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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
_eleanorgreen8_'s review
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.5
I found this book a bit generic and boring at first, but then once I got into it it got more engaging. Thankfully, I liked the protagonist, but I found her constant metaphors and descriptions of songs appearing in her head a bit annoying after a while. I did laugh out loud while reading a few times though, which is always good. The author also wrote 9 songs to accompany the book which are on Spotify, which I thought was cool. The book also covered some important issues and life lessons that were interesting to read about. Overall it was an entertaining and heartfelt read but I found some of the characters a bit irritating and unrealistic.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief, Sexual harassment, and Alcohol
Minor: Body shaming and Sexism
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