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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
I adore this book. As an introvert I totally get Emmie!
Interesting read. Kinda like a diary of a wimpy kid for girls. We follow Emmie, shy quiet Emmie and Katie. Emmies parts have dull colours and Katie’s are bright and colourful. She is everything Emmie wishes she was. Emmie is quiet and likes Tyler but a note she wrote as a joke gets out and everyone starts making fun of her. Katie sticks up for her and eventually Emmie says she doesn’t need her help. Emmie talks to Tyler and evening another girl. We find out that Katie was actually made up by Emmie to say the things she couldn’t, be what she wasn’t etc. It did make sense because Katie’s parts were written almost like a comic book panel. By the end, it’s Emmies story that is colourful as Katie fades away. I really liked it but I found the way it was written kind of distracting at times, since there was so much writing but also so much graphic novel type stuff. Still 4/5
lighthearted
medium-paced
Okay I really enjoyed this children’s novel. It is half done in graphic novel style and the other half is written with some graphic picture. I really thought this book was well written and has a good story behind it.
I was really looking forward to this book, and I was so happy when my pre-order got delivered yesterday!
Thankfully, I have a mostly free day today, so I could read it.
It was really good, but it was also confusing. I had a suspicion about Katie, but after a while I wasn't sure if my suspicion was right. I was definitely interested in this girl, and I was hoping for her to become friends with Emmie.
For this thing mentioned in the spoiler, I am giving the book -0.5 stars.
Emmie was a great MC, I quite loved her, and girl, I know the feeling of writing a love note to your crush only to have it found out and then that everyone sees it, and people making fun of you for that note. Sadly, for me, that posting the note on a public place was done by my crush, and not like Emmie by some bully boy in her class. You can imagine how my crush ended. But I was quite surprised for how it ended up for Emmie.
Plus I also know the feeling of not knowing how to speak up, of being quiet, that you would rather hide in a place safe to you (for her it was drawing, but for me it was books and drawing). She really connected with me, and I loved that. She was just as awkward as I was back then. Changing clothes during gym? Urghhhh, I hated that, and I always took care to just be super-quick about it. Her favourite place is the library, and that was the same way for me! Strolling through the stacks looking for new books, enjoying the calm and quiet.
Unlike Emmie though my parents were always there for me. My mom was at home when I got home, my dad came home a bit later from work. So I felt sorry for Emmie, that her home situation wasn't always the best, and I just wanted to shake her parents. I can imagine you may want to work, or continue your life, but really, you shouldn't have had another baby then. Really, I just didn't like the parents. Emmie missed them quite a bit.
Emmie's best friend Bri? A bit too bossy for me. I hated how instead of being more supportive about the note, she instead just cared more about her own note, and she got quite pissed at Emmi for no reason. I also didn't really see how they matched. Well, in a way yes, at home when Emmi is more open, but at school? No. And again, bossiness is a no-no to me. This is your friend, not your dog. Thank you.
Katie's POV are done fully in comic style, while Emmie's is a mix of illustrations and text. I quite liked that contrast, plus the illustrations were really well done. I also liked that the POVs switched each chapter. You would have 1 Emmie chapter, and then the next is Katie, and so on.
All in all, a very cute, fun, realistic book to read. I really connected with Emmie. I would highly recommend this book to everyone!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
Thankfully, I have a mostly free day today, so I could read it.
It was really good, but it was also confusing. I had a suspicion about Katie, but after a while I wasn't sure if my suspicion was right. I was definitely interested in this girl, and I was hoping for her to become friends with Emmie.
Spoiler
And then it turns out she was just fake, an imaginary whatever made by Emmie. Again, I had my suspicions, but given that she seemed to have her own group of people, she liked Tyler, you could see Emmie in the background, and some other things as well, I was doubting my suspicions and I started seeing her as a real person. Plus you could even see Katie in the background during Emmie's POV, I thought she was real. So I am kind of confused, but mostly very sad. Again, I was hoping she would become friends with Emmie. They seemed to have a few things in common. Plus it would have been nice to see a popular girl sticking up for the not so popular silent girl. That doesn't happen often in stories like this.Emmie was a great MC, I quite loved her, and girl, I know the feeling of writing a love note to your crush only to have it found out and then that everyone sees it, and people making fun of you for that note. Sadly, for me, that posting the note on a public place was done by my crush, and not like Emmie by some bully boy in her class. You can imagine how my crush ended. But I was quite surprised for how it ended up for Emmie.
Plus I also know the feeling of not knowing how to speak up, of being quiet, that you would rather hide in a place safe to you (for her it was drawing, but for me it was books and drawing). She really connected with me, and I loved that. She was just as awkward as I was back then. Changing clothes during gym? Urghhhh, I hated that, and I always took care to just be super-quick about it. Her favourite place is the library, and that was the same way for me! Strolling through the stacks looking for new books, enjoying the calm and quiet.
Unlike Emmie though my parents were always there for me. My mom was at home when I got home, my dad came home a bit later from work. So I felt sorry for Emmie, that her home situation wasn't always the best, and I just wanted to shake her parents. I can imagine you may want to work, or continue your life, but really, you shouldn't have had another baby then. Really, I just didn't like the parents. Emmie missed them quite a bit.
Emmie's best friend Bri? A bit too bossy for me. I hated how instead of being more supportive about the note, she instead just cared more about her own note, and she got quite pissed at Emmi for no reason. I also didn't really see how they matched. Well, in a way yes, at home when Emmi is more open, but at school? No. And again, bossiness is a no-no to me. This is your friend, not your dog. Thank you.
Katie's POV are done fully in comic style, while Emmie's is a mix of illustrations and text. I quite liked that contrast, plus the illustrations were really well done. I also liked that the POVs switched each chapter. You would have 1 Emmie chapter, and then the next is Katie, and so on.
All in all, a very cute, fun, realistic book to read. I really connected with Emmie. I would highly recommend this book to everyone!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
fast-paced
A girl who is in middle school but still finding herself
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is for all of those Emmie's out there who feel invisible, this is the book for them.
DNF. I got halfway and nothing had even happened yet...so very boring. I’m wondering if I might be the wrong audience for this, but who knows.
challenging
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
One day in the life of Emmie, a quiet girl who needs to find her voice. (A 30-min read.)