Golden Boys

3,5☆

Took me forever to get through this. The swiftly shifting POV between characters that sounded exactly the same kept me losing concentration. I was constantly trying to figure out which one's which... So read this when you have the time and the mental space to really focus.

Damn this book was so boring. I got no character from any of these characters, possibly because of the fact that four protagonists in one book is way too many, but frankly, having read As Far As You'll Take Me by Phil Stamper, I just don't like the way he writes his characters. They have no personality. I was never invested in anyone's stories. My version of the cover features all four characters drawn on it, and by the end of the book I was still unable to tell who was who. (I'm thinking left to right: Heath, Reese, Gabe, Sal) I wasn't interested in Sal's breakdown or Gabe's anxiety or Heath's love confession or Reese's frustration about his criticism. (That was, like, his whole story. Just being sad about his designs being criticised. Followed by all the stuff with Heath.)
This book was bland and boring and I'm not going to read any more Phil Stamper books coz I've already read two and I didn't like either of them!

(Was that a reference to Marty from AFAYTM on Reese's London holiday?)