Silvia 's Reviews > The Love Interest

BR with my friends (I mean I only actually talked about this book with a couple of people while reading it but yeahhhh I just don't want anyone to feel excluded) <3

While you anxiously wait for my review you should read this analysis because it talks a bit more about the meta aspects of this book that I feel a lot of people might have missed (I mean, that's perfectly fine and I don't want to come off as "the way I read this is The Right Way and you're all wrong". I get it that reading this book expecting pure enjoyment is going to be very different than reading it the way I did, but I was genuinely curious about the critique it did to YA as a genre and the plot and writing style obviously impacted my rating but not as much as they would have with a different book.)


Full review still to come but I'm bored and procrastinating so here's a few thoughts:

• Plot: eh. Definitely not the strength of this book, it was okay-ish though. The ending was a bit weird and rushed but whatever
• Writing (minus the dialogues): quite immature, it's a debut so y'know, also first person PoV always tends to be a bit like that (okay with a few exceptions)
• Dialogues: probably the worst part of this book let's be real. Cringy and unnatural and they felt scripted even when they actually weren't (at some point I started asking myself whether it was a case of The Truman Show where everyone was scripted and not just the Love Interests because I honestly couldn't believe my eyes (*terminator voice* I'll be back with quotes if I feel like it)

BUT

• The meta stuff was awesome! Like I told Simona (btw, you should definitely check out her review because it's pretty much my thoughts, only written much better), even this aspect was far from perfect, but then again, what would make it perfect? You don't "fix" YA's problems in a fictional work, even if you build it as a YA meta-critique. There's also the matter of whether YA (or any genre) needs fixing at its core (the tropes, mainly the dreaded love triangle that was addressed here) or not, but that's beyond a review's purpose.
• there's also a lot of good stuff about sexuality and gender roles that is both relevant to the YA world and our world so young adults who read this will definitely see some positive messages (again, I'll be back quotes on that)





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IT'S HERE!!! WHO NEEDS SLEEP ANYWAY
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This is out in three days and I'd be lying if I said I'm not organizing my life around its release date
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OMG WHAT IS THIS ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME GIVE IT TO ME I NEED IT YESTERDAY