sadlylucifer's reviews
2 reviews

Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Overalls  it’s a nice book and enjoyable to read with some emotional pay off. 
The story and overall plot was good however I feel the author could have delved more into the emotional turmoil one of the main characters faces

After finding out about her mother’s infidelity. Also I wish that

The other main character would have visited his father in this book instead of the ‘spin off’ that’s about his best friend. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol and Car accident

May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The reason I found this book was because of someone on tiktok saying that people didn’t like the main character but that doesn’t make it a bad book. And they are correct despite the fact the main characters actions are not always great ones, I’m still left rooting for Lucas and Jeramy, which is hard when they compete against each other. But I think that only adds to how great this book is for representation, not everyone in the LGBTQIA+ is an angel and this books could humanise this morally messy main character to those who don’t interact with many people in the community. No, no character is perfect but that’s what I like most about it.

The only reason I didn’t give it five stars is because it did give me dysphoria and I feel that anyone who suffers from that should be aware of that when reading this book.