A review by liralen
All the Invisible Things by Orlagh Collins

4.0

Interesting. I didn't end up being head over heels for this, but I think it's doing some interesting/valuable things in terms of bi representation—with a bonus that it's considerably grittier than the Albertalli comp in the description suggests. (I like Albertalli's books just fine, but I don't think she's a great comparison here; I think she's being used as a comparison because she's a popular YA author who writes decently diverse, queer characters, not because of writing style or plot.)

But as for that bi representation (spoiler tags here for a reason):

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I like seeing things not work out, relationship-wise: that it's okay for another character to say no, I'm not interested or I like you, but I don't like like you (did I just quote D.E.B.S. there? *cough* surely not) and not have it be Drama, no matter what the orientation. Figuring yourself out doesn't have to mean a S/he's The One relationship at the end, and that isn't seen nearly enough in YA fiction.

Oh. And Helvetica is a rather ridiculous name, but...I pretty much love it anyway. Makes me want to go through my 1949 edition of The Chicago Manual of Style (a prized possession), half of which is examples of different fonts, and dig for the fonts that are both attractive and well-named.