Something Tragic
By Jessica Yeh
4.5/5
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When they met, it was not of their own accord. In fact, they never would have crossed paths if it wasn’t for the school project. They were juniors. Addison was the quiet, new girl. Having to move in with her uncles after the fire was one of the most difficult things she had ever endured. Tragic, really. Life always seemed to turn out that way for Addison.
When Addison first started at Parkville High, she knew exactly who Crisa Grayson was, even if Crisa didn’t know her. Crisa was the focus of hallway gossip, infamous for her wild parties and golden hair. On the surface, she seemed like the typical high school cliché. She was bubbly, fun-loving and sometimes even larger-than-life. But appearances can be deceiving, and Addison never expected to interact with the enigma, let alone fall in love with her.
Follow Addison Warren as she begins to unravel different layers of Crisa Grayson. Something Tragic is a coming of age, LGBT novel about self-discovery and finding love.
Jessica Yeh
As a little girl, Jessica Yeh had always found the best way to express her thoughts was through pencil and paper. Known to be the type of person to fall in love with hands and adventurous spirits, there are only two things she wanted to do: make love and make art. And when she found a way to combine them both into her passions, she never looked back. In 2014, Jessica attended the Pennsylvania State University, graduating as a Dean's List Scholar with a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising/Public Relations and minors in both Business and Labor/Employment Relations. In 2016, Jessica began the long journey of writing her debut novel, "Something Tragic." Shortly after completing the manuscript in 2017, she signed with Desert Palm Press. She continues to reside in Pennsylvania where she works as a digital marketing specialist. When she's not working, she spends her free time immersed in any and all creative outlets including drawing, painting, music, and more.
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Reviews for Something Tragic
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I don't normally cry over books. This one has me in floods. So well written.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Heart wrenching and beautiful. Incredibly well written. I really felt the emotions of these two women. Exceptional book!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is my second time reading this book. And to me, it didn’t feel too rushed. It was paced great for my taste. Some stuff was annoying, but doesn’t hurt the story. I think it’s a just a personality conflict. All in all this was hella cute. And I would read again. Teared up a little. Ending was perf!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wow! It was so good! And I loved the Authors Note as it was an inspiring and heartfelt message.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Incredible, simply incredible. A must read, this will pull at your heartstrings, remind you of the reality of love and heartbreak and leave you yearning for more.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This was such a beautiful story. I fell in love with the characters and felt their emotions along with them as they fell and triumphed—I was rooting for them the entire way. Highly recommended.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love this book but this app won’t let me read this anymore because I’ve read to too many times and this was my favorite book
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beautiful, heartwarming. I smiled and cried as I flipped the pages. Worth the read!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I really fell inlove with characters. It was lovely and until the end it made me excited on how they were going even I could predict what's going to happen. It is more than great. Thank you. May God bless you more! ❤️
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amazing, that’s all I can say. It was a whirlwind but a very good one.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Slowly paced at first but picks up towards the last third. Many excellent scenes and characters. A must read if you enjoy the genre.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/52.5 out of 5 stars for me. I can’t help but wonder how many people who consider this an example of a good queer YA book have actually *been* in high school in the past two decades. This book read like a very out of touch and surface-level depiction of actual teenagers today and what their experiences are. So many things struck me as painfully, awkwardly off. There’s nary a word of actual teenage slang to be found and very few settings or context related to activities today’s teens *actually* spend their time doing. One random kid at the lockers even used the word “whom” in the same sentence he was spreading yet another rumor about Crisa.
Whom. WHOM. Name a teenager on planet earth that uses the word WHOM.
Most importantly though, I just don’t understand why Crisa being Bi was supposed to have been such a huge deal to her peers. Her mom, sure. But her peers in a northeastern American public school in 2017? Doubtful. I’m not saying that homophobia ISN’T present at all among today’s youth; just that it’s not nearly as prevalent among Gen Z as it was before their time. The tortured experiences of older queers’ bygone youth are not necessarily theirs. And that’s a GOOD thing! I just think it’s important that fiction aimed at their generation acknowledges that, and delivers queer stories that meet them where they’re at.
Which leads right back around to the fact that, while well intentioned, this novel was clearly not penned nor meant for anyone close to the target audience. If you keep that in mind I guess it’s not too bad a read. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A beautifully bittersweet love story between two girls careening towards self-destruction. Both characters are frustrating in their own ways, anxious about necessary conversations and sharing their feelings, but feel like relatively authentic lovestruck teenagers. Their affection for each other basically seeps through the pages, and their romantic feelings in particular are written wonderfully, and really capture that sense of overpowering first true love, and how it feels when both parties know it can't last. My two main problems are the length of the will-they-won't-they first act, which dragged a little and had so many surprise interruptions in interactions that they began to feel forced, and one character acting diabolically for basically no reason. This romance is, ultimately, bittersweet; personally, I think Her Name In The Sky captures a bitter lesbian romance better, but this surpasses it in the sweet department.
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