Reviews

Darkhearts by James L. Sutter

tinytrashqueen's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.0

kanedaley's review against another edition

emotional 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

ann_is_reading1's review

adventurous funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

heyyoufinch's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

drnerdem's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

fernanda28's review

5.0

The only way this book could be better is if it continued forever, because I didn't want it to end.
I'm very partial since I love books where the MC is famous, probably a remain of my past on stan twitter, so this was perfect for me. I'm a little mad at myself for taking almost a month to pick it up when I had it on my tbr since release day.
This is one of those books where the teenagers are REAL teenagers, a rarity in the ya genre, with all their many, many flaws, and the uncertainty and anxiety of growing up and figuring out who you are and who you want to be.
It was a really good book, I can see myself reading it again sometime, and that's the biggest compliment for a book, in my opinion.

4.5⭐

kaeliwolf's review

4.0

This book covers the complexity of relationships, of fear of abandonment and so much more. It hit near to my own heart on so many topics and brought to light the fact the rock stars are human too. Beautiful and gay, this book rocked my world just as Chance rocks the world.

ceceee863's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I haven’t read a book by a white man in so long and this book reminded me why. The story was good but the writing was just so boyish. There were times when intimate moments were ruined by constant descriptions of gross things like  grease drippings or snot. The best friend character was a Black girl and she was written in such an inauthentic way. She spoke about sex in a cringey high school boy way and her race was used as an unnecessary and uncomfortable crutch in an argument. I also found it off-putting that though there were non-binary people and Asian people in the story, this author only felt the need to label characters when they were Black. Rather than just letting the Blackness of his characters be revealed through “showing” like his other minority characters, Sutter told us his characters were Black every chance he got. As a Black person, it felt inauthentic and grimy.  

oliverishere_'s review

funny 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

3.75

kvreadsandrecs's review

5.0

Loved it from beginning to end! Granted, it felt VERY personal because I live in Seattle, but that’s not the point. The writing, the character development, the symmetry, the grief and pain and raw emotion. What a story. So so so grateful for Wednesday Books for reaching out and sending me this ARC. Please please please buy it when it comes out on June 6!