If
You Could Be Mine
By: Sara Farizan
Genre: YA - LGBTQ
Pages: 247
Published: 2013
Audiobook: 5 CD's (5 hours 25
mins)
Read: April
2 out of 5
After
listening to this novel, I realized that I love listening to multicultural
novels. Having a narrator with an authentic voice definitely enhances and
brings the story to life. The audio was
the only redeeming quality of this story; it was too far-fetched and
unbelievable. The storyline had
potential, but it fell flat - protagonist was too naïve (yes, even for 17) and
unlikable. Farizan could have redeemed herself even after the climax, but I
felt the story just rushed to the end. The controversial issue of sex
reassignment should not have been handled so light-heartedly and, in my
opinion, carelessly. Farizan’s purpose
may have been to approach a serious topic with a fun undertone; then she should
have made the characters likeable and not quite so naïve. These two important,
yet failed, aspects did not flow well together.
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