A review by gabriellejane
People Person by Candice Carty-Williams

reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I loved Queenie, so I was interested to see what Carty-Williams would do in her sophomore novel. Unfortunately, the story fell apart in the middle in my opinion. You have this big event that happened in the very beginning of the book and then from that point to the 70% mark nothing really happened. I feel like the story could have been told in less pages with more meaning than that middle section that did nothing for the characters or the plot. I did read lots of pages as it was a semi-quick dialogue despite my qualms with the plot. I wanted more from the other siblings, and maybe that was a summary issue that focused on all 5 of the siblings, but when in fact it was really told from one sibling really. I'll probably read Carty-Williams next book and chalk this one up to a sort of sophomore slump. 
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