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A review by sparksinthevoid
Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett
3.0
you can't just let people control you with their hate. you keep living, simone.
well, this is not bad.
the main topic - hiv - discussed in this book was probably the best part of this book. it was very educational, in a not-forced way. the conversations existed for a reason and weren't just added to throw information at the reader just because. what i also really appreciated was the sex-positive vibe of the book. yes, teenagers have sex, yes, women masturbate, it's very normal to talk about it and a lot of ya books shy away from the topic but here it was a big part of the story
however, a lot of the other stuff just was a bit /eh/, which made it very clear that this book is a debut from a very young author.
garrett's age really should've been an advantage when writing about teenagers, yet the writing was so stilted, the dialogue awkward. i didn't know what it was that bothered me, but when i read another review that mentioned the mediocre writing style, it all clicked into place.
the plot?? i mean, obviously blackmail is part of the plot, that's what it says in the synopsis so i really shouldn't have been bothered by it, but the reveal of who was blackmailing simone made me so angry because i called it like 100 pages in and when it actually came true i was a bit speechless and more than disappointed. i also don't care about anything musical related so please, simone, stop the namedropping.
while i appreciated the casualness of different sexualities (gay parents, lesbian ace friend, bi friend), there was some commentary that i didn't appreciate. simone herself struggles a bit with her sexuality, unsure if she can really call herself bi. her friends are real fucking assholes about it when they say you can only be bi if you are in a relationship with the same gender, and claudia, my dear, don't just assume someone's sexuality, but maybe shut up for once, how about that? my god, claudia was a condescending, presumptuous bitch.
miles was a good guy, simone's group friends were good people, her parents were mostly good guys. i don't know about anyone else.
well, this is not bad.
the main topic - hiv - discussed in this book was probably the best part of this book. it was very educational, in a not-forced way. the conversations existed for a reason and weren't just added to throw information at the reader just because. what i also really appreciated was the sex-positive vibe of the book. yes, teenagers have sex, yes, women masturbate, it's very normal to talk about it and a lot of ya books shy away from the topic but here it was a big part of the story
however, a lot of the other stuff just was a bit /eh/, which made it very clear that this book is a debut from a very young author.
garrett's age really should've been an advantage when writing about teenagers, yet the writing was so stilted, the dialogue awkward. i didn't know what it was that bothered me, but when i read another review that mentioned the mediocre writing style, it all clicked into place.
the plot?? i mean, obviously blackmail is part of the plot, that's what it says in the synopsis so i really shouldn't have been bothered by it, but the reveal of who was blackmailing simone made me so angry because i called it like 100 pages in and when it actually came true i was a bit speechless and more than disappointed. i also don't care about anything musical related so please, simone, stop the namedropping.
while i appreciated the casualness of different sexualities (gay parents, lesbian ace friend, bi friend), there was some commentary that i didn't appreciate. simone herself struggles a bit with her sexuality, unsure if she can really call herself bi. her friends are real fucking assholes about it when they say you can only be bi if you are in a relationship with the same gender, and claudia, my dear, don't just assume someone's sexuality, but maybe shut up for once, how about that? my god, claudia was a condescending, presumptuous bitch.
miles was a good guy, simone's group friends were good people, her parents were mostly good guys. i don't know about anyone else.