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A review by chandlerainsley
Sweet Fall by Tillie Cole
saccharine & dark. and i really didn't like the combo
this really really didn't work for me. i think i need to stop trying to read Tillie Cole. i read Riot, didn't like it, and for some reason i guess i didn't process that she wrote this before picking it up.
i could totally understand what people would like about this though! there are dark themes that are handled pretty well. lexi struggles with anorexia and self acceptance & austin deals with his former gang membership/trailer park upbringing and self acceptance. they find a way to open up to each other about their struggles and find comfort and acceptance. which is awesome, and important.
but for me, it was just not a romance i could enjoy. i don't have anorexia and couldn't relate AT ALL to lexi. as bad as it sounds, she annoyed the shit out of me and i felt guilty for not being sympathetic pretty much the whole time i was reading. and i also didn't find austin a sexy or likable character. i get that not everyone is intelligent but uh... his grammar and lack of intelligence was not sexy at all to me. sorry not sorry, full stop. i also guess mafias are sexy to me but not gangs? i digress.
i'm grateful that this book exists, i totally understand why people like it, but again. just was not for me.
hopefully my lovely pals Warda & Sara liked this more than I did.
this really really didn't work for me. i think i need to stop trying to read Tillie Cole. i read Riot, didn't like it, and for some reason i guess i didn't process that she wrote this before picking it up.
i could totally understand what people would like about this though! there are dark themes that are handled pretty well. lexi struggles with anorexia and self acceptance & austin deals with his former gang membership/trailer park upbringing and self acceptance. they find a way to open up to each other about their struggles and find comfort and acceptance. which is awesome, and important.
but for me, it was just not a romance i could enjoy. i don't have anorexia and couldn't relate AT ALL to lexi. as bad as it sounds, she annoyed the shit out of me and i felt guilty for not being sympathetic pretty much the whole time i was reading. and i also didn't find austin a sexy or likable character. i get that not everyone is intelligent but uh... his grammar and lack of intelligence was not sexy at all to me. sorry not sorry, full stop. i also guess mafias are sexy to me but not gangs? i digress.
i'm grateful that this book exists, i totally understand why people like it, but again. just was not for me.
hopefully my lovely pals Warda & Sara liked this more than I did.