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A review by bethanyarv26
Candidly Cline by Kathryn Ormsbee
5.0
Thanks to NetGalley for an eARC of Candidly Cline!!
This book. I would’ve absolutely devoured this book as a kid and I loved it just as much as an adult.
I really love and appreciate that this story isn’t about Cline figuring out her sexuality, but instead, it’s just something she knows. There’s plenty of books about kids struggling to figure that out, and that makes this story all the more important because it’s rare and wonderful. Cline knows who she is in a way that only an innocent and optimistic kid supported by the greatest grandma in the world can and she never wavers in that. Cline not only knows who she is, but what she wants and what she values, and nothing can stop her.
I also enjoyed how well-developed each of Cline’s relationships were and how different each one was. I loved her relationship with Gran, and I adored Sylvie. I wish I was as cool as Sylvie, wow.
Overall, I didn’t expect to fall in love with this book as much as did, but now that I’m done, I’m going to miss these characters!
This book. I would’ve absolutely devoured this book as a kid and I loved it just as much as an adult.
I really love and appreciate that this story isn’t about Cline figuring out her sexuality, but instead, it’s just something she knows. There’s plenty of books about kids struggling to figure that out, and that makes this story all the more important because it’s rare and wonderful. Cline knows who she is in a way that only an innocent and optimistic kid supported by the greatest grandma in the world can and she never wavers in that. Cline not only knows who she is, but what she wants and what she values, and nothing can stop her.
I also enjoyed how well-developed each of Cline’s relationships were and how different each one was. I loved her relationship with Gran, and I adored Sylvie. I wish I was as cool as Sylvie, wow.
Overall, I didn’t expect to fall in love with this book as much as did, but now that I’m done, I’m going to miss these characters!