Saturday, 11 July 2020

Tonight the Streets Are Ours by Leila Sales

Tonight the Streets Are Ours – Leila Sales

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Read Aug 19 - Library

Arden was a doormat, but I did kind of like her. She was kind and loyal and had hope for the future, Lindsey was annoying, she didn’t have much personality beyond whiny leech. Apparently, she was a runner but no mention was made of any events or competitions. I did sympathise with her being gay in a small town, she did seem lonely, but at the same time she didn’t seem to want to change anything. Chris annoyed me. He had no personality beyond “I’m an act-or”, also pet names like babe and sweetheart piss me off. The sudden across country road trip seemed rather unrealistic and dangerous! Let’s drive across three states to find some blogger bloke! Unsurprisingly Peter was a jerk. A flash git who only cared about his own ego. Also the reveal of him being Asian felt a little forced and a little bit like tokenism: “hey here’s a POC even though there’s literally no hint until my pretty white girl protagonist points it out despite her being obsessed with his blog”. Overall, the storytelling was compelling, the plot was weak and the characters basic.

3/5 stars

Stef Out x

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