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A review by tyrostone
The Thing About Tilly by G Benson
3.0
I enjoyed this, although it did drag a bit toward the last third or so of the book. There was interesting and diverse representation going on (two bi/pan mains, one of whom is East Asian, a trans man bestie, his genderqueer love interest) but I think the POC representation fell a bit flat, in that it was mentioned in passing, but didn't appear to impact the character at all.
There was a lot of non-traditional family stuff going on (specifically around having a baby), which I thought was neat, and a lot of affirming messages about forgiveness and being allowed to make mistakes, but still be happy/loved.
The thing that I really didn't like about this book was how much miscommunication went down between the two mains, the whole "we're best friends but there's just some stuff we don't talk about" is fascinating to me but not in an appealing way.
Overall the book was just a little too long and contained a lot of little details that, past the first third of the book, probably could have been cut/edited down.
There was a lot of non-traditional family stuff going on (specifically around having a baby), which I thought was neat, and a lot of affirming messages about forgiveness and being allowed to make mistakes, but still be happy/loved.
The thing that I really didn't like about this book was how much miscommunication went down between the two mains, the whole "we're best friends but there's just some stuff we don't talk about" is fascinating to me but not in an appealing way.
Overall the book was just a little too long and contained a lot of little details that, past the first third of the book, probably could have been cut/edited down.