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A review by charlotteleah25
Tradition by Brendan Kiely
2.0
2.5?
Before I start off this review, I would just like to point a question I have about Bax scraping the graffiti off the locker with his skates. Now, I am a figure skater. I have no idea how hockey skates work.
But in my experience, metal can and will damage a skate's edges and blade. For figure skates (at least) even stepping on the wrong surface can have a huge impact on the quality of your skate's blade.
So, wouldn't aggressively scraping a metal surface with a skate's blade damage it? Even just a little?
I would never, never , do that with my skates. No matter how offensive the graffiti was.
Okay, on to the actual review. I wanted to like this book. I had high hopes for Keily after reading [b:All American Boys|25657130|All American Boys|Jason Reynolds|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1444506678l/25657130._SX50_.jpg|45479026]
But I just didn't. It felt like he tried too hard to get his points across. I'm all for gender equality and bringing assault and r*pe to light, but this book just didn't do it for me. It felt very forced and the characters were unlikable and flat.
Good concept, not-so-great execution.
Before I start off this review, I would just like to point a question I have about Bax scraping the graffiti off the locker with his skates. Now, I am a figure skater. I have no idea how hockey skates work.
But in my experience, metal can and will damage a skate's edges and blade. For figure skates (at least) even stepping on the wrong surface can have a huge impact on the quality of your skate's blade.
So, wouldn't aggressively scraping a metal surface with a skate's blade damage it? Even just a little?
I would never, never , do that with my skates. No matter how offensive the graffiti was.
Okay, on to the actual review. I wanted to like this book. I had high hopes for Keily after reading [b:All American Boys|25657130|All American Boys|Jason Reynolds|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1444506678l/25657130._SX50_.jpg|45479026]
But I just didn't. It felt like he tried too hard to get his points across. I'm all for gender equality and bringing assault and r*pe to light, but this book just didn't do it for me. It felt very forced and the characters were unlikable and flat.
Good concept, not-so-great execution.