Review by atreegrowsinbooks - Bellies

atreegrowsinbooks 's review for:

Bellies by Nicola Dinan

4.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

At first, this book felt slow and I had to push myself to keep reading. But as the story went on, and we learned more about the characters, I got invested and wanted to keep reading. In some ways this is a slow story but there are parts that felt like a faster pace. I enjoyed getting to know Tom and Ming as individuals, and their story together too.

This book kind of reminded me of Wild Geese by Soula Emmanuel, except that story's timeline is much more condensed than this story was. Such a tender queer story.

Content Warnings