A review by bossybookworm345
Real Life by Brandon Taylor

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Writing was beautiful and poetic without being too serious, but it was dark and a little confusing. It also was only about a single weekend with multiple flashbacks involved, which was fine but meant that not much actually happened; most of the work/events were internal. Also this is just a personal preference but I was really unsatisfied with how things ended

 
loved the realistic depiction of microagressions and wasn’t too upset with how weirdly tense and violent the relationship of the main character got, but neither of them felt resolved in anyway whatsoever by the end of the book. Not even in a “oh this didn’t end positively/sometimes the bad guys win” kind of way; the situations just didn’t “end” at all. But if you’re not upset about cliffhangers or don’t need your books to be wrapped up neatly with a bow, you’ll likely enjoy the story



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