A review by morgs17
Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake

3.0

I'm always so intrigued by Olivie Blake's writing. it is always distinctive and interesting...at least at first. this book is maybe the least insufferable of the ones I've read...most of the others spend a lot of bandwidth using $5 words and trying to twist the prose to sound smart (doesn't always work!). this feels much more approachable, but at the same time, I found it to be a bit boring at times so maybe her little overwrought prose trick is her only trick at the moment? often too cutesy and of a moment. not dark enough for my taste. also fuck the amount of cliches about the political climate and the super heavy-handed pro-electoral politics stuff. oh my god a single "good" politician is not going to fix a system STFU IM GONNA [redacted]