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A review by nomomstayandread
All the Way Happy by Kit Coltrane
4.0
I see from other reviews that people were turned off by the thinly veiled Draco/Harry fanfiction aspect of this and I don't see why. The similarities were there but I enjoyed the story more for it.
Theo was a bully and horrible to Jack the entire time they were at boarding school. Jack was poor, attention starved, and desperate for a better life for himself. After a nearly perfect summer together after graduation, they don't see each other for 20 years when their sons are roommates at the same school.
I wish desperately that this book would have had date indicators on the chapters because we moved from 20 years ago to today, to week ago, to years ago with only context clues to guide the way. I had a hard time with a few chapters to see whether we were in the present or in the middle of a flashback. I did appreciate how they both ended up making choices that felt the most genuine to themselves as adults.
Thank you to Netgalley and Carina Press for a copy in exchange for an honest review. My opinions are my own.
Theo was a bully and horrible to Jack the entire time they were at boarding school. Jack was poor, attention starved, and desperate for a better life for himself. After a nearly perfect summer together after graduation, they don't see each other for 20 years when their sons are roommates at the same school.
I wish desperately that this book would have had date indicators on the chapters because we moved from 20 years ago to today, to week ago, to years ago with only context clues to guide the way. I had a hard time with a few chapters to see whether we were in the present or in the middle of a flashback. I did appreciate how they both ended up making choices that felt the most genuine to themselves as adults.
Thank you to Netgalley and Carina Press for a copy in exchange for an honest review. My opinions are my own.