Julian Winters

As You Walk on By

Shaq H

thank you to penguin teen for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

so, now, i don’t know how to start this one. i think, mostly, i’m just disappointed. this was my first julian winters book and it just wasn’t it for me. and i know i’m going to be a minority in my thoughts on this one. neither great nor noticeably bad, it just sits smack dab in the middle at alright. and honestly, that’s sometimes the worst place a book can be. it unfortunately means i’ll probably forget everything that happened in a few days, honestly.

none of the characters particularly stuck out to me as interesting to hear much from. the pacing was a bit odd with ~70% been spent at this party, breakfast club style, and then the rest was big time gap after another. and, idk… nothing really excited me much when reading. and side-note, did the teens really have to be recording 

? it felt overkill and sometimes felt like the only way we could move the plot along.

what i can say, is that this book had really good queer representation. like as with many queer teens, i feel like we (knowingly or unknowingly) gravitate towards each other. and that what these characters did, forming a lil found family of rainbow. that was by far my favorite part of this book. and the part i’ll remember best.

thank you to penguin teen for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

so, now, i don’t know how to start this one. i think, mostly, i’m just disappointed. this was my first julian winters book and it just wasn’t it for me. and i know i’m going to be a minority in my thoughts on this one. neither great nor noticeably bad, it just sits smack dab in the middle at alright. and honestly, that’s sometimes the worst place a book can be. it unfortunately means i’ll probably forget everything that happened in a few days, honestly.

none of the characters particularly stuck out to me as interesting to hear much from. the pacing was a bit odd with ~70% been spent at this party, breakfast club style, and then the rest was big time gap after another. and, idk… nothing really excited me much when reading. and side-note, did the teens really have to be recording everything? it felt overkill and sometimes felt like the only way we could move the plot along.

what i can say, is that this book had really good queer representation. like as with many queer teens, i feel like we (knowingly or unknowingly) gravitate towards each other. and that what these characters did, forming a lil found family of rainbow. that was by far my favorite part of this book. and the part i’ll remember best.

As You Walk on By

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