pdestrienne's review
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I found the prose enchanting, nailing the intricacies of insecure female friendship and filled with the subtext of the unsaid and of the people we hope to become as teenagers but are afraid to acknowledge to ourselves. Rainey, Tina, and Leah are great flawed characters. The way Rainey's tapestries are made is fascinating and her negotiations with customers coulda been a whole novella unto itself. The pacing was off, spending so much time on the high school part of their lives and then accelerating to college and beyond with no real resolutions for the reader. Plus there are at least 3 sapphic crushes that never get consummated or said out loud and that's a shame.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
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