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funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Thank you to Netgalley and ECW Press Audio for an alc of this book.
Alison is recruited to produce her school's play of Midsummer Night's Dream, and hopes that it will help her win her ultimate goal of becoming valedictorian. Along the way, basically everything that could go wrong does, and Alison will have to learn not to be so much of a perfectionist if she wants to keep her friends and her sanity.
This book was pretty cute and fairly interesting. There were definitely some funny parts that had me laughing, and I loved that the setting was a high school play. I didn't really like the main character because I felt like she was just...too much. What I mean by that is there wasn't a lot of subtlety in her personality and she basically was an overactive caricature of a straight-A student. This was also a problem I had with some of the other characters, who all kind of just felt like one thing, or a stereotype, and didn't really have fully-fledged personalities.
I definitely would have liked this more if it had more character development, but I liked the diversity and thought that some good lessons were learned!
Alison is recruited to produce her school's play of Midsummer Night's Dream, and hopes that it will help her win her ultimate goal of becoming valedictorian. Along the way, basically everything that could go wrong does, and Alison will have to learn not to be so much of a perfectionist if she wants to keep her friends and her sanity.
This book was pretty cute and fairly interesting. There were definitely some funny parts that had me laughing, and I loved that the setting was a high school play. I didn't really like the main character because I felt like she was just...too much. What I mean by that is there wasn't a lot of subtlety in her personality and she basically was an overactive caricature of a straight-A student. This was also a problem I had with some of the other characters, who all kind of just felt like one thing, or a stereotype, and didn't really have fully-fledged personalities.
I definitely would have liked this more if it had more character development, but I liked the diversity and thought that some good lessons were learned!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying and Homophobia
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