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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
DNF like 70% in because I was confused the whole time. I think reading the physical copy maybe would have helped?
I really tried to like it, I may still try to read the physical copy someday, and then maybe I will update this review.
I really tried to like it, I may still try to read the physical copy someday, and then maybe I will update this review.
heard incredible things about this book- not quite sure what was off for me tbh. i finished quick as i wanted to know what happened but just felt very like main girl is just soooo traumatized
dark
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An enjoyable summer read, although ticked all the boxes for a parent's nightmare of situations your kids could find themselves in high school.
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence
Moderate: Sexual assault
You know that saying that a book should show and not tell?
Well this book only told. There were no parts of any character that were left for the reader to infer through action. Either their character trait was blatantly stated by the narrator TifAni, or it didn't exist at all. And usually the character traits just didn't exist at all. Most of the characters were one-dimensional cardboard cutouts of people, just there to do something to move the plot along or make a quippy one-liner. There were maybe four characters in the entire story with any depth at all, and even that was unsatisfying because they got no development. These characters stayed exactly the same for the entire story, which is almost impressive. None of the characters ever even had any backstory to give the reader a satisfactory explanation for any of their actions. No, you are left guessing at the motivations of every single person in this story except for the main character.
Which leads me to my next point. The book was repetitive. The first-person POV writing style was rambly and vapid, and I feel like at least half of the book was useless filler that didn't end up leading anywhere. Every other paragraph was TifAni talking about how little or how much she was eating, or mentioning the dress size she wore or how skinny she was. And if she wasn't passing judgement on her own body, she was judging someone else's, or judging someone by what designer bags they had or how even their spray tan was. And yes, I get that TifAni has a lot of issues, and the author wanted to show that, but god did it get annoying after a while. I wanted to like TifAni so badly, considering she was the only character who had any depth, but I just couldn't get myself to root for her.
TLDR; I don't know a single thing about any of the characters' backstories or personalities, but thank god I know exactly how much each of them weigh. 1 star.
Well this book only told. There were no parts of any character that were left for the reader to infer through action. Either their character trait was blatantly stated by the narrator TifAni, or it didn't exist at all. And usually the character traits just didn't exist at all. Most of the characters were one-dimensional cardboard cutouts of people, just there to do something to move the plot along or make a quippy one-liner. There were maybe four characters in the entire story with any depth at all, and even that was unsatisfying because they got no development. These characters stayed exactly the same for the entire story, which is almost impressive. None of the characters ever even had any backstory to give the reader a satisfactory explanation for any of their actions. No, you are left guessing at the motivations of every single person in this story except for the main character.
Which leads me to my next point. The book was repetitive. The first-person POV writing style was rambly and vapid, and I feel like at least half of the book was useless filler that didn't end up leading anywhere. Every other paragraph was TifAni talking about how little or how much she was eating, or mentioning the dress size she wore or how skinny she was. And if she wasn't passing judgement on her own body, she was judging someone else's, or judging someone by what designer bags they had or how even their spray tan was. And yes, I get that TifAni has a lot of issues, and the author wanted to show that, but god did it get annoying after a while. I wanted to like TifAni so badly, considering she was the only character who had any depth, but I just couldn't get myself to root for her.
TLDR; I don't know a single thing about any of the characters' backstories or personalities, but thank god I know exactly how much each of them weigh. 1 star.
Lots of familiar storylines but was entertaining and will be interesting to see how they make it into a movie.