Olivia’s Reviews > Deep Cuts > Status Update

3.75☆ This is a “coming of age” of sorts with a subplot of romance. The real protagonist is music, at times competing with the real characters. I truly could not predict where we were going. Friendship, toxicity, yearning, and stubbornness. It felt strangely human, authentic. More autobiographical than fiction. The end? Imperfectly perfect.

Have you ever had a conversation with someone who’s a “subject matter expert” and they sound very pretentious, because nothing is ever “good enough”? That’s how the 2 protagonists in this book are. They criticize and rip everything apart. Including each other. Not in a cute bantery way, but actual hurtful comments. I feel no chemistry only an undertone of passive aggression.