Reviews

In Case You Missed It by Sarah Darer Littman

sariberri11's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

missgrangerr's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

So disappointing. I am a huge fan of Want to Go Private? and I read this and could not believe it was the same author. This character was very self involved to even consider what was actually happening, and only cared about herself. She alienates her family and friends throughout the book, and not because she is dealing with the hack, but because she is selfish. She was intolerable, and ruined the book.

courtlynlloyd's review against another edition

2.0

This just wasn’t realistic to teenagers and I couldn’t find myself connecting with any of the characters really. I do hope Sammy’s mom ends up being okay though!

thebookishlibrarian's review against another edition

Seventeen-year-old Sammy Wallach plans to sneak to the city to see her favorite band in concert. She has been practicing for this since forever, and has everything under control. That is until the bank her father works for is hacked and everything is stolen from their family’s private cloud. Sammy’s entire digital life is out in the open! All the sensitive things she wrote about her friends get leaked, and now they’re out to get her. Plus, all the lies she told in order to sneak out to the concert get uncovered too. Will life ever be the same?

giadac's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

joygirl4's review against another edition

I wasn’t enjoying the writing style and the character was annoying me as was the setting. It could be interesting but also doesn’t seem to be getting to the point. 

joyolival's review against another edition

3.0

The book is a quick and easy read if you're looking for something less complicated. It deals with heavy subjects like grief, illness, sexism, racism, and secrets, but I never felt preached at when reading it. Instead, I felt like I could relate to Sammy's struggles when her online life was revealed. Overall, it's an easy and enjoyable read.

tjlcody's review against another edition

1.0

No. No, no, no.

I am 150 pages into this book, and I can tell: We've had a Discussion About Racism, a Discussion About Xenophobia, a Discussion About Sexism (including a nod to the wage gap, and you don't want to hear my rant about the wage gap and how it DOESN'T FUCKING EXIST no matter how hard SOME PEOPLE TRY TO PUSH IT AS TRUTH), a lot of these with possibly the most idiotic set-up, designed so that we could have these Discussions in the first place. It was all smack-you-in-the-face, not-an-ounce-of-subtlety-to-be-found, painfully ham-handed in its execution.

If this trend continues, I'm thinking we're gonna see... a Discussion on Classissm, and probably a defense of the sort of degenerates that would post a teenage girl's diary on the internet as part of their- *ahem*- activism.

We're done here. I don't like not finishing a book, but I'm also not going to subject myself to the rest of one big, long, cringey preach-fest with an irritating lead-character.

amydederich's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism

sacx1504's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75