Review by vampirerat - I Was Born for This

vampirerat 's review for:

I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

First Alice Oseman book I've read. I really really enjoyed it :) the exploration of a parasocial relationship was so interesting and I like how it was a bit like like fanfic of a fictional band.

I think I enjoyed Angel/Fereshteh's pov more than Jimmy's, though Jimmy was an interesting character too. I was a bit frustrated by how he was treated by Rowan throughout, and how Rowan acted in general (and I don't think this resolved itself by the end of the book).

This perhaps could work well as a trilogy instead of one book so that the characters and relationships could be more fleshed out? With Juliet and Angel too. But that's just a thought. Still really loved it :)

Lister was so interesting as a character and I would love to read a book about him !!

Also love how seamless/"not a big thing" the aspects of gender, race and religion felt in this. Love love love reading trans characters (feels a bit surreal) and love to read non white main characters.

Read it in 3 days without really stopping so that's saying something!!

Listened to this in audiobook form on Borrowbox.

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