A review by solenekeleroux
Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie

emotional lighthearted fast-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

4.5

A cute coming of age story about figuring out your sexuality.
I loved Ophelia's experience of crushing on a girl and her whole bi-confusion, it felt very realistic and relatable, it reminded me so much of my own high school experience. I absolutely loved the building friendships, and how she discovers that queerness is in fact all around her. I'm especially fond of the biromantic ace rep, and that character.
What I found less realistic was how for the first part of the book she is fully confused and messy like a teenager and when she starts to figure herself out, suddenly she has it all figured out, a quick trip to the LGBT+ centre and she's fully mature, realized, able to apologize to her friends and be a grown up about everything, that was just too fast in my opinion and it took away from what could have been a more interesting ending.
Also, and maybe that's just personal, but you can't give me that many hints at love triangles and not give me any polyamory. That would have made the ending so much more interesting, and I honestly thought that's where it was going instead of all the prom things that felt very like what we've seen on TV shows a thousand times before.

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