legobitar 's review for:

United We Spy by Ally Carter

4.0

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I've read through this series twice now. Once one year ago, and because I was so stressed I almost burned out last spring, I've conveniently forgotten every single detail and plot twist, so I got to experience it all again. And I mean, I like it? But there are also big things that annoy the shit out of me. It's a truth (not, unfortunately) universally acknowledged that all stories with a female main cast benefits from some lesbianism. I do remember that I was fed up with the extreme heterosexuality already when I read it the first time. I was so fed up that I was actually worried Ally Carter might be voting Trump in the election; that she's homophobic, but after keeping her twitter feed closely monitored that fortunately isn't the case. She's still not very good at making her cast (sexually) diverse, though. So that's boring.

And the other thing is Zach, or more particularly the way he calls Cammie "Gallagher Girl" like OH MY GOD SHE HAS A NAME JUST USE IT YOU PRETENTIOUS DOUCHEBAG [imagine the Andrew Garfield desperation in this exclamation, please]. Please for the love of god just call her by her actual name. This second round I've listened to the audio books and there the nickname gets even more annoying because I can't just make my eyes skip over it.

(And also, the narrator for these books? Sounds way too old. I do not approve.)

I guess what keeps me going through this series is the potential the story has. I LOVE reading a whole series about girl spies. It empowers me, truly, from within. No matter how heterosexual it is and how annoying the boy is.

Oh well. The Embassy Row is on my local audiobook streaming service so I'll just move along, now.