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A review by eemilycolleen
We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian
5.0
made me DESPERATELY want to rewatch the world’s best story about news, bbc’s the hour. i love this book & i love how much these people love each other & i love cat. she really has a way of stating things so simply, so baldly, that they just slash you across the chest and let your heart spill out. “he can feed the goddamn ducks and he can kiss his boyfriend. he can believe that the future they have is worth more than his fear, and he can do what it takes to make that future as safe and happy as possible.” it’s about the journey toward bravery!!!!!! it’s about how we shape and reshape our lives to grow toward love. yes: i was moved!!!
details of note:
- obsessed with my number one Mess of a boy, andy fleming, who against all odds managed to find the 1950s version of an “are you gay?” buzzfeed quiz and still come out the other side unscathed. heroic!
- making nick italian was a stroke of genius. the minestrone soup! cat knows her readers appreciate a glossy head of curls and a strong jaw.
- honestly, my favorite thing about this (other than the news, whew!) was how much it felt like the canon text to Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots’s fanfiction, which is in a lot of ways quite similar but a little looser and messier. i looooved daniel cabot lol but i really did appreciate this story’s grounding in the 50s; the police corruption, the reverberation of the war, the through line of the charioteer and the whole idea of who deserves a happy ending,,,, it all just worked for me :) sometimes, in this world, we roll up our sleeves and we make a home with each other in the big city!!!! we make soup and we buy flowers and we throw parties. we are so lucky to live this life together. cat and i both know it.
also: “Andy comes up with a strategy. He hasn’t come up with a lot of strategies in his life, so it’s a new feeling. He probably should have known better.” just. god bless cat sebastian!
details of note:
- obsessed with my number one Mess of a boy, andy fleming, who against all odds managed to find the 1950s version of an “are you gay?” buzzfeed quiz and still come out the other side unscathed. heroic!
- making nick italian was a stroke of genius. the minestrone soup! cat knows her readers appreciate a glossy head of curls and a strong jaw.
- honestly, my favorite thing about this (other than the news, whew!) was how much it felt like the canon text to Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots’s fanfiction, which is in a lot of ways quite similar but a little looser and messier. i looooved daniel cabot lol but i really did appreciate this story’s grounding in the 50s; the police corruption, the reverberation of the war, the through line of the charioteer and the whole idea of who deserves a happy ending,,,, it all just worked for me :) sometimes, in this world, we roll up our sleeves and we make a home with each other in the big city!!!! we make soup and we buy flowers and we throw parties. we are so lucky to live this life together. cat and i both know it.
also: “Andy comes up with a strategy. He hasn’t come up with a lot of strategies in his life, so it’s a new feeling. He probably should have known better.” just. god bless cat sebastian!