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A review by amymarsdenauthor
If You Still Recognise Me by Cynthia So
4.0
This was a lovely YA read about a summer of highs and lows and discovering yourself.
The pose was beautiful. Some of the sentences were gorgeous and poetic and it was really easy to read. We follow Elise during the summer after she finishes school and before she starts uni. Ngl, I thought she was a bit of a weak protagonist, but her story was still good. I especially enjoyed the side plot of finding Theresa. I don't understand everyone's reaction to Elise looking for her, especially Ada's. I thought it was a really nice thing to do *shrugs*
I clocked the uncle was gay from the start and that was the reason for all the family tension. I'm glad Elsie's mum accepted her brother and her, even though she never explicitly comes out.
I went into this thinking it would be a f/f/f love triangle, but that wasn't the case. Tbf to Elise, I totally thought Ada was into her too. Really odd signals there. I'm happy Elsie and Joan ended up together though. It's always nice to see butch rep in books, there's not enough!
I don't really understand why so much page time was given to Leo, Elise's ex boyfriend. I get that it was an abusive relationship and that she still needs to process it, but that plot point seems to fizzle out towards the end of the book and isn't really addressed anymore.
Also, little pet peeve, but Elise is British yet there's a part where she says airplane. No. We say aeroplane. It really irritated me.
Shout out to Tumblr too, it really brings me back to my own teenage years haha! Overall though, I think this was slightly too YA for me to fully enjoy, as I'm not the biggest fan of it.
The pose was beautiful. Some of the sentences were gorgeous and poetic and it was really easy to read. We follow Elise during the summer after she finishes school and before she starts uni. Ngl, I thought she was a bit of a weak protagonist, but her story was still good. I especially enjoyed the side plot of finding Theresa. I don't understand everyone's reaction to Elise looking for her, especially Ada's. I thought it was a really nice thing to do *shrugs*
I clocked the uncle was gay from the start and that was the reason for all the family tension. I'm glad Elsie's mum accepted her brother and her, even though she never explicitly comes out.
I went into this thinking it would be a f/f/f love triangle, but that wasn't the case. Tbf to Elise, I totally thought Ada was into her too. Really odd signals there. I'm happy Elsie and Joan ended up together though. It's always nice to see butch rep in books, there's not enough!
I don't really understand why so much page time was given to Leo, Elise's ex boyfriend. I get that it was an abusive relationship and that she still needs to process it, but that plot point seems to fizzle out towards the end of the book and isn't really addressed anymore.
Also, little pet peeve, but Elise is British yet there's a part where she says airplane. No. We say aeroplane. It really irritated me.
Shout out to Tumblr too, it really brings me back to my own teenage years haha! Overall though, I think this was slightly too YA for me to fully enjoy, as I'm not the biggest fan of it.