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3.26 AVERAGE
3.26 AVERAGE
(My review disappeared for some reason so here it is again)
First of all: I don't give a shit about whether or not Zoe Sugg (aka Zoella) "deserved" to publish a book or not. There are several books out there that are published by celebrities just because they're famous and that's no different from Zoe's case so why the bitching? She co-authored (some say "ghost-wrote") the book and so what? Books are co-authored all the time and it's the reasonable way to go when you have an inexperienced writer like Zoe. I don't get why people are being so pissy about this when we have 722263236 books in our universe that are about/by Justin Bieber.
So she got published and you didn't. Get over it. Your bitching is not going to magically remove her books from the shelves. Unconventional authors are all over the place now and that's just how it's going to be.Is it that hard for y'all to judge books/authors based on their material?
And with that rant out of the way, I have to admit this book is not for me. Maybe if I was a middle school girl who still cared about popularity and boys and looks, then I'd relate to this more but I'm not so I didn't have a lot of connection with this.
There's also the fact that the characters, while realistic, are pretty bland. The storyline starts off slowly but takes a surprising turn (across the world into New York to be exact) and that's when things get interesting. The whole blog thing was nice to read about but nothing ground-breaking was made out of it. I enjoyed The Files of Madison Finn (which has the same idea going) series way more.
All I can say is that it was "okay". My 13-year-old cousin read this before me and she loved it but I was just "meh" about it so I guess your age and reading experience really makes a difference. That's probably why I can't bring myself to lower my rating to a 2 stars: this book will get so many little girls into reading and I appreciated that so much that its predictable plot didn't even tick me off. Eh. Sue me.
First of all: I don't give a shit about whether or not Zoe Sugg (aka Zoella) "deserved" to publish a book or not. There are several books out there that are published by celebrities just because they're famous and that's no different from Zoe's case so why the bitching? She co-authored (some say "ghost-wrote") the book and so what? Books are co-authored all the time and it's the reasonable way to go when you have an inexperienced writer like Zoe. I don't get why people are being so pissy about this when we have 722263236 books in our universe that are about/by Justin Bieber.
So she got published and you didn't. Get over it. Your bitching is not going to magically remove her books from the shelves. Unconventional authors are all over the place now and that's just how it's going to be.
And with that rant out of the way, I have to admit this book is not for me. Maybe if I was a middle school girl who still cared about popularity and boys and looks, then I'd relate to this more but I'm not so I didn't have a lot of connection with this.
There's also the fact that the characters, while realistic, are pretty bland. The storyline starts off slowly but takes a surprising turn (across the world into New York to be exact) and that's when things get interesting. The whole blog thing was nice to read about but nothing ground-breaking was made out of it. I enjoyed The Files of Madison Finn (which has the same idea going) series way more.
All I can say is that it was "okay". My 13-year-old cousin read this before me and she loved it but I was just "meh" about it so I guess your age and reading experience really makes a difference. That's probably why I can't bring myself to lower my rating to a 2 stars: this book will get so many little girls into reading and I appreciated that so much that its predictable plot didn't even tick me off. Eh. Sue me.
This is the first real-life YA book I've read in a long time and it was a really quick read for me. I liked that it deals with bullying (in its many forms), homosexuality (but only a little bit), and anxiety. The challenge is, it's a lot of heavy stuff that's sort of just barely touched on, but I like that the author realizes these are all something that matters to teens.
¡Me ha encantado! Tiene una historia muy dulce, divertida y tierna, pero no sólo eso, si no que nos demuestra desde un punto de vista ficticio, pero que puede ser real, esa arma de doble filo que es internet. Nadie habla de los comentarios negativos, nadie te dice cómo enfrentarte a los "dislike", y por sobre todo nadie de te dice que tu vida privada una vez que la compartes con el resto de las personas dejan de serlo.
El libro se ve que ha sido escrito por alguien que ha pasado por todo eso, en cada página sentía que estaba leyendo a Zoe, y eso me agradó mucho porque a pesar de que sea un libro "para chicas" como he leído en algunos comentarios, o que algunos digan que no ha sido escrito por ella creo que es una historia tremendamente real, obviamente no les hablo sobre viajar a USA y enamorarte de un chico como Noah, o sea si te ha pasado genial por ti, pero cuando digo todo eso me refiero a que Girl Online muestra lo malos y crueles que pueden llegar a ser las personas y cómo usan internet para humillar.
Definitivamente es un libro que pienso regalar... sólo espero que a esa persona le guste tanto como a mi.
Próximamente mi opinión en el canal :)
El libro se ve que ha sido escrito por alguien que ha pasado por todo eso, en cada página sentía que estaba leyendo a Zoe, y eso me agradó mucho porque a pesar de que sea un libro "para chicas" como he leído en algunos comentarios, o que algunos digan que no ha sido escrito por ella creo que es una historia tremendamente real, obviamente no les hablo sobre viajar a USA y enamorarte de un chico como Noah, o sea si te ha pasado genial por ti, pero cuando digo todo eso me refiero a que Girl Online muestra lo malos y crueles que pueden llegar a ser las personas y cómo usan internet para humillar.
Definitivamente es un libro que pienso regalar... sólo espero que a esa persona le guste tanto como a mi.
Próximamente mi opinión en el canal :)
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Just... gah. Can this be any more cliched? And do people really think like Penny does, or am I a strange person with weird thought patterns? Granted, her thoughts were more relatable as her online persona, but the thoughts she had as incidents occurred? Blah. Especially the first two acts of the book! The only reason this gets the second star was because the third act was 'eh' compared to the 'gah' I felt at the start. If I wasn't doing a readathon, I may have put this book down with the intention of finishing it, but never going back to it.
hopeful
inspiring
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
I did like the book and the story, but, it was freakishly predictable. It was everything from the small things, as Penny's best friend being a gay guy living next door to her, to the bigger things, as Penny being the clumsy girl who embarasses herself all the time, but then goes on a spontaneuos trip and meets the love of her life. Also, I feel like the main character, aka Penny, is way too much like Zoe herself, at least judging by the Zoe we "know". It may not necessarily have to be a bad thing but in some way it all increased the "predictable" feeling. But, as I said, I did like the story. It was the kind that makes you turn pages, just because of the coziness of the book.
I like the story and it's a good first book, but of course it doesn't beat the standard of a practiced author. I mean first and for most Zoe is a Youtuber not an author....