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A review by kaa
All the Wrong Places by Ann Gallagher
3.0
I adored the first 80% of this book, but the last-minute complications and ending didn't work for me at all. I liked both Zafir and Brennan a lot, and Tariq was fantastic, but I would have been so much happier (and the book would have gotten another star) if the last 20% had been left out. It just felt like a really unnecessary conflict, and I was very unsatisfied with the resolution. I think this review does a really good job of describing some of the issues I had.
On the other hand, I actually tend to really enjoy the way this author approaches her presentation of information about queer sexuality. I thought she did a good job in this book of giving information about asexuality without lecturing too much, even though little or none of that information was new to me. I'm not ace myself, so I can't speak to the quality of the rep, but I have seen several reviews from ace readers who did feel that it resonated with their experiences (for example, here and here, and there are a couple more linked in the review mentioned above). I liked seeing two ace protagonists in a relationship, and overall, the romance was very sweet and lovely.
On the other hand, I actually tend to really enjoy the way this author approaches her presentation of information about queer sexuality. I thought she did a good job in this book of giving information about asexuality without lecturing too much, even though little or none of that information was new to me. I'm not ace myself, so I can't speak to the quality of the rep, but I have seen several reviews from ace readers who did feel that it resonated with their experiences (for example, here and here, and there are a couple more linked in the review mentioned above). I liked seeing two ace protagonists in a relationship, and overall, the romance was very sweet and lovely.