A review by daracool
Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out by Ryan Love
1.5
thank god it’s over
there were so many things that were in the book just because - the girl dying, the charity, the conversion camp story and more. All of these things were there either for shock factor or to move the story along which I hate. Not every story has to be incredibly complex with miracles and tragedies happening to be impactful.
Speaking of moving, the characters moved on from their feelings so quickly, in the matter of pages, the speed of light has nothing on them.
On top of that the character felt so one dimensional and unreal. And the relationships were crazy bc of course everyone has to be with someone.
I got what they were trying to do and say with Ben’s character, it’s one of the part that I actually enjoyed, but my god had not a single thought or chemistry for that fact with his friend.
The whole book felt like it was just a draft. Someone sat down and wrote to his editor or publisher or whatever what the story and the plot are about and that’s it - no fleshed out characters, believable plot, stories that make sense, character development, no nothing.
The core premise of the book without all the extras added for god knows what is actually good and the book might’ve been good too if it was written by someone else.
there were so many things that were in the book just because - the girl dying, the charity, the conversion camp story and more. All of these things were there either for shock factor or to move the story along which I hate. Not every story has to be incredibly complex with miracles and tragedies happening to be impactful.
Speaking of moving, the characters moved on from their feelings so quickly, in the matter of pages, the speed of light has nothing on them.
On top of that the character felt so one dimensional and unreal. And the relationships were crazy bc of course everyone has to be with someone.
I got what they were trying to do and say with Ben’s character, it’s one of the part that I actually enjoyed, but my god had not a single thought or chemistry for that fact with his friend.
The whole book felt like it was just a draft. Someone sat down and wrote to his editor or publisher or whatever what the story and the plot are about and that’s it - no fleshed out characters, believable plot, stories that make sense, character development, no nothing.
The core premise of the book without all the extras added for god knows what is actually good and the book might’ve been good too if it was written by someone else.