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A review by ismildlypoetic
This Doesn't Mean Anything by Sarah Whalen
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Four stars = I loved the book!!! (i just haven't hyperfixated... yet)
I was initially drawn to the book because it was advertised as an asexual romance with spice level: milk. I do think this is true to its word! But that description leaves out that it's also a story foremost of friendship, found family, and the inner healing of my own (incredibly lonely) first year of college life.
Spencer's stubbornness mixed perfectly with Nick's inability to think of anything else except this girl, and Jocelyn and Hunter were such amazing characters.
The only thing I didn't love was the Sam plotline, but that's 90% because I didn't enjoy Spencer going through that, and only 10% of the violence interacting with spice level: milk was so jarring. But looking back, it very much fits within the story, and corrective rape very much is something that happens in the ace community.
Anyways, I would very much recommend. Please read. And I'll be preordering the author's next book the second it grazes upon my Insta feed <3
I was initially drawn to the book because it was advertised as an asexual romance with spice level: milk. I do think this is true to its word! But that description leaves out that it's also a story foremost of friendship, found family, and the inner healing of my own (incredibly lonely) first year of college life.
Anyways, I would very much recommend. Please read. And I'll be preordering the author's next book the second it grazes upon my Insta feed <3
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia and Alcoholism
Minor: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, Vomit, and Death of parent
SA is a major theme in this book, from minor descriptions such as keeping watch over drinks to major plot points such as multiple examples of assault, in which, the most extreme manifestation is an unwanted kiss while being manhandled.