very memorable to me. Together? I don’t know - I just wanted more.
Overall, I generally liked this book. I enjoyed reading it but I don’t think it will be one I look back on and remember much about. There were certain scenes I liked a lot and I looooved a certain character near the end who is kind of a spoiler I guess. I honestly liked that relationship more than Margot and Harper.
Anyway, I think my biggest frustration with the book was the timeline / pacing. At parts it felt very fast and other parts it felt very slow. At the beginning Harper has zero ideas about Margot - she legit tells her “that’s not necessary” and tells her to go away. I was hoping for more of a slow relationship because I liked that Harper had no preconceptions about Margot. Then the two talk three times that the reader sees (and a little more that the reader doesn’t see) in ONE WEEK and Harper is all “omg what is this feeling” 😬 I didn’t see it. Especially because some of their interactions were normal ass conversations that I’d have with a colleague or classmate 🙃 It was just too fast for me to comprehend or relate to.
And during this ONE WEEK, Nadia goes batshit crazy. 🧐 Yup. Okay. I know there is an attempt at making this seem plausible at the end but I just think the girl is cray cray. 🤷♀️
Then we get a nice conversation about Margot and Harper getting to know one another which I really liked. And the timeline just skips like … WEEKS? We have a random interaction at the Ren Faire which…. Felt like nothing to me. And a few other things, all of these felt like plot points in a pinboard that needed to get hit.
Finally when the shit hits the fan at the end is when I started to get invested again. And I generally liked how Skye handled the ending and the reveals. I called most of them but there weren’t many options. So I get it.
Overall, I think what I needed here was a shift in the timeline - I would have liked the “developing” of feelings to be over weeks instead of getting week skipping later. I honestly think had I had that, I would have enjoyed this a lot more. Individually I really like Harper. Margot is fine but not very memorable to me. Together? I don’t know - I just wanted more.