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Autoboyography
by Christina Lauren
2.5 stars
This is a typical case of it's not you, it's me.
Let's start with the positives. The audio-book was good and the romance wasinitially cute. The story was engaging, at least for the first half.
But then the plot revealed its weakness: There just isn't that much going on, except for the romance. This is obviously fine in a romance novel, but I was bored for about half of this book (and this definitely could have been a hundred pages shorter). Of course the romance is insta-lovey because that isn't just lazy writing.
It also didn't help that I found Sebastian more and more unlikable the further I got. Yes, being gay and Mormon was incredibly difficult for him, but that doesn't excuse him being downright cruel to Tanner.
Not that Tanner is much of a better person, seeing how he acted towards Autumn. He was so incredibly shitty to her that I couldn't believe how easily she forgave him. Well, god forbid any character have enough self-respect to leave a relationship where the other person didn't treat them decently (which applies to Sebastian, Tanner and Autumn).
The characters all felt superficial and one-dimensional, although so much time was spent on Tanner thinking about Sebastian. I couldn't connect with them and I didn't really care. How their relationship would end was obvious enough, so there also wasn't that much tension there and I didn't have a reason to be invested into the story.
The only two characters that I liked were Autumn and Manny, which didn't nearly appear long enough for them carrying the story for me.
The conflict with religion and homosexuality was interesting enough of a topic but felt quite superficial and shallow, the resolution was contrived and, tbh, ooc for Seb. It was also kind of tone-deaf for Tanner to act like Sebastian's beliefs were just a hindrance to their relationship and not a very personal and important part of Sebastian and deeply ingrained into him.
Alas, it was obvious how this book would end, so while the execution of his arc was handled pretty clumsily, the direction it was taken was predictable.
I don't have more to say about the plot as so little happens, especially in terms of conflict (because there was more than one wasted opportunity, either with the girls that overheard Tanner's and Autumn's conversation while shopping or with what happened between them).
So, I guess what I want to say is read this if you're into contemporary lgbtq+ romances, don't if you actually want stuff to happenand the characters to be likable, but I think that was probably just me, reading all the glowing reviews on here. Objectively, this is probably closer to a three than a two star read, but I really didn't enjoy this that much.
This is a typical case of it's not you, it's me.
Let's start with the positives. The audio-book was good and the romance was
But then the plot revealed its weakness: There just isn't that much going on, except for the romance. This is obviously fine in a romance novel, but I was bored for about half of this book (and this definitely could have been a hundred pages shorter). Of course the romance is insta-lovey because that isn't just lazy writing.
It also didn't help that I found Sebastian more and more unlikable the further I got. Yes, being gay and Mormon was incredibly difficult for him, but that doesn't excuse him being downright cruel to Tanner.
Not that Tanner is much of a better person, seeing how he acted towards Autumn. He was so incredibly shitty to her that I couldn't believe how easily she forgave him. Well, god forbid any character have enough self-respect to leave a relationship where the other person didn't treat them decently (which applies to Sebastian, Tanner and Autumn).
The characters all felt superficial and one-dimensional, although so much time was spent on Tanner thinking about Sebastian. I couldn't connect with them and I didn't really care. How their relationship would end was obvious enough, so there also wasn't that much tension there and I didn't have a reason to be invested into the story.
The only two characters that I liked were Autumn and Manny, which didn't nearly appear long enough for them carrying the story for me.
The conflict with religion and homosexuality was interesting enough of a topic but felt quite superficial and shallow, the resolution
Spoiler
with Sebastian choosing TannerAlas, it was obvious how this book would end, so while the execution of his arc was handled pretty clumsily, the direction it was taken was predictable.
I don't have more to say about the plot as so little happens, especially in terms of conflict (because there was more than one wasted opportunity, either with the girls that overheard Tanner's and Autumn's conversation while shopping or with what happened between them).
So, I guess what I want to say is read this if you're into contemporary lgbtq+ romances, don't if you actually want stuff to happen