tanouska's Reviews (589)

Whoops, started this less than a day ago :P It was a fun read, and loved the ace rep, which was the whole reason I picked this book, as I haven't read part one of the series.

Well, that went fast. I bought this book because I follow Alice Oseman's webcomic 'Heartstopper' which is super cute, and thought it was a good way to support her. I started reading the book this afternoon and it's now 23:55 and I just finished it. It was a good read. I feel like the (mental health)issues in the book were well represented and the characters gripped me and kept me reading. One of the main characters in the book is in a very different type of fandom than the ones I find myself in, but the feeling of community and the finding of great friends rang very true all the same.

(There is quite some talk of RPF and Real Person Shipping in this book and IRL that squicks me a lot, but it makes sense for the narrative. Just something I thought I should mention, cause it might squick out other people even more, and then maybe this is not a good book to read).

I think I found this anthology via twitter, and it is available as a (legal!) free download here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/801344

I think it was a good and nice read, interesting stories and perspectives. Most stories are contemporary, some are sci-fi, and one is historical fiction. So a really wide range of stories and I think it's an interesting read for anyone because of that.

For most of the book I thought 'this is a nice book, and the concept with the pictures is really nice too, but I don't think I'll feel te need to read the second book' and then the last 10 pages or so pulled me in and now I am quite curious about it after all. We'll see I guess :P

Short but gives good and more insight into the characters from Solitaire.

The last 200 pages really pulled me in and I didn't want to stop reading until I was done. Good sign for a book ^^

Though I have to agree with some of the other comments I've read that the whole 'two sets of siblings, and they all fall in love with the non-sibling-person of another gender, neatly and heterosexually pairing them all off' was a bit Ugh. Especially between Zéli and Inan. Going from murderous intent to lust and even love withing (I think) 24 hours? Really?
Because of the warning by Mama Agba about Connectors, I was hoping that Inan connecting to Zélie would be mentioned as a cause for this (and not in a 'That just happens and is all good' way) and that it would become a plotpoint of some sort. Unfortunately it didn't. (Not that I know when that should have happened, maybe it will come in part two? But still, that was less nice about the book, for me.)