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A review by thesalmonpoet
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
Did not finish book.
(review edited 01/07/22)
okay so. i was super excited for this book when i read the premise a couple months back, and had really high hopes. i assumed that rwrb had been a sort of fluke? and that i’d enjoy casey mcquistons other books. i was wrong! ‘i kissed shara wheeler’ had me bored to death the entire time. this book was so incredibly slow-paced. i had no investment in the plot, i did not care about the characters and i could not bring myself to read beyond 48% of this book. chloe is such an insanely dislikable mc, and not in a good way. she has a strange ‘not like other girls’ energy about her that had me frustrated the whole time. shara was somewhat interesting, but only because she’s overdramatic and i appreciate that in a character. i was also intrigued about her family dynamic and what caused her to leave, but not intrigued enough to keep forcing myself through this book. smith and rory were about as interesting as plain white bread. the way queer rep was handled in this book was ,, really strange? i’d assume it was performative if i didn’t know that the author was queer. the setting and the christian school were cool ideas but the rest of the book was too bland for me to keep reading about it. overall, i guess that casey mcquiston’s books are not for me. i don’t understand the hype at all. i can’t decide which book i dislike more between rwrb and iksw. i’m still intending to read one last stop though, but if it’s anything like the other two i doubt i’ll get far into it.
dnf’d at 48%. i’ll probably search the ending up later.
okay so. i was super excited for this book when i read the premise a couple months back, and had really high hopes. i assumed that rwrb had been a sort of fluke? and that i’d enjoy casey mcquistons other books. i was wrong! ‘i kissed shara wheeler’ had me bored to death the entire time. this book was so incredibly slow-paced. i had no investment in the plot, i did not care about the characters and i could not bring myself to read beyond 48% of this book. chloe is such an insanely dislikable mc, and not in a good way. she has a strange ‘not like other girls’ energy about her that had me frustrated the whole time. shara was somewhat interesting, but only because she’s overdramatic and i appreciate that in a character. i was also intrigued about her family dynamic and what caused her to leave, but not intrigued enough to keep forcing myself through this book. smith and rory were about as interesting as plain white bread. the way queer rep was handled in this book was ,, really strange? i’d assume it was performative if i didn’t know that the author was queer. the setting and the christian school were cool ideas but the rest of the book was too bland for me to keep reading about it. overall, i guess that casey mcquiston’s books are not for me. i don’t understand the hype at all. i can’t decide which book i dislike more between rwrb and iksw. i’m still intending to read one last stop though, but if it’s anything like the other two i doubt i’ll get far into it.
dnf’d at 48%. i’ll probably search the ending up later.