Look Both Ways
Brooklyn immediately hits it off with her roommate, Zoe, and soon their friendship turns into something more. Brooklyn wants to see herself as someone who’s open to everything and everyone, but as her feelings for Zoe intensify, so do her doubts. As she questions her sexuality, her role as an artist, and her place in her family, Brooklyn discovers that neither talent nor love are as straightforward as she thinks.
im literally so disappointed did i just read a book about a straight girl
Okay. I'm going to attempt at a solid review.My main problem with this novel is not that it was bad writing, it was quite good. I liked the theatre elements and the key themes behind the novel. What I did not like was the romance. If you can't tell from the cover, Look Both Ways is pitched as a romance starring two bi girls. That is not what happens.The first 150 pages are total fluff and adorable. But as soon as it hits page 250, things go awry. Our main character suddenly realizes that she was
Wow.I had an inkling from reviews that this book might be bad, but this book is literally garbage. I have not read anything I hated more, and I have hated a great many things with a great many passions. I usually try to point out some good things before I rip into something, but this book honestly left my stomach hurting with how absolutely disgusting it is. I don't get bothered much, aside from anger, but this book actually UPSET me.It's sad because the author has decent talent when it comes to
Why the hell would you market this book as a fluffy f/f romance only for the MC to be like "lol nah I'm actually straight" later in the book? Do you actually understand genre conventions and the contract of trust you create with a reader? How much do you have to hate queer women to think it's a good idea to dangle rep in our faces and then rip it away? Don't even get me started on the "bisexuals are cheaters" and "bi girls are really straight" stereotypes that are played entirely straight in
3.5 starsI dont know how I feel about this one. The first 200 pages were a really fun fluffy girl-girl romance which is exactly what the book is pitched as, but, and Im trying to keep this non spoiler, that fizzled out as quickly as it started. The cover and synopsis really focus on this being an LGBT book and I dont think thats accurate from how this book turned out and it quite miss leading. The book is set during a summer theatre camp and I really enjoyed reading about all the different
Look, usually I don't publicly call books out when I didn't finish them. Usually I don't write long rant reviews at all. But this book is terrible enough that we'll make an exception. Look Both Ways is about a girl who has a bi crisis and a cutesy romance with her roommate, also a girl. Sweet, right? Except at the end she decides she was straight all along.Because originality! :)))))))This book spends pages and pages reinforcing bi stereotypes. Alison Cherry manages to incorporate BOTH major bi
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Original Title: | Look Both Ways ASIN B015LYV13O |
Edition Language: | English |
Literary Awards: | Bisexual Book Award for Teen/Young Adult Fiction (2016) |
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A summer away from the city is the beginning of everything for Brooklyn Shepard. Her acting apprenticeship at the Allerdale Playhouse is a chance to prove that she can carve out a niche all her own, surrounded by people who don’t know anything about her or her family of superstar performers.Brooklyn immediately hits it off with her roommate, Zoe, and soon their friendship turns into something more. Brooklyn wants to see herself as someone who’s open to everything and everyone, but as her feelings for Zoe intensify, so do her doubts. As she questions her sexuality, her role as an artist, and her place in her family, Brooklyn discovers that neither talent nor love are as straightforward as she thinks.
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Title | : | Look Both Ways |
Author | : | Alison Cherry |
Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
Published | : | June 14th 2016 by Delacorte Press |
Categories | : | Young Adult. LGBT. Contemporary. Romance. GLBT. Queer |
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Ratings: 2.91 From 816 Users | 180 ReviewsDiscuss Epithetical Books Look Both Ways
Ugh. Just ugh. I did not like this book. Let me start off by saying that I usually dont rate books so poorly because normally I stop reading them if I dislike them so much. The problem with Look Both Ways was that I was already invested by the time I realized I disliked it. I trudged on.The story started out so promising. The main character, Brooklyn, comes from a family of musical geniuses. Shes unsure of her place in her family. She doesnt feel as talented as them. Her second guessing andim literally so disappointed did i just read a book about a straight girl
Okay. I'm going to attempt at a solid review.My main problem with this novel is not that it was bad writing, it was quite good. I liked the theatre elements and the key themes behind the novel. What I did not like was the romance. If you can't tell from the cover, Look Both Ways is pitched as a romance starring two bi girls. That is not what happens.The first 150 pages are total fluff and adorable. But as soon as it hits page 250, things go awry. Our main character suddenly realizes that she was
Wow.I had an inkling from reviews that this book might be bad, but this book is literally garbage. I have not read anything I hated more, and I have hated a great many things with a great many passions. I usually try to point out some good things before I rip into something, but this book honestly left my stomach hurting with how absolutely disgusting it is. I don't get bothered much, aside from anger, but this book actually UPSET me.It's sad because the author has decent talent when it comes to
Why the hell would you market this book as a fluffy f/f romance only for the MC to be like "lol nah I'm actually straight" later in the book? Do you actually understand genre conventions and the contract of trust you create with a reader? How much do you have to hate queer women to think it's a good idea to dangle rep in our faces and then rip it away? Don't even get me started on the "bisexuals are cheaters" and "bi girls are really straight" stereotypes that are played entirely straight in
3.5 starsI dont know how I feel about this one. The first 200 pages were a really fun fluffy girl-girl romance which is exactly what the book is pitched as, but, and Im trying to keep this non spoiler, that fizzled out as quickly as it started. The cover and synopsis really focus on this being an LGBT book and I dont think thats accurate from how this book turned out and it quite miss leading. The book is set during a summer theatre camp and I really enjoyed reading about all the different
Look, usually I don't publicly call books out when I didn't finish them. Usually I don't write long rant reviews at all. But this book is terrible enough that we'll make an exception. Look Both Ways is about a girl who has a bi crisis and a cutesy romance with her roommate, also a girl. Sweet, right? Except at the end she decides she was straight all along.Because originality! :)))))))This book spends pages and pages reinforcing bi stereotypes. Alison Cherry manages to incorporate BOTH major bi
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