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A review by bexellency
Well, That Was Unexpected by Jesse Q. Sutanto
1.0
Oof da. So bad. Felt weirdly pitched for a YA book; the age of the characters, the angst and immaturity felt right; other stuff felt off - the swearing, crassness, and drinking (with no flicker of hesitation and suggestion of experience by a 17 year old raised in the US? It felt like perhaps the book was originally written with a low 20s aged character, then rewritten with a younger main character at editor direction and this never got fixed.). Odd analogies or references - is crying over split milk really an idiom that translate to Indonesia? Actually, I don’t know and perhaps it is. Super heavy handed with the gay/bi character reveals, the consent language. Yeah, I regret giving this author another go.