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A review by carinascatsandchapters
Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli
2.0
*Spoilers Ahead*
Its hard to rate this book because my opinions are so scattered on it. I would give it 2.5 if half stars were a thing.
First off, I think I would have had a lot more fun with this book if it had alternating perspectives between Matt, Noah, Kate and Andy rather than just being told from Kates POV. She was honestly kind of my least favorite character and I would have loved to actually see the development between Matt and Andy. I think there could have been such a cute coming out story here.
A lot of the first 70% of the book felt like filler. I get it, they both had a crush on the same guy, but it felt very redundant. Again, with multiple POVs it might have moved along faster. My main motivation for continuing was Noah.
Noah Kaplan. OH HOW I LOVE THIS CHARACTER. From the time he was introduced I was rooting for him and Kate over Kate and Matt and I'm so happy I got my ending with them. I think I would have been very annoyed if I didn't. I don't think words can describe how much I love this boy.
The last 30% of the book was really good! I loved the development of Noah and Kate - I think they should have had a greater focus earlier in the book. Maybe Kate struggling to choose between who she had a bigger crush on? I knew the chemistry was there, but Kate took FOREVER to find it. However, the ending of the book just cemented how much I love Noah. Hell, I even love Ryan and would love to have seen some of his and Noahs relationship. Again, multiple POVs would have made me so much more invested.
Also, the use of f-boys, f-force, fuckboys, and f-girls really started to get to me. Trust me I get it. I was that theatre kid in high school who hated the jocks, and I totally understand where they're all coming from but damn it was overused.
I do like the emphasis on friendship in this though. So many books, movies and tv shows now are centered on only the romantic plot, (which I'm a sucker for, let's be real), but the friendship element here was really cute.
Overall it was an enjoyable read. A little slow, but the ending picked up a lot. Also, I'm a sucker for some good theatre plots, I miss the world of performing SO MUCH and this lit a lil of that joy in me.
Its hard to rate this book because my opinions are so scattered on it. I would give it 2.5 if half stars were a thing.
First off, I think I would have had a lot more fun with this book if it had alternating perspectives between Matt, Noah, Kate and Andy rather than just being told from Kates POV. She was honestly kind of my least favorite character and I would have loved to actually see the development between Matt and Andy. I think there could have been such a cute coming out story here.
A lot of the first 70% of the book felt like filler. I get it, they both had a crush on the same guy, but it felt very redundant. Again, with multiple POVs it might have moved along faster. My main motivation for continuing was Noah.
Noah Kaplan. OH HOW I LOVE THIS CHARACTER. From the time he was introduced I was rooting for him and Kate over Kate and Matt and I'm so happy I got my ending with them. I think I would have been very annoyed if I didn't. I don't think words can describe how much I love this boy.
The last 30% of the book was really good! I loved the development of Noah and Kate - I think they should have had a greater focus earlier in the book. Maybe Kate struggling to choose between who she had a bigger crush on? I knew the chemistry was there, but Kate took FOREVER to find it. However, the ending of the book just cemented how much I love Noah. Hell, I even love Ryan and would love to have seen some of his and Noahs relationship. Again, multiple POVs would have made me so much more invested.
Also, the use of f-boys, f-force, fuckboys, and f-girls really started to get to me. Trust me I get it. I was that theatre kid in high school who hated the jocks, and I totally understand where they're all coming from but damn it was overused.
I do like the emphasis on friendship in this though. So many books, movies and tv shows now are centered on only the romantic plot, (which I'm a sucker for, let's be real), but the friendship element here was really cute.
Overall it was an enjoyable read. A little slow, but the ending picked up a lot. Also, I'm a sucker for some good theatre plots, I miss the world of performing SO MUCH and this lit a lil of that joy in me.