Reviews

Forward March by Skye Quinlan

paulachap's review

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

rebeccawantstoreadmore's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

3.0

lucysreading's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

gab_l23's review

emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

dilayra's review

inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

ashhh53's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

rosaaa's review

3.0

Just not my cup of tea. Also, hard to suspend disbelief when there are things like: a high school marching band in Maryland that doesn’t do competitions and marching band members that all seem to care about football. 

ashley_heuser's review against another edition

4.0

Overall, I really liked this book and the characters felt realized and fleshed out. I also loved the descriptions of the marching band, I could tell that the author put so much care into her setting and characters.

I thought the pacing at the end was very rushed compared to that of the beginning. Also some of the descriptions drew me out of the story “charred gelatin” instead of marshmallow (even though gelatin is tasteless) and “salty emotions” instead of tears.

Overall thought it was a great experience!

elliekiburz's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

dianebillas's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

 Where has this book been my entire life? It’s my new favorite 2022 read. Honestly, it had me at queer band geeks. The characters are so well-developed and I love too that politics are a part of the storyline. I couldn’t put this down and this story’s going to stay with me a long time. Amazing debut!