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sophia_irene's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
You know what’s sad about this? It had so much potential.
A Sri Lankan lead, a biracial Indian love interest and a queer love story. A beautiful relationship of grief, loss and finding your voice. It’s extremely interesting with the music peppered in the story throughout and the QR code linked to a playlist BY the author of the songs sung by the lead… just an incredible idea.
But instead I found this book whiney and the characters annoying. Every time I started enjoying scenes of it something came around and completely threw it off. There is cliches and then there’s a story that felt like you packed it up with cliches for the sake of having romance? This story deals with some heavy topics too. Death of a sibling, parent and minor. It talks about sexual assault and pregnancy after loss. About identity, racism, homophobia and not belonging.
And sadly only like one of those topics are given the time to develop, instead the rest feel rushed or just there to be a cliche. This story had potential and I hope the writer has taken this experience to make her next novels better.
A Sri Lankan lead, a biracial Indian love interest and a queer love story. A beautiful relationship of grief, loss and finding your voice. It’s extremely interesting with the music peppered in the story throughout and the QR code linked to a playlist BY the author of the songs sung by the lead… just an incredible idea.
But instead I found this book whiney and the characters annoying. Every time I started enjoying scenes of it something came around and completely threw it off. There is cliches and then there’s a story that felt like you packed it up with cliches for the sake of having romance? This story deals with some heavy topics too. Death of a sibling, parent and minor. It talks about sexual assault and pregnancy after loss. About identity, racism, homophobia and not belonging.
And sadly only like one of those topics are given the time to develop, instead the rest feel rushed or just there to be a cliche. This story had potential and I hope the writer has taken this experience to make her next novels better.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Vomit
Moderate: Sexual assault, Abandonment, Homophobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexism, Child abuse, and Racism
Minor: Terminal illness, Mental illness, and Sexual harassment
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