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emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
This was a lovely romance. Jackson and Tomas were incredibly sweet together, and I loved seeing the character development they both went through. Not only that but Lonesborough captures the Australian summer SO. PERFECTLY. I was transported, and actually felt a little homesick for a place I rarely feel homesick for.
There were just a couple of things that brought the rating down. The first is that I felt the narrative needed a bit more structure. The second is that it wasn’t clear from the beginning that Jackson had been questioning his sexuality since he was 12 - I think that giving this information earlier would have given better context to the overall story, and made his exploration of his sexuality feel less like it came out of nowhere.
There were just a couple of things that brought the rating down. The first is that I felt the narrative needed a bit more structure. The second is that it wasn’t clear from the beginning that Jackson had been questioning his sexuality since he was 12 - I think that giving this information earlier would have given better context to the overall story, and made his exploration of his sexuality feel less like it came out of nowhere.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Outing, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Horse racing, homophobic slurs, internalised homophobia, incarceration, disowning, child birth, gambling, references to the Stolen Generation