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A review by lizshayne
In the Quick by Kate Hope Day
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I'm definitely showing my genre roots, but on a scale from this to the Martian, I want to be somewhere more in the middle.
A little more space and science, a little less metaphor for being human.
(Also, add this one to the pile of neurospicy main characters that I keep in my locker because, while June doesn't need a diagnosis, she's definitely autistic. It's slightly wild to me that this bright but difficult girl as character is both so prevalent and that no one talks about it as what seems—to me—as an obvious manifestation of autism.)
It is also possible that I might have disliked the focus on relationships less if the relationships themselves hadn't also bothered me, specifically James but also just like...idk, I wanted more from this book than was actually there and also it was a really good character study.
A little more space and science, a little less metaphor for being human.
(Also, add this one to the pile of neurospicy main characters that I keep in my locker because, while June doesn't need a diagnosis, she's definitely autistic. It's slightly wild to me that this bright but difficult girl as character is both so prevalent and that no one talks about it as what seems—to me—as an obvious manifestation of autism.)
It is also possible that I might have disliked the focus on relationships less if the relationships themselves hadn't also bothered me, specifically James but also just like...idk, I wanted more from this book than was actually there and also it was a really good character study.