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A review by maddness22
Ramón and Julieta by Alana Quintana Albertson
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Yeah this was just terrible. I don't even want to sugarcoat it. I enjoyed the taco aspects because I love tacos and the setting had potential. But Ramon is an absolute tool and Julieta is a wishy washy sellout. The spicy scenes read like basic 9th grade level creative writing/fanfiction without a hint of zest to them. I even hesitate to give this book a NSFW tag but I guess technically what they engaged in was sex (even though Julieta, very problematically, doesn't define their moments of intimacy as such until penetration occurs).
The writing literally made me laugh out loud at moments when I was not supposed to laugh out loud. I physically screamed out loud at the nonsense plot and character developments. One character was prepared to throw his hands over his job and then literally on the very next page he was like "I don't care about my job" and that's kinda how the whole book goes for every single character.
My biggest enjoyment of this book (and the only reason why I finished it) was sending sections of it to my friends so they could suffer with me. It was very fun teasing how much the two characters sniff each other or encounter "ectasy" when they're being intimate.
Also I don't know anything about San Diego so I was regularly lost as they jumped from the various neighborhoods? Towns? It doesn't really matter. Just be aware that if you read this book for the memes and want to know where things are, Google a map of San Diego I guess.
The writing literally made me laugh out loud at moments when I was not supposed to laugh out loud. I physically screamed out loud at the nonsense plot and character developments. One character was prepared to throw his hands over his job and then literally on the very next page he was like "I don't care about my job" and that's kinda how the whole book goes for every single character.
My biggest enjoyment of this book (and the only reason why I finished it) was sending sections of it to my friends so they could suffer with me. It was very fun teasing how much the two characters sniff each other or encounter "ectasy" when they're being intimate.
Also I don't know anything about San Diego so I was regularly lost as they jumped from the various neighborhoods? Towns? It doesn't really matter. Just be aware that if you read this book for the memes and want to know where things are, Google a map of San Diego I guess.