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A review by saraanneb3
Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon
3.0
Okay, so I did know this book was YA, but a lot of YA is marketed that way, but is actually for fully grown adults, so the premise intrigued me, and that’s why I bought it.
This is not a YA book secretly for older adults. This book is for teenagers. And so, in that vein, I give it 3 stars—I think I would have really liked this as a teenager, but it’s not really for me now. For me, now, the writing is simplistic and awkward and made it really hard to get into. Also, it is SO clear that the author knows next to nothing about music—SUCH a mistake to make a character a musician, then!
And yet, the book grew on me. It’s not for me, now, but it warmed my heart with nostalgia, remembering having friendships and relationships that intense, feelings that I thought were the deepest depth and would never end, and she captured that life situation well.
Also, the blurb about the book on most places makes SUCH a big deal out of the love aspect and sex and Sophie. What this book is really about is what happens in an insular relationship where one of the parties is sick and dependent, when the sick person gets well?
Anyhow, three, because good enough for 14 year old me, but not 34 year old me.
This is not a YA book secretly for older adults. This book is for teenagers. And so, in that vein, I give it 3 stars—I think I would have really liked this as a teenager, but it’s not really for me now. For me, now, the writing is simplistic and awkward and made it really hard to get into. Also, it is SO clear that the author knows next to nothing about music—SUCH a mistake to make a character a musician, then!
And yet, the book grew on me. It’s not for me, now, but it warmed my heart with nostalgia, remembering having friendships and relationships that intense, feelings that I thought were the deepest depth and would never end, and she captured that life situation well.
Also, the blurb about the book on most places makes SUCH a big deal out of the love aspect and sex and Sophie. What this book is really about is what happens in an insular relationship where one of the parties is sick and dependent, when the sick person gets well?
Anyhow, three, because good enough for 14 year old me, but not 34 year old me.