A review by mhelmick28
Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho

challenging reflective fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

characters unlikeable in a way that put me off at times, wanted this to be so much more than it was

Read the content warnings - some things weren’t necessary graphic but they were sudden/dropped in what felt like a careless way at times and the characters’ apathy towards these things really threw me off 

Jane’s dad’s death really felt like it came out of nowhere and then the emotionally impacts of that weren’t fully addressed until the last few pages of the book. I really wanted Jane’s journey with her sexuality to feel more interconnected with her dad’s but it felt seemingly random to me that they were both queer
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