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A review by syren96
We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge
3.0
ARC provided by Algonquin Books and NetGalley
I didn't love this book and it was mainly because I found the characters to be generally cold and unsympathetic. For such a heavy and important topic, I really wanted the characters to be people I could root for, or people that I could root against, as appropriate. But unfortunately I came away feeling just a bit flat about everybody.
I think that the subject was really interesting, and that's what makes this an average read, but I wanted more from the characters. Some of the best emotional moments were centred around characters that made only brief appearances, and I really would like to have felt as strongly about the main characters.
I didn't love this book and it was mainly because I found the characters to be generally cold and unsympathetic. For such a heavy and important topic, I really wanted the characters to be people I could root for, or people that I could root against, as appropriate. But unfortunately I came away feeling just a bit flat about everybody.
I think that the subject was really interesting, and that's what makes this an average read, but I wanted more from the characters. Some of the best emotional moments were centred around characters that made only brief appearances, and I really would like to have felt as strongly about the main characters.