soph's review of Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

3.5 stars

this was fun and entertaining, and i originally rounded up to 4 stars because i liked what the author was going for here and letting myself put my critical-rating-and-reviewing part aside it was absolutely just a good fun time. but a month later i realize it's more realistically around 3 stars. i think where this falls a little short for me is in the execution of the main thread and driving point of the plot, which i just think was lost. there was such an interesting concept kicked off here but i felt like it just failed to fulfill on the premise. i guess i was expecting it to feel like a queer feminist revenge story, and it tried, but somehow never did. but it was still beautiful, and fun, and entertaining, and i still appreciated the attempt for what it was.

Squad