A review by amshu
Flawless by Elsie Silver

funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

definitely had fun with this book while i was reading it, a lot of people complained about the banter being annoying but it genuinely made me laugh a couple of times and that gives it some brownie points in my book. i liked that the characters were quite fleshed out, they had pretty compelling reasons to behave the way they were (plus a decent amount of self-awareness about their flaws) but there was way too much telling, and not enough showing of their personalities. the book takes place over a barely 2-month timeline so everything is extremely rushed and felt improbable. summer, as a character, i definitely enjoyed a lot more than rhett, who very much so gave man-child energy for the majority of this book. again, if the pacing was better, most of this book could've easily been fixed.
 
 
also, i was curious about how the author would address the he spilled my most complicated secret very publicly bit, and idk i found the whole i was doing it cause i wanted to protect you rationale really annoying. I'm glad that she was very vocal about not being okay with it, but you can definitely tell that the maturity in communication skews in one direction primarily. again, given the gravity of this back story, i didn't like the way he kept playing "protector" in a way that completely undermined her agency and kept slashing her into the victim position (which she is) but the way he went about it felt very white knight-like and i genuinely couldn't deal with that