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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
fast-paced
This was a fun bit of YA - I loved the concept of the "main character" story summaries at the start of the chapters, and then the realisation that our leads didn't even know who half of them were.
It was a fun story and a nice message and moral at the end too.
It was a fun story and a nice message and moral at the end too.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was such a fun concept for a story, and it is so beautifully and lovingly told.
I like the concept of a world where the supernatural and crazy things happen, but that not everyone is really a part of that. Like the classic Zeppo episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the focus is not on the ones who are battling evil and saving the world, but the rest of the kids who are just trying to survive high school. Ultimately, it wasn't fully satisfying--the characters didn't catch my interest as much as I would have liked.
hopeful
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A nice story about growing up, illustrating how mundane daily struggles are as captivating as the big ones.
I really liked this view of the “chosen one” trope and how the book deals with mental disorders up until the end. To be honest I hated the romance in here and I found it unrealistic how they chose to keep their mental disorders because “it’s part of who they are”
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
First of all Mike deff liked Jared
Second of all Henna never liked Him
Third of all everyone was leading everyone on
Fourth of all jared is literally an indie kid
Fifth of all Henna lead mickey on then said: we just friends
Sixth of all what are even indie kids
Seventh of all i prefer the indie kids
Eighth of all everyone treated everyone like shit it don’t even made sense
Ninth of all NESS REALLY TRIED TO DO A TPOBAW KINDA BOOK BUT THIS IS SHIT
Tenth of all it was really not that shit but this was not good either
2.86/5
Second of all Henna never liked Him
Third of all everyone was leading everyone on
Fourth of all jared is literally an indie kid
Fifth of all Henna lead mickey on then said: we just friends
Sixth of all what are even indie kids
Seventh of all i prefer the indie kids
Eighth of all everyone treated everyone like shit it don’t even made sense
Ninth of all NESS REALLY TRIED TO DO A TPOBAW KINDA BOOK BUT THIS IS SHIT
Tenth of all it was really not that shit but this was not good either
2.86/5
I’ve enjoyed this author before, saw this available in the library app. Started & then got distracted by holds that came in. Totally my mood and my book expired as I was reading other things. Not the right time.
There needs to be more books like this out in the world. Not only is it extremely clever at poking at what is popular in YA lately but it also does an excellent job at describing mental illness. I practically devoured the book in one day, something I haven't done in a very long time. Which isn't to say that the plot itself was one of those edge-of-your-seat kinds, but it had such a great sense of humor that I couldn't help but keep going.
First I want to talk about the book poking at what's popular in YA. How the main characters are on the outskirts of all the supernatural strangeness, experiencing it but not directly affected by it. How they reacted to the strangeness around them, how they felt about it and talked about it. As I said, it's clever and funny, but it's also great commentary. I especially loved how each chapter began with a summary of what the "indies" were doing, while the chapter itself focused on the outsiders and how most of the time there was no correlation.
I suspect that my own love of psychology did a lot in appreciating what the author did with mental illness. But I hope that others can appreciate it just as much, because it was a very powerful message. I've never experienced OCD personally but I felt like it was described perfectly. The anxieties, the need to do things in a certain order and never feeling it was "right", needing to do it for fear of something bad happening... The scene where the psychiatrist was assuring Mike was so, so good and so, so necessary. I admit for a moment I was worried it would be fixed by a deus ex machina (almost literally) but in the end the main character chose for himself, which was even more amazing.
So yeah, this book was great. It's a must-read for teens and I think even adults will enjoy it. Embrace being "ordinary"!
First I want to talk about the book poking at what's popular in YA. How the main characters are on the outskirts of all the supernatural strangeness, experiencing it but not directly affected by it. How they reacted to the strangeness around them, how they felt about it and talked about it. As I said, it's clever and funny, but it's also great commentary. I especially loved how each chapter began with a summary of what the "indies" were doing, while the chapter itself focused on the outsiders and how most of the time there was no correlation.
I suspect that my own love of psychology did a lot in appreciating what the author did with mental illness. But I hope that others can appreciate it just as much, because it was a very powerful message. I've never experienced OCD personally but I felt like it was described perfectly. The anxieties, the need to do things in a certain order and never feeling it was "right", needing to do it for fear of something bad happening... The scene where the psychiatrist was assuring Mike was so, so good and so, so necessary. I admit for a moment I was worried it would be fixed by a deus ex machina (almost literally) but in the end the main character chose for himself, which was even more amazing.
So yeah, this book was great. It's a must-read for teens and I think even adults will enjoy it. Embrace being "ordinary"!
John Green had a positive review about this writer, so I took a chance. - I'll admit I was confused at the beginning, but that confusion passed and I enjoyed this book entirely, it was funny, heartwarming and very original