We Were Promised Spotlights by Lindsay Sproul

Rating: 1/5

05/18/2020 - 05/19/2020

no quote i hate this book

rant to my friends:

okay so main character is internalized homophobia to the extreme and i'm supposed to be like aw poor girl but she's such a TERRIBLE person lmao like she outed a girl for no reason?? she literally was like What If People Think I'm A Lesbian and then showed everyone the note from the lesbian and it's like?? YOU DIDNT HAVE TO DO THAT. you literally could have thrown it away. she's also so boring as a character. like she's the most popular girl at her school and people keep telling her that she's so incredibly beautiful and nobody can handle how gorgeous she is. AND she is in love with her straight best friend but after that girl's dad DIED her friend got super drunk and then the main character had sex with her while literally going "i know she isn't sober and just isn't thinking this through coherently." anyways, she literally harassed a lesbian girl that she outed and let other ppl throw stuff at her and call her a dyke. there's so much more i literally don't understand. she's insufferable

she won't stop chasing after her best friend who literally keeps telling her to leave her alone and that she doesnt' like her back. main character literally showed up to her house while she and her mom were MOURNING and kept slamming the door and telling her to open up and stop ignoring her



Synopsis

The Miseducation of Cameron Post meets Everything Leads to You in this queer young adult novel.

Taylor Garland's good looks have earned her the admiration of everyone in her small town. She's homecoming queen, the life of every party, and she's on every boy's most-wanted list.

People think Taylor is living the dream, and assume she'll stay in town and have kids with the homecoming king--maybe even be a dental hygienist if she's super ambitious. But Taylor is actually desperate to leave home, and she hates the smell of dentists' offices. Also? She's completely in love with her best friend, Susan.

Senior year is almost over, and everything seems perfect. Now Taylor just has to figure out how to throw it all away.

Lindsay Sproul's debut is full of compelling introspection and painfully honest commentary on what it's like to be harnessed to a destiny you never wanted.