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Tilly in Technicolor
by Mazey Eddings
Ok this might be a total mess of a review but please bare with me.
First I'll share what I liked...
The cover is absolutely adorable, when it comes to "don't judge a book by its cover" I will admit I do. a HUNDRED PERCENT. And the cover is the main reason i bought this book and gave it a chance (on top of the ADHD and Autistic rep which I've encountered before and I loved it every single time).
The representation
LOVED IT. I don't know what to say other than that! If you're looking for a book with a good ADHD & Autistic rep this might be the one for you.
Oliver
My sweet angel, I loved him. He was sweet and the way he described colors made it real, like we were there with him (I liked the occasional google search I had to do to understand which color he was describing). Little bonus for the way he was OBSESSED with Tilly' birthmark. (ADORABLE)
Here comes the problems.
I expected that to be an important part of the story, I don't know why, but I was waiting for the reveal of what color was her birthmarks.
Furthermore, the beginning of this book, the setup of the plot if you will, was interesting to say the least. The scene in the plane was as long for me as it was for both Tilly and Oliver (example: the ketchup incident, the seat incident, THE RUNNING AWAY FROM A PLANE AND THROUGH AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT W/ ANYONE ATTEMPTING TO STOP HER?! I mean if this happened in real life she would surely be stopped / questioned by airport security.
Tilly
I get that she has ADHD but I do not think that allows her to be so entitled (maybe I'm wrong don't come at me this is my personal opinion) Example A: THE KETCHUP SCENE, if you love ketchup that much than just BRING SOME WITH YOU FOR GOD' SAKE.
The other characters:
I thought her sister was rude, therefore I didn't not care for her or her love story with Amina (loved Amina by the way, she deserves better tbh)
Her mother was just horrible.
And in the last few chapters they just do a full on 180° and tell Tilly how sorry they are and bla bla bla. (I mean we barely saw Mona' character development but we didn't see ANY from her mom)
The one bed trope
The only situation in which the one bed trope feels natural enough to be realistic (in my personal opinion) is when it comes with the fake dating trope/ Marriage of convenience: (example: The spanish love deception; they shared a bed because the family believed they were dating. Makes sense right?)
I almost dnf'ed 70% in but persevered because I paid for the book. And needed to see it through.
I felt like the ending was rushed, the third-act breakup simply useless, lasted ONE CHAPTER. If you want to put in a third act break up (I find them useless but whatever) then you need 1) A GOOD REASON FOR IT. 2) FOR IT TO LAST LONGER THAN TWO BLOODY CHAPTERS. SHOW US HOW THEY ARE ON THEIR OWN SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE MEANT TO BE TOGETHER. SHOW THEM TRYING TO MOVE ON BUT FAILING AND THEN THE GROVELING SHOULD COME INTO PLAY.
The settings
Last but not least, the uselessness of the whole Europe trip. If the whole book took place in different cities in the same country it would’ve been better (even if I know they did it to try and find buyers or whatever) because they barely talked about the cities they visited, they even visited cities « off camera » and we learnt about it in one paragraph of Tilly or Oliver’ narration.
In conclusion, this book wasn't terrible but it could've been a lot better.
First I'll share what I liked...
The cover is absolutely adorable, when it comes to "don't judge a book by its cover" I will admit I do. a HUNDRED PERCENT. And the cover is the main reason i bought this book and gave it a chance (on top of the ADHD and Autistic rep which I've encountered before and I loved it every single time).
The representation
LOVED IT. I don't know what to say other than that! If you're looking for a book with a good ADHD & Autistic rep this might be the one for you.
Oliver
My sweet angel, I loved him. He was sweet and the way he described colors made it real, like we were there with him (I liked the occasional google search I had to do to understand which color he was describing). Little bonus for the way he was OBSESSED with Tilly' birthmark. (ADORABLE)
Here comes the problems.
I expected that to be an important part of the story, I don't know why, but I was waiting for the reveal of what color was her birthmarks.
Furthermore, the beginning of this book, the setup of the plot if you will, was interesting to say the least. The scene in the plane was as long for me as it was for both Tilly and Oliver (example: the ketchup incident, the seat incident, THE RUNNING AWAY FROM A PLANE AND THROUGH AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT W/ ANYONE ATTEMPTING TO STOP HER?! I mean if this happened in real life she would surely be stopped / questioned by airport security.
Tilly
I get that she has ADHD but I do not think that allows her to be so entitled (maybe I'm wrong don't come at me this is my personal opinion) Example A: THE KETCHUP SCENE, if you love ketchup that much than just BRING SOME WITH YOU FOR GOD' SAKE.
The other characters:
I thought her sister was rude, therefore I didn't not care for her or her love story with Amina (loved Amina by the way, she deserves better tbh)
Her mother was just horrible.
And in the last few chapters they just do a full on 180° and tell Tilly how sorry they are and bla bla bla. (I mean we barely saw Mona' character development but we didn't see ANY from her mom)
The one bed trope
The only situation in which the one bed trope feels natural enough to be realistic (in my personal opinion) is when it comes with the fake dating trope/ Marriage of convenience: (example: The spanish love deception; they shared a bed because the family believed they were dating. Makes sense right?)
I almost dnf'ed 70% in but persevered because I paid for the book. And needed to see it through.
I felt like the ending was rushed, the third-act breakup simply useless, lasted ONE CHAPTER. If you want to put in a third act break up (I find them useless but whatever) then you need 1) A GOOD REASON FOR IT. 2) FOR IT TO LAST LONGER THAN TWO BLOODY CHAPTERS. SHOW US HOW THEY ARE ON THEIR OWN SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE MEANT TO BE TOGETHER. SHOW THEM TRYING TO MOVE ON BUT FAILING AND THEN THE GROVELING SHOULD COME INTO PLAY.
The settings
Last but not least, the uselessness of the whole Europe trip. If the whole book took place in different cities in the same country it would’ve been better (even if I know they did it to try and find buyers or whatever) because they barely talked about the cities they visited, they even visited cities « off camera » and we learnt about it in one paragraph of Tilly or Oliver’ narration.
In conclusion, this book wasn't terrible but it could've been a lot better.