okay, i adored this. more in depth review to come later!
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alright, first of all - thank you to netgalley and the publisher for an e-arc in exchangokay, i adored this. more in depth review to come later!
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alright, first of all - thank you to netgalley and the publisher for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review!
for my review, i am going to list some of the things i loved about this book and what i loved about them.
1) Hardly any cishet characters. I'm so serious about this. Most of the characters you meet and genuinely spend time with in this book are NOT cishet. And that's amazing. Especially considering the reason they're all interacting in the first place - they work on a tv show that has historically been very, very cishet.
2) Diversity amongst the diverse characters. There's a lot of racial diversity, but the author doesn't presume to tell a story that's not hers. I would absolutely listen to reviews from Asian and Black readers when this book comes out, but my first impression was that Alison wrote these characters very well! I adored them all.
3) The discussions about mental health and mental illness!!!!!! Let me put all the exclamation points for this. We have two MCs who deal with mental health issues, and you see them deal with it in different ways. I loved the discussions they had about it. I love that everything wasn't magically fixed at certain points when revelations and breakthroughs occurred because! healing! is! not! linear!
4) Charlie Winshaw - who deals with a big identity crisis in a very public way. Also, I felt very represented by him in a lot of ways?? He was basically my favorite. Even though everyone else was also my favorite.
5) All kinds of ace rep. *whispers* Even with one of our MCs.
Anyway, I highly recommend this book. There's so much more I could say, but I don't want to spoil it. I think some people reading this book might critique it by saying it's trying too hard to be socially aware or diverse or whatever but what they don't get is that diverse people want diverse stories. I wanted THIS story. And I'm so glad it exists.
Also, I want a spin-off of ******'s story after that ending!...more
I love it when an author knocks it out of the park with their debut. This book is SO GOOD! There were parts where I actually exclaimed, "EXCUSE ME?!" I love it when an author knocks it out of the park with their debut. This book is SO GOOD! There were parts where I actually exclaimed, "EXCUSE ME?!" out loud, which is definitely saying something. If you're at all interested in middle grade fantasy and you want to support a talented BIPOC author, you need to pick this up!...more
T.J. Klune's books make me emo but in the best way. so so emo.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for an e-arc in exchange for an honest r;____;
T.J. Klune's books make me emo but in the best way. so so emo.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review. More detail to come.
Edit:
Okay, instead of a typical review, I'm going to make a list of non-spoilery things I loved about this book. Not everything, though, because we'd be here all day.
- emotionally unavailable bi MC/cinnamon roll with anxiety gay love interest - found family <33333 - this book has the T.J. Klune humor that if you've read his other books you might already know you adore - one of the pages had the tiniest references to some of his other books. the noise i made at that. - profound discussions about life, death, and what it all means or might mean or doesn't mean - a ghost dog - tea - cottagecore vibes tbh - this book devastated me but, like, in a way i loved?
So, basically, please read this. It's so good....more
Most people don't know this, but I'm on the ace spectrum. For anyone who's read this book, I'm pretty close (not exactly, but close) to the cis femaleMost people don't know this, but I'm on the ace spectrum. For anyone who's read this book, I'm pretty close (not exactly, but close) to the cis female version of what Sunil is. It's the first time I've ever seen myself represented in a book. I just... appreciate Alice Oseman's content so much. ;__; ...more
This is one of those books I didn't want to put down and I only did so reluctantly when I had to.
There are a lot of LGBTQ characters, and their queerThis is one of those books I didn't want to put down and I only did so reluctantly when I had to.
There are a lot of LGBTQ characters, and their queerness isn't just mentioned in passing and then never spoken about again like in some books, which is awesome. I also obviously can't speak to this first hand, but the book touches upon the importance of Bree finding a Black community, and how comforting it is for her to just be in the space of Black women sometimes.
I also wouldn't mind this series ending up M/M/F. My first OT3? I think so, lol. Not that the relationships are the whole story, but it'd be cool.
Highly recommended, and my first favorite of 2021!...more
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