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A review by cloreadsbooks1364
The Bridge by Bill Konigsberg
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
I went into this book expecting to be brought to tears by the topic of su!cide, but instead was just disappointed the whole way through.
Pros:
1. Good concept
2. Aaron's dad and Tillie's mother were so sweet.
Cons:
1. Aaron's lyrics were in such a light grey I couldn't read them. Oh well, hope they didn't affect the plot.
2. Aaron makes a joke about autistic people, gets called out, then thinks "if I weren't alive you wouldn't be mad at me, you'd think I'm great". But of course they're mad, you made an abelist joke! (As an autistic person this made me sad, as it was so similar to the jokes I often hear in school.)
3. Aaron mentions thinking how all men have pen!ses, which is just not true and as a trans person I was massively disappointed.
4. Molly fantasises hugging the problematic author Sarah J Maas (a racist z!onist) and her whole personality was just "I'm a popular girl who's secretly a SJM-loving geek".
5. In a time jump, a trans kid in 2051 is sad because his mother doesn't fully accept him. It'd be so easy to make this a happier chapter. It also kinda felt like the author went "oh no I've no trans rep, let's stick in this one teen 31 years in the future with no personality who exists for A SINGLE PAGE".
Everything not mentioned above was just unremarkable in neither a good or bad way.
Pros:
1. Good concept
2. Aaron's dad and Tillie's mother were so sweet.
Cons:
1. Aaron's lyrics were in such a light grey I couldn't read them. Oh well, hope they didn't affect the plot.
2. Aaron makes a joke about autistic people, gets called out, then thinks "if I weren't alive you wouldn't be mad at me, you'd think I'm great". But of course they're mad, you made an abelist joke! (As an autistic person this made me sad, as it was so similar to the jokes I often hear in school.)
3. Aaron mentions thinking how all men have pen!ses, which is just not true and as a trans person I was massively disappointed.
4. Molly fantasises hugging the problematic author Sarah J Maas (a racist z!onist) and her whole personality was just "I'm a popular girl who's secretly a SJM-loving geek".
5. In a time jump, a trans kid in 2051 is sad because his mother doesn't fully accept him. It'd be so easy to make this a happier chapter. It also kinda felt like the author went "oh no I've no trans rep, let's stick in this one teen 31 years in the future with no personality who exists for A SINGLE PAGE".
Everything not mentioned above was just unremarkable in neither a good or bad way.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt