Queen B’s Decree: I told myself, try something new, Queen B. Something Like Gravity is definitely not my normal read. Our two main characters are a transgender boy and a teenage girl struggling with loss and grief.
But it just didn’t really work for me. So much was unbelievable and unrealistic.
Chris is our 17 y/o transgender boy, and despite being pre-testosterone treatment, no one ever questions his gender? While I applaud the author for tackling a difficult (and not often discussed) subject matter, it just felt poorly researched.
And Maia? She was a piece of work. She’s actively trying to recreate her dead sister’s photography in order to…what? Understand the sister she didn’t seem to like or love?
Full of forced angst, characters overreacting, and an abrupt ending, Something Like Gravity dragged on and did not hold the reader’s interest. Potential to be great, but not well executed.
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Book: Something Like Gravity by Amber Smith
Series: standalone
Genre: YA
Hotness: mild salsa
Plot Devices/Tropes: angst