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A review by clairebartholomew549
What You Make of Me: A Novel by Sophie Madeline Dess
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Sadly, this book really disappointed me. The premise was immediately appealing to me - brother and sister are both artists and each other's muses, brother and sister have weird codependent relationship and fall in love with the same woman, brother and sister have childhood trauma and basically only have each other - but it just fell so flat to me. I never love when a book seems obsessed with its writing style, and this book seemed to think that having Ava and Demetri say a lot of bonkers stuff to each other would make us find their relationship interesting. I don't think we were supposed to find Ava or Demetri likable, but they confused me to the point that I didn't really care what happened to them. Unfortunately, this was a miss for me.
Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group for an advanced reader's copy in exchange for an honest review!
Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group for an advanced reader's copy in exchange for an honest review!
Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Suicide