We Could Be So Good

I came here for the vibes, and I really enjoyed my time with this book. It does a fairly good job in capturing the feel of the time period it’s set in, and it’s as cozy as a queer romance set in the late fifties can reasonably be. I feel like I may be in the minority for connecting more with Nick than with Andy, but I liked both characters and the chemistry between them was sweet.

I did feel like there were a few pacing issues — it dragged a bit for me towards the middle, and I felt like we could have spent a little more time with Nick’s writing or the community he was finding at work. But on the whole I really enjoyed the historical details and felt it wrapped up better than I was expecting in the space leftover. I also loved the sense that these are just two people but they can contribute to dragging the world in a little bit brighter a future no matter its kicking and screaming.

4.25 ★

this was just SO good, i really loved it! it's always a gamble when reading about queer stories in the past while being historically accurate because if it was simply another world it's fine, but setting these stories in real life and what actually happened back then it's so much harder and i'm glad this book does it so well

andy is everything to me, i loved most of the characters, but he really is my favourite out of all. the way he thinks and how he approaches everything is amazing and i'm glad to see someone like him in a story like this one