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takarakeireads 's review for:
Nobody in Particular
by Sophie Gonzales
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
- sapphic royalty romance
- boarding school
- coming of age
- complex friendship dynamics
- European setting (made up country)
This was kinda like Princess Diaries 2 plus Red White and Royal Blue? I hate to make media comparisons but that's how I'd best describe it. But still wholly it's own thing.
Definitely some heavier topics (check CW) but I do think they were handled well for a YA/NA audience. These characters really go through it!
I love a musician main character - there were some beautiful quotes about music. Danni was definitely the more relatable MC as she's not royalty and is worried about fitting in at a new school being the scholarship student. Despite Rose being a very complex character who has been through a lot, and has lived her life always in the public eye, I think the fact that she is a princess made some of her struggles in the book a little unrelatable. But if you remove the whole having to hide your gay bc you're a royal and insert any other situation a teen might not feel comfortable coming out, then maybe it is more relatable. The topic of 'is love/romance worth it even if xyz might happen' is a big subject between Rose and Danni.
Overall there's a lot of drama in this book but it does lead to some interesting discussions between the MCs and their friends especially around mental health (shoutout to Molly whom I didn't initially like but won me over by the end).
Definitely some heavier topics (check CW) but I do think they were handled well for a YA/NA audience. These characters really go through it!
I love a musician main character - there were some beautiful quotes about music. Danni was definitely the more relatable MC as she's not royalty and is worried about fitting in at a new school being the scholarship student. Despite Rose being a very complex character who has been through a lot, and has lived her life always in the public eye, I think the fact that she is a princess made some of her struggles in the book a little unrelatable. But if you remove the whole having to hide your gay bc you're a royal and insert any other situation a teen might not feel comfortable coming out, then maybe it is more relatable. The topic of 'is love/romance worth it even if xyz might happen' is a big subject between Rose and Danni.
Overall there's a lot of drama in this book but it does lead to some interesting discussions between the MCs and their friends especially around mental health (shoutout to Molly whom I didn't initially like but won me over by the end).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Grief, Outing, Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, Toxic friendship
Minor: Classism
Rose is dealing with the fallout of a friend dying from overdose and it is described in flashback on page and discussed throughout the book.