mandyla's review
3.0
There are precisely four books in the non YA Gay & Lesbian section of my library's app... not a whole lot to choose from. This was one of them! And I'm not sure why it was chosen - perhaps because it is one of few books I've come across that deal with the L of LGBT.
That said, it felt like it could do with a little more editing. The plot could have been sharpened a lot more, so that it felt less like a low budget film. Perhaps I'm being unkind as I picked this up right after reading a very accomplished spy/action book... and perhaps I judge to a higher standard simply because I WANT there to be more good LGBT fiction that I can point to and get people to read so that they'll better empathise with real-life LGBT people in their lives.
Good points though: it was a quick read, that I can imagine enjoying if I didn't want to engage my brain 100% - like pulp fiction, but with less misogyny. Perhaps a good poolside read after a few Bloody Marys. 3/5 rounded up from 2.5.
That said, it felt like it could do with a little more editing. The plot could have been sharpened a lot more, so that it felt less like a low budget film. Perhaps I'm being unkind as I picked this up right after reading a very accomplished spy/action book... and perhaps I judge to a higher standard simply because I WANT there to be more good LGBT fiction that I can point to and get people to read so that they'll better empathise with real-life LGBT people in their lives.
Good points though: it was a quick read, that I can imagine enjoying if I didn't want to engage my brain 100% - like pulp fiction, but with less misogyny. Perhaps a good poolside read after a few Bloody Marys. 3/5 rounded up from 2.5.
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