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A review by garrisonabbey
Call It What You Want by Alissa DeRogatis
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
thank you to the publishers and netgalley for providing me with an advanced reader copy of this book!!
to say i have conflicting feelings about this book is an understatement. sloane is an overall boring character. the main things we learn about her is that she enjoys writing, but she’s mediocre at best. she isn’t a character with many defining traits. while the author dives into ethan’s backstory, it isn’t well done. ethan is supposed to be a complex character, and he ends up just being a jumbled mess. throughout the story, ethan and sloane didn’t seem to share very many conversations unless they consisted of sloane’s pleading for more out of ethan.
while i think most people can relate to the intense hurt that comes from a one sided situationship, this story isn’t very unique. the sentence structure seems to fall short in many ways. the side characters held my interest more than sloane and ethan did.
this story is okay for what it was, but overall falls short in many ways.
to say i have conflicting feelings about this book is an understatement. sloane is an overall boring character. the main things we learn about her is that she enjoys writing, but she’s mediocre at best. she isn’t a character with many defining traits. while the author dives into ethan’s backstory, it isn’t well done. ethan is supposed to be a complex character, and he ends up just being a jumbled mess. throughout the story, ethan and sloane didn’t seem to share very many conversations unless they consisted of sloane’s pleading for more out of ethan.
while i think most people can relate to the intense hurt that comes from a one sided situationship, this story isn’t very unique. the sentence structure seems to fall short in many ways. the side characters held my interest more than sloane and ethan did.
this story is okay for what it was, but overall falls short in many ways.