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A review by emmalallenm
Crystal's House of Queers by Brooke Skipstone
2.0
I wanted to love this book so much- the chosen family, queer representation, and neurodivergence aspects are what originally drew me to this book. However, there were a lot of things that I didn't like about it that prompted me to give it two stars. I felt like the storyline of Crystal's mom seemed really unrealistic to me, as well as how easily they were able to get rid of a domestic abuser.
The characters did not seem to have much growth aside from Haley. I also felt like Payton in particular was not a realistic high school character- she seemed to have too much knowledge of a myriad of different topics to feel realistic to me.
I think if I had read it in high school I may have had a different opinion, but this felt like the first novel for an author, and I might read more of her work in the future, but I think it definitely has room to grow.
Thanks to Net Galley for providing an advance copy in exchange for my review.
The characters did not seem to have much growth aside from Haley. I also felt like Payton in particular was not a realistic high school character- she seemed to have too much knowledge of a myriad of different topics to feel realistic to me.
I think if I had read it in high school I may have had a different opinion, but this felt like the first novel for an author, and I might read more of her work in the future, but I think it definitely has room to grow.
Thanks to Net Galley for providing an advance copy in exchange for my review.