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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
I have such mixed feelings about this book.
When I first saw it in Barnes N Nobles, the concept behind it really fascinated me. However, I picked it up and put it back down SO many times because it was so hard for me to get into. The author's style of writing confused me at times, with the really long, run-on sentences... Nonetheless, the plot and story hit me in the feels, and right now I'm feeling very angry at a boyfriend I never had.
When I first saw it in Barnes N Nobles, the concept behind it really fascinated me. However, I picked it up and put it back down SO many times because it was so hard for me to get into. The author's style of writing confused me at times, with the really long, run-on sentences... Nonetheless, the plot and story hit me in the feels, and right now I'm feeling very angry at a boyfriend I never had.
DNF 30%
Did not like the writing style. Did not like the characters. Did not like anything really about this book. The premise seemed cool, but it was not carried out well.
I had to force myself to get to 30% thinking that I would like it better after reading more. It did not improve in the slightest.
Did not like the writing style. Did not like the characters. Did not like anything really about this book. The premise seemed cool, but it was not carried out well.
I had to force myself to get to 30% thinking that I would like it better after reading more. It did not improve in the slightest.
This book grew on me. At first I thought it was kind of too clever, if that makes sense, but it ended up being quite powerful. Handler's characters all kind of sound the same, and they are way too sophisticated to be even smart teenagers, but their self-involved and single-minded passion rings true. He could stand to use a few more periods in place of commas, as the run-ons get exhausting, but then again, isn't that what it's like to be a teenager in love? Everything is a run-on. Also: the author reviews on the back are the best part. Writes Brian Selznick, author of THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET, "I knew I had to break up with Ann Rosenberg after she chose a teal dress for the prom. I had never heard of teal. Also, I was gay."
Stars: 3.5/5
Here's my review: http://thebookbanner.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-we-broke-up.html
Here's my review: http://thebookbanner.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-we-broke-up.html
after a bit of a trouble getting into it, hello multi-page paragraphs! it really rolled along nicely and I liked the narrator's voice. I may just be a lazy reader, but I had trouble with the dialogue, keeping track of the alternating who was who. I would have given it 3 stars, but the ending won me over.
I loved the premise of this novel. Absolutely loved it! I thought it was genius. I mean, didn’t everyone make one of those boxes full of all those obscure items from your relationship that don’t really many anything to anyone but you. I know I’ve burned a few of those. What can I say? I’ve had some bad break-ups. I think I was so excited about the premise of this novel that once I was done reading I felt very underwhelmed.
The only reason I kept reading is because I wanted to see why they broke up. And it was exactly the reason I thought it was going to be. I should have just skipped ahead and saved myself hours of reading.
The entire novel Min is making references to these old movies. Normally I am down with that sort of thing, but this got to the point where it was just down right annoying. Everything that happened started with “it’s like when blah blah old movie reference inserted here” and throughout the novel I wondered why I’d never heard of any of these old movies and it’s because the author made them all up. It could have been genius, but it just wasn’t.
The novel was very well written, but Min definitely didn’t seem like a 16 year girl.
If I had to describe Why We Broke Up in word word it would be: awkward. I couldn’t tell if it was meant to be satire of a teen relationship or not. What was the reason these two were together in the first place? Perhaps I just wasn’t intellectual enough to “get” this one.
On another note, I short of wished I would have had a finished copy just to see the finished artwork. From what I could get from the incomplete arc, that part would have been fabulous!
The only reason I kept reading is because I wanted to see why they broke up. And it was exactly the reason I thought it was going to be. I should have just skipped ahead and saved myself hours of reading.
The entire novel Min is making references to these old movies. Normally I am down with that sort of thing, but this got to the point where it was just down right annoying. Everything that happened started with “it’s like when blah blah old movie reference inserted here” and throughout the novel I wondered why I’d never heard of any of these old movies and it’s because the author made them all up. It could have been genius, but it just wasn’t.
The novel was very well written, but Min definitely didn’t seem like a 16 year girl.
If I had to describe Why We Broke Up in word word it would be: awkward. I couldn’t tell if it was meant to be satire of a teen relationship or not. What was the reason these two were together in the first place? Perhaps I just wasn’t intellectual enough to “get” this one.
On another note, I short of wished I would have had a finished copy just to see the finished artwork. From what I could get from the incomplete arc, that part would have been fabulous!
You guyyyyyyyyyyys.
I love this book so hard. I love Min so much. I even like Ed, stupid, foolish Ed, who is too young to understand why Min is writing that letter. I love this story because I've written letters like that, catalogs of everything that went right when you're trying to understand what went wrong. I love this book because of the language Min uses to describe that brief relationship and all it meant to her, the run on sentences and vivid details and allusions to movies as if her life were a giant cinema.
And I had that moment on the train yesterday, when you are reading the part of the novel where everything shifts and becomes clear, and you realize the real reason why they broke up, and you think about just missing your stop and being late to your new job because who are you to leave Min just yet, as she writes those words (that final note to Ed, the truth of what happened to him after, what you wondered as you read those last pages, interjected so briefly, so heartbreakingly you just sort of sigh-sob to yourself).
I just love this book and want to hug Min and watch movies with her while drinking that fizzy drink she and Al hadn't had a chance to name yet.
Also, I am mildly ashamed to say that I thought Lemony Snicket was ghost-written by a lady and not the fabulous Daniel Handler because apparently I live under a rock under a bridge on an island with no cell service. I had the opportunity to listen to him talk at BEA while waiting on line for Jay Asher's new book and I really can't wait to see what else he brings to the YA table.
I love this book so hard. I love Min so much. I even like Ed, stupid, foolish Ed, who is too young to understand why Min is writing that letter. I love this story because I've written letters like that, catalogs of everything that went right when you're trying to understand what went wrong. I love this book because of the language Min uses to describe that brief relationship and all it meant to her, the run on sentences and vivid details and allusions to movies as if her life were a giant cinema.
And I had that moment on the train yesterday, when you are reading the part of the novel where everything shifts and becomes clear, and you realize the real reason why they broke up, and you think about just missing your stop and being late to your new job because who are you to leave Min just yet, as she writes those words (that final note to Ed, the truth of what happened to him after, what you wondered as you read those last pages, interjected so briefly, so heartbreakingly you just sort of sigh-sob to yourself).
I just love this book and want to hug Min and watch movies with her while drinking that fizzy drink she and Al hadn't had a chance to name yet.
Also, I am mildly ashamed to say that I thought Lemony Snicket was ghost-written by a lady and not the fabulous Daniel Handler because apparently I live under a rock under a bridge on an island with no cell service. I had the opportunity to listen to him talk at BEA while waiting on line for Jay Asher's new book and I really can't wait to see what else he brings to the YA table.