Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones

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Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones by Ngozi Ukazu

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I didn't like this nearly as much as I liked the first two volumes. It tried to cram way way too much into it. Also I was much more bothered by the fact that Jack looks 40 and Bittle looks 12 than I was in the first book. I know they are only a few years apart but appearance wise you couldn't tell it.

But my issue with this as I said above, there's too much jammed in. We have the last two years Bittle has at college. Jack's first two years as a pro hockey player. The graduation of half of his friends. Coming out to his conservative southern family. Coming out as a pro athlete. Bittle being the head of the team in his senior year. And then on top of that was jammed in a championship season for Jack (which felt tacked on with not much emotional response to it).

I wish they would have trimmed off the championship thing at the very least. We didn't need that. We also didn't need the influx of new guys with their issues. It made everything feel scattered. The story wanted to sprawl everywhere. It's still sweet and Bittle is nothing but kindness, a total cinnamon roll. I just wish the story was tighter.



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