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A review by rekluse
Tales from Foster High by John Goode
2.0
I really wanted to like this book, it had a lot of good reviews and it did show promise, but it just fell way short of what it could have been.
The book wasn't all bad, I didn't hate it but there wasn't anything special to hold on to and in the end i was left disappointed, disappointed in the characters which were very "cookie cutter", they didn't really have their own personalities that stood out. In the over all plot which again was cliche but i could have looked past that with better story telling, I mean honestly I kept thinking to myself "is this a story, or a collection of metaphors\analogies that are being loosely tied together with a plot?".
But the one thing that annoyed me the most was there wasn't any real display that the two main characters even liked each other let alone loved each other. I mean yes there was the big coming out in school but up until then they had spent more time arguing with each other then developing a relationship, a relationship and love that was supposed to be amazing enough to make it worth upending their whole lives for.
I would have liked to have seen the author take a bit more time in fleshing out the main characters and showing more of them together intimately and I dont mean sex, but just those private moments that display a growing connection between two people.
To sum it up quickly the book felt rushed, like an overly long short story.
Would I recommend this series? At this point no, in my personal opinion there are better books out there but I haven't completed this series yet and hopefully it gets better.
The book wasn't all bad, I didn't hate it but there wasn't anything special to hold on to and in the end i was left disappointed, disappointed in the characters which were very "cookie cutter", they didn't really have their own personalities that stood out. In the over all plot which again was cliche but i could have looked past that with better story telling, I mean honestly I kept thinking to myself "is this a story, or a collection of metaphors\analogies that are being loosely tied together with a plot?".
But the one thing that annoyed me the most was there wasn't any real display that the two main characters even liked each other let alone loved each other. I mean yes there was the big coming out in school but up until then they had spent more time arguing with each other then developing a relationship, a relationship and love that was supposed to be amazing enough to make it worth upending their whole lives for.
I would have liked to have seen the author take a bit more time in fleshing out the main characters and showing more of them together intimately and I dont mean sex, but just those private moments that display a growing connection between two people.
To sum it up quickly the book felt rushed, like an overly long short story.
Would I recommend this series? At this point no, in my personal opinion there are better books out there but I haven't completed this series yet and hopefully it gets better.