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A review by raeanne
Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid
2.0
I don't know how I feel about this one. I'll have to come back to it later.
Content Warning: Cheating, Stalking, Breaking & Entering
>>Took awhile to get into because Dave is just so sappy in love with Julia and I found them boring and pretentious. It wasn't until the other Love Interest and Brother got involved that I was emotionally invested at all. I'm sure if I read it when I was in my John Green phase I would've feel better about it.
>>The dialogue and banter is better than similar YA novels like John Green's.
>>Did not find Julia's jokes about Dave's name funny though. Too many white people play that shit straight.
>>The teacher subplot is...horribly unacceptable and not funny. Poor guy. :/
>>Skimmed over all the physically cheating parts, because I found it really awkward and in bad taste. I was internally screaming and cringing. It's a sore spot for me, admittedly.
>>Wish Julia had more character progression and resolution
>>Totally saw the Brother's secret coming from a mile away.
>>I'll still be trying out Alsaid's other novels. I think I should've done more research and picked a different one given the content.
Content Warning: Cheating, Stalking, Breaking & Entering
>>Took awhile to get into because Dave is just so sappy in love with Julia and I found them boring and pretentious. It wasn't until the other Love Interest and Brother got involved that I was emotionally invested at all. I'm sure if I read it when I was in my John Green phase I would've feel better about it.
>>The dialogue and banter is better than similar YA novels like John Green's.
>>Did not find Julia's jokes about Dave's name funny though. Too many white people play that shit straight.
>>The teacher subplot is...horribly unacceptable and not funny. Poor guy. :/
>>Skimmed over all the physically cheating parts, because I found it really awkward and in bad taste. I was internally screaming and cringing. It's a sore spot for me, admittedly.
>>Wish Julia had more character progression and resolution
>>Totally saw the Brother's secret coming from a mile away.
>>I'll still be trying out Alsaid's other novels. I think I should've done more research and picked a different one given the content.