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A review by beckyyreadss
Tilly in Technicolor by Mazey Eddings
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I wanted to read this book because I enjoyed Mazey’s work in the past and I’ve heard so many good things about this book. This book is so sweet and adorable.
This book has two points of view. The first is Tilly Twomley and she is desperate for change. White-knuckling her way through high school with flawed executive functioning has left her burnt out and ready to start fresh. Working as an intern for her perfect older sister’s start up isn’t exactly how Tilly wants to spend her summer, but the required travel around Europe promises a much-needed change of scenery as she plans for her future. The problem is, Tilly has no idea what she wants. The second point of view is Oliver Clark, he knows exactly what he wants. His autism has often made it hard for him to form relationships with others, but his love of colour theory and design allows him to feel deeply connected to the world around him. Plus, he has everything he a best friend that gets him, placement into a prestigious design program, and a summer internship to build his resume. Everything is going as planned. That is, of course, until he suffers through the most disastrous internation flight of his life, all turmoil stemming from lively and exasperating Tilly. Oliver is forced to spend the summer with a girl that couldn’t be more his opposite – feeling things for her he can’t quite name – and starts to winder if maybe he doesn’t have everything figured out after all. As the duo’s neurodiverse connection grows, they learn that some of the best parts of life can’t be planned and are forced to figure out what that means as their disastrously wonderful summer comes to an end.
I love dual POV in romance books and I liked the depiction of ADHD and autism and how they can come across differently in boys and girls. I loved Tilly’s growth in this book and how she went from being afraid to live her life and disappointing everyone, to being like screw this, I'm living my life for me and me alone and I'm happiest writing and I'll figure it out. I love Oliver, he is so sweet. I have to keep calling him Oliver, because Tilly calls him Ollie, but that’s my dogs name and I can’t take it seriously. I loved the relationship between Oliver and Cubby and how they have banter but were also deeply concerned regarding their relationships. I loved the little friendships groups that are seen throughout the book and how they become one big friendship group by the end and how they are all together and sticking up for each other. I love Oliver and Tilly’s relationship and how they took it slow but also fast and how they knew they both have communication issues, but they wanted to get past it and be together.
I felt like more needed to come out with Tilly’s parents. Besides her mum being horrible and then crawling back in the last chapter, I wanted more support from her parents and them treating the sisters the same because they still treat Mo better than Tilly. I wanted more from the ending, I wanted to know if Tilly became a full-fledged writer, did she go to university for writing? Did Mo’s company take off and become successful? I just wanted more after the summer in Europe.
I would love this to be a series and watch Cubby find some happiness because Connor seems like an idiot and that was brushed over and I wanted more.
Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, and Vomit
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Sexual content, Blood, and Alcohol