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A review by lyakimov
Tiny Pretty Things by Dhonielle Clayton, Sona Charaipotra
3.0
3.75-4 stars (cant decide)
this book was a fascinating look into the ultra competitive and dangerous dance world, and it showed a very interesting look not only into the environment of the dancers, but also the mindsets that the dancers are put in. i thought the three perspectives were very good and important to the story for it to be played out as well as it was.
however, the romances are hella rushed because in this book, shit happens like THAT within a paragraph, so if you skip a paragraph, you might be like “where are they? what the hell are they doing? why are these people here, where’d they come from?” (which happened to me constantly, causing me to backtrack). so naturally, the romances progressed so that literally within 15 pages, Gigi and Alec like each other, Alec and Bette break up, and Gigi and Alec get together. Literally. 15 pages.
I honestly thought that Bette and June’s relationship was golden even though we saw barely any of it, and I thought that Henri and Bette’s “relationship” was so much more interesting than Gigi and Alec’s, even tho HenrixBette was literally 2 scenes and the other couple was shoved down our throats and up our asses the whole book.
I really couldn’t connect with the characters of Gigi and Alec, I really didn’t like them. I much liked June and Bette, however; to me, they actually have depth and layers, unlike the other two. It was really interesting to see how far these girls would go with their jealousy and lies. I really liked that aspect of the book.
this book was a fascinating look into the ultra competitive and dangerous dance world, and it showed a very interesting look not only into the environment of the dancers, but also the mindsets that the dancers are put in. i thought the three perspectives were very good and important to the story for it to be played out as well as it was.
however, the romances are hella rushed because in this book, shit happens like THAT within a paragraph, so if you skip a paragraph, you might be like “where are they? what the hell are they doing? why are these people here, where’d they come from?” (which happened to me constantly, causing me to backtrack). so naturally, the romances progressed so that literally within 15 pages, Gigi and Alec like each other, Alec and Bette break up, and Gigi and Alec get together. Literally. 15 pages.
I honestly thought that Bette and June’s relationship was golden even though we saw barely any of it, and I thought that Henri and Bette’s “relationship” was so much more interesting than Gigi and Alec’s, even tho HenrixBette was literally 2 scenes and the other couple was shoved down our throats and up our asses the whole book.
I really couldn’t connect with the characters of Gigi and Alec, I really didn’t like them. I much liked June and Bette, however; to me, they actually have depth and layers, unlike the other two. It was really interesting to see how far these girls would go with their jealousy and lies. I really liked that aspect of the book.