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A review by reillsreads
Rush by Lisa Patton
3.0
I started off absolutely LOVING this but about halfway through I was repeatedly asking... where is this going?
While the pacing was a bit slow and segued a bit, the themes were obvious. I'm not familiar at all with SEC or Greek life culture in general so this was an eye opener. Patton takes you through lessons on alllll the various forms of racism (generational, workplace discrimination, etc), sisterhood, family, poverty, and more through the lens of Alpha Delta. The protagonists and antagonists are super evident here, almost too evident to the point where the dialogue was a bit too cheesy for me. I was strongly empathetic towards characters like Pearl, Cali and Ophelia though.
Overall I thought it was another great examination of how even in the setting of 2016, racism and other injustices are prevalent in many ways in the collegiate atmosphere. I just wish the writing was a bit sharper and more entertaining
While the pacing was a bit slow and segued a bit, the themes were obvious. I'm not familiar at all with SEC or Greek life culture in general so this was an eye opener. Patton takes you through lessons on alllll the various forms of racism (generational, workplace discrimination, etc), sisterhood, family, poverty, and more through the lens of Alpha Delta. The protagonists and antagonists are super evident here, almost too evident to the point where the dialogue was a bit too cheesy for me. I was strongly empathetic towards characters like Pearl, Cali and Ophelia though.
Overall I thought it was another great examination of how even in the setting of 2016, racism and other injustices are prevalent in many ways in the collegiate atmosphere. I just wish the writing was a bit sharper and more entertaining