A review by badcatsass77
A Seahorse Year by Stacey D'Erasmo

2.0

This book had great reviews, but i found it to be clunky and slightly cheesy at times. kudos for trying to take stab at difficult topics, but i like to be shown rather than told, and this author loves to give you canned little character synopses that really turn me off. the characters come off looking like a bunch of teenagers, and the teenagers come off even worse. the plot is somewhat compelling, but then just dribbles off into nowhere with an awkward summing-up. also all the women seem to inhabit the cheesiest lone-wolf lesbian stereotype. even though the author does attempt to examine their methods and motives, it still falls flat to me. i did manage to finish it, but regretted the lost time instantly upon doing so.