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A review by rellimreads
And They Lived . . . by Steven Salvatore
1.0
6/4/2022 - DNF @50%
Soooo… I was really looking forward to this, especially since Kirt Graves was narrating. Unfortunately, it isn’t working for me.
I’m not sure if it was overhyped in my circles and I expected too much. Or if as a cishet woman in her 40s I just can’t connect in any way to the experiences of a non-binary gay college freshman.
I really enjoyed the humor and banter, but it got old fast. There’s a punchline in every conversation. Feeling like every stereotype was on crack. There were also a lot of jokes and references that *I* got that my older teens would not have. It seemed odd that these catch phrases were thrown around as if all 18-22yo would know exactly what they meant.
I also felt like the MC wasn’t having typical internal thoughts, instead they spent a significant amount of time in what felt like vocabulary lessons for the reader. Maybe occasionally have a character ask a question and another answer or something. Having every possible word/concept defined via internal monologue killed the pacing of the story and made me feel like I was reading “LGBTQIA+ for dummies”.
Narration:
I enjoyed Kirt Graves narration. He’s the only reason I got as far as I did. He does an amazing job with giving all the characters unique sounding voices and keeping them consistent throughout the book.
This book desperately needs a content warning for having so many potentially triggering things in it. I have mixed feelings about how they were handled. (possible spoilers). This list is NOT exhaustive:
3/2022 - I want the audio - Kirt Graves!!!!
Soooo… I was really looking forward to this, especially since Kirt Graves was narrating. Unfortunately, it isn’t working for me.
I’m not sure if it was overhyped in my circles and I expected too much. Or if as a cishet woman in her 40s I just can’t connect in any way to the experiences of a non-binary gay college freshman.
I really enjoyed the humor and banter, but it got old fast. There’s a punchline in every conversation. Feeling like every stereotype was on crack. There were also a lot of jokes and references that *I* got that my older teens would not have. It seemed odd that these catch phrases were thrown around as if all 18-22yo would know exactly what they meant.
I also felt like the MC wasn’t having typical internal thoughts, instead they spent a significant amount of time in what felt like vocabulary lessons for the reader. Maybe occasionally have a character ask a question and another answer or something. Having every possible word/concept defined via internal monologue killed the pacing of the story and made me feel like I was reading “LGBTQIA+ for dummies”.
Narration:
I enjoyed Kirt Graves narration. He’s the only reason I got as far as I did. He does an amazing job with giving all the characters unique sounding voices and keeping them consistent throughout the book.
This book desperately needs a content warning for having so many potentially triggering things in it. I have mixed feelings about how they were handled. (possible spoilers). This list is NOT exhaustive:
Spoiler
eating disorders, fat phobia, fat shaming, homophobia, misgendering, divorce, parental homophobia,3/2022 - I want the audio - Kirt Graves!!!!