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2.86 AVERAGE
2.86 AVERAGE
you would never know the full story except if you read to the last page but if their is one thing I would change in the book it would definitely be when she left to Colorado cause it kind of really ruined the plot and made me loose interest at that point I really had to force myself to keep up with that part . As an overall , good book but based on people reviews on Amazon I expected better .
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I’ve never read a book where I wasn’t sure where the story was going. I mean, there are always plot twists but I can usually tell where the author wants to go. There was no clear direction in this book, the story felt unreal. Her protagonist was very privileged and everything seemed to fall into her lap.
I didn’t like how mental health was dealt in this book. Anxiety and panic attacks aren’t something that can be dealt with rubber bands... and love isn’t the cure, either. We might be able to find people who we connect with and love us through it all, but they aren’t going to save us from anxiety.
Granted, she had some time to herself to work through her problems but she practically had to run away from her life to another country in order to do so.
I kept reading to find out what would happen to her once she confessed the lie that started it all. The person she confessed it to, was someone who also had something at stake, so, did she really work through it? And could she tell me how she miraculously got rid of her anxiety? That’s something I would like to apply in my own life.
It’s a bit scary to think that teenagers could read this book and think that everything is handed to them on a silver platter. I also think it could be prejudicial for them to think that anxiety is no big deal. Once your life is sorted or you find someone who understands you, that it will all mysteriously go away.
I didn’t like how mental health was dealt in this book. Anxiety and panic attacks aren’t something that can be dealt with rubber bands... and love isn’t the cure, either. We might be able to find people who we connect with and love us through it all, but they aren’t going to save us from anxiety.
Granted, she had some time to herself to work through her problems but she practically had to run away from her life to another country in order to do so.
I kept reading to find out what would happen to her once she confessed the lie that started it all. The person she confessed it to, was someone who also had something at stake, so, did she really work through it? And could she tell me how she miraculously got rid of her anxiety? That’s something I would like to apply in my own life.
It’s a bit scary to think that teenagers could read this book and think that everything is handed to them on a silver platter. I also think it could be prejudicial for them to think that anxiety is no big deal. Once your life is sorted or you find someone who understands you, that it will all mysteriously go away.
Before I read this book I did read someone’s review of this book and it kind of made me have a bit of a low expectation going into it. But honestly now I can affirmably say that I did not enjoy this book, at all. I’ll just first quickly mention the dialogue. This book contained a lot of dialogue, which isn’t the problem, but the way the characters were speaking with one another just came across strange and unnatural which rendered my feelings right from the get go. There were some pieces of dialogue that were actually okay. Next were the characters, I did not feel any emotional attachment or care for any of them sadly. I agree with the persons review I read where they mentioned that some of the side characters were just used to further the plot, and seemed to be forgotten at times. The main characters really annoyed me how Rad and Audrey could just cheat. I mean they’d have some dialogue where they would pause and say something like, ‘“Rad...” I said softly. “Hey I think we should stop.”’. But from my perspective this was just added to create this sense that the characters aren’t horrible people because they realize they’re actions, but it then skips to them continuing with what they were doing. This happened a lot where Audrey would say something along the lines of ‘no I can’t do that’ to her doing it moments later, it was infuriating for me to read. Another aspect I personally didn’t enjoy was the ending of the book. I thought that the way they handled Rad’s disgusting actions that Audrey would make the right decision and you know BACK AWAY. I’m sorry but just because you love someone doesn’t mean you should disregard such heinous actions. Also the mental health in this book I found wasn’t handled the best. I didn’t completely understand what Audrey was feeling and thought that the book could have really delved further into that. Lastly I just want to talk about the whole death of Ana. Going into this book I thought that it would play a much larger or vital role in the book, but I didn’t really like how it was used. It never seemed to really affect the characters that much, apart from Candella.
Tried to like the book but I couldn’t. There were so many unnecessary adjectives and the characters are not at all well-written.
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Sad Girls is an immediate favourite of mine - from the first chapter I adored it. Which surprised me - I've read her poetry collections and never really connected/understood them in the same way I do other poets. Sad Girls, on the other hand, I adore and completely connected with - I completely understood the characters and emotions of the book and it made me remember how it felt to read when I was a kid: completely fascinating and all-encompassing.
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Murder
Well what can I say, it's something you have to prepare yourself from especially if you are looking for good piece of writing. The amount of similes in this book is beyond and sometimes I could not understand it in the same sentence. Also, not even in the half of the book but i can already tell the ending.
This was kind of a mess... I had many issues with this book, it all started with the first 'huge secret/reveal/plot twist', it's so bad, I still can't imagine how someone would do that and why?
Then it gets a million times worse, the love interest is presented and we have a serious case of emotional cheating and then physical cheating too. I could understand what she meant when she said it was hard for her to break-up with her longtime, since-childhood boyfriend, but still it took her so long. I hated how the only characters who seemed to have depth were Audrey and Rad and the others were one dimensional, even though at some point I would have preferred to read about anyone else.
I would have liked this book a lot more if it didn't feel like it's trying to soften its characthers' mistakes, like I could do just well with a morally grey character that admits to it. But Audrey feels sorry for herself all the time and is whiny about it and likes to think that she's better than anyone else and just ugh.
The only characters I liked were Lucy and Freddy and as expected they didn't end up well. This book was totally not for me. Just too problematic.
Spoiler
Audrey, the protagonist, starts telling us all about a lie that she had told her friends, a lie she had never expected to blow up or impact anyone's life. Actually, she imagined she would be able to tell her friends years from then that it was all a lie. Nothing real. And that lie was that a girl they all knew, Ana, was having sex with her father. Yap, you read that clearly enough. How can you believe that saying such a lie would impact no one?Then it gets a million times worse, the love interest is presented and we have a serious case of emotional cheating and then physical cheating too. I could understand what she meant when she said it was hard for her to break-up with her longtime, since-childhood boyfriend, but still it took her so long.
Spoiler
Also, her love interest is the ex-boyfriend of the girl who commited suicide because of the lie she told. And she has little to no guilt when it comes to it.I would have liked this book a lot more if it didn't feel like it's trying to soften its characthers' mistakes, like I could do just well with a morally grey character that admits to it. But Audrey feels sorry for herself all the time and is whiny about it and likes to think that she's better than anyone else and just ugh.
Spoiler
Also, her boyfriend, Rad (ex-boyfriend of Ana, the 'dead girl') killed Ana by accident and then staged a suicide. He was forgiven by Audrey, however, and they ended up together, being the power couple, yikes.The only characters I liked were Lucy and Freddy and as expected they didn't end up well. This book was totally not for me. Just too problematic.