Ricky
I read this because I kept seeing social media posts in light of HEATED RIVALRY talking about how this book deserved a better adaptation because the book is so much better than the movie. I would say the book is slightly better than the movie, but it's not that much better than the movie. Parts of it are okay and parts of it are really boring. The writing is slightly better than your average romance novel, but I wouldn't say it's great. The one thing I liked about it is the way it incorporates stories of famous queer lovers in history. You get a lot of quotes from love letters and stuff like that. On the flip side, all the stuff about the nuts and bolts of the political work and everything like that felt pretty hollow to me. Also the British people all felt like they were written by an American. For some reason I thought this author was supposed to be British so I was really confused by that, but it turns out she's American so that makes sense.
I read this because I kept seeing social media posts in light of HEATED RIVALRY talking about how this book deserved a better adaptation because the book is so much better than the movie. I would say the book is slightly better than the movie, but it's not that much better than the movie. Parts of it are okay and parts of it are really boring. The writing is slightly better than your average romance novel, but I wouldn't say it's great. The one thing I liked about it is the way it incorporates stories of famous queer lovers in history. You get a lot of quotes from love letters and stuff like that. On the flip side, all the stuff about the nuts and bolts of the political work and everything like that felt pretty hollow to me. Also the British people all felt like they were written by an American. For some reason I thought this author was supposed to be British so I was really confused by that, but it turns out she's American so that makes sense.