Tash Hearts Tolstoy
Ratings9
Average rating3.9
I really enjoyed this book while I was reading, but when I'm reading this it's 2 days later and I have a few thoughts about this book.
Firstly, this book will be good at age 15-18. It's a story about Tash who's YouTuber, and she's producing miniseries - adaptation of Anna Karenina.
Tash loves Tolstoy and is talking to him in her room.
It's a story about finding yourself, fighting with hate in comments, trying to find love and purpose. This book is heartwarming. It shows us that friendship is more important than everything else.
5 stars Yes, Yes, Yes! I absolutely adored this book! I love this realistic fiction. The plot is amazing, pretty original and believable. The pacing is excellent. The characters feel real. I love Tash and I want to hug her. I was a bit concerned about the Ace rep part of the story before I started it, but it was GREAT!
Tash might love Tolstoy but I hate Tash. I mean, for most of the book she's unpleasant, selfish, a bad friend, a bad sister, kind of a bad daughter and even when she ‘improves' (too little, much too late) towards the end of the book...I still hate her personality.
I thought, many, many times, about DNFing this book, but ultimately, I liked the supporting cast enough to keep reading. And I wanted more to do with the actual reasons I was interested in this book - the web series and the awards - and they were, kind of, backdrops. Also, the synopsis...I'm of two minds whether it is totally misleading and inaccurate, or total spoilers. Is it possible to be both? Because it kind of is.
Also...I was super excited for the ace rep that was here, but...I kind of hated Tash so much that it was...not the best in my opinion. (And, even beyond that...her thought processes seemed like, for a long time, if I don't think about it, it isn't real.) I am curious though, if it or the culture of Tash were #ownvoices. Because the ace rep is really unpleasant in my opinion.
Edit:
Found two review that explain way better than I could the problems with the ace rep. Check them out.
Check out Aria's review that really dug into the unpleasantness that is the ace rep in this book, from an asexual's perspective. And also Emma's review - though it has spoilers of the romance (that totally isn't spoilers because I saw it coming from really early on) especially read the second half that talks about the ace rep.