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A review by lmriese
3 by Hannah Moskowitz
3.0
So I really wanted to love this book but it kinda fell short in some areas. I've read Break by Hannah Moskowitz and loved it, I thought the plot was so original. I was specifically looking for books about polyamory, had a hard time finding anything interesting, gave up and just started looking at authors I previously read and enjoyed and ended up looking at Hannah's work and it felt like fate that she wrote a book about polyamory, and YA polyamory at that!
I do think the strengths of this book are all in the plot. It was totally original, I haven't read anything like it, there was a but of a twist that was kinda surprising but didn't feel forced at all, and it kept reading til the end. I think the way the different minor plots all make sense and all got the right amount of attention. I do wish that there was a little more depth to the story though, which I think could have been achieved with more developed characters.
Overall, I found the writing style to be fine, nothing crazy, pretty straightforward which I prefer. But my issue is with the characters. This focuses on the main character, Taylor, and I wish I could understand more of her motivation, I wish there had been more backstory to explain why her thoughts on her relationship. And in that way, I kinda felt like her jumping into the relationship was rather quick, not that I felt she needed to struggle with the choice, but just that I could have gotten more into her mind about it. And the same goes for the other characters, there's very little backstory given to them which was disappointing. I would have loved to have seen this book have rotating perspectives, especially since the three main characters have different family lives, it would have been great to see their first-hand experiences with their family.
Overall, I thought it was a nice quick read on a topic that was very interesting. I just felt it was lacking in general and would have loved to go deeper into the character's lives. Definitely read if you want to see polyamory done by teenagers, I felt like that aspect was handled very well, especially since the characters are so young, they had a very mature take on the whole thing.
I do think the strengths of this book are all in the plot. It was totally original, I haven't read anything like it, there was a but of a twist that was kinda surprising but didn't feel forced at all, and it kept reading til the end. I think the way the different minor plots all make sense and all got the right amount of attention. I do wish that there was a little more depth to the story though, which I think could have been achieved with more developed characters.
Overall, I found the writing style to be fine, nothing crazy, pretty straightforward which I prefer. But my issue is with the characters. This focuses on the main character, Taylor, and I wish I could understand more of her motivation, I wish there had been more backstory to explain why her thoughts on her relationship. And in that way, I kinda felt like her jumping into the relationship was rather quick, not that I felt she needed to struggle with the choice, but just that I could have gotten more into her mind about it. And the same goes for the other characters, there's very little backstory given to them which was disappointing. I would have loved to have seen this book have rotating perspectives, especially since the three main characters have different family lives, it would have been great to see their first-hand experiences with their family.
Overall, I thought it was a nice quick read on a topic that was very interesting. I just felt it was lacking in general and would have loved to go deeper into the character's lives. Definitely read if you want to see polyamory done by teenagers, I felt like that aspect was handled very well, especially since the characters are so young, they had a very mature take on the whole thing.