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heypretty52's review
2.0
So my lesson from this book is all these guys are assholes who treat Alison like shit and she finds it charming? And they keep calling her idiotic? That's pretty useless.
strawbself's review
2.0
i found this randomly at the library and it piqued my interest because of the art style.
it had a strong start. i was rooting for darren off the bat because everything the people around him expect him to be is unsubstantiated. he deserves a comeback. instead, mk throws in paul, like an afterthought. paul is fucking rude to alison for no goddamn reason and she accepts his treatment of her because she just dealt with an arsonist. both scenes where alison is alone in a car with first, darren, and last, paul, i expected the worst case scenarios because of my deep rooted fear of being alone in cars with strange boys. a niche fear apparently and entirely manifested by my shitty experiences with boys older than me while i was exactly alison's age. at one point in the story i found myself wondering why no one had actually stopped her, but their warnings sufficed and most lessons have to be learned the difficult way anyway.
i must admit it was more insightfully romantic than i expected, but closely walked the tightrope of manic pixie dream girl.
reminded me of life is strange (1 and 2).
in conclusion, nothing to write home about and not really my thing.
it had a strong start. i was rooting for darren off the bat because everything the people around him expect him to be is unsubstantiated. he deserves a comeback. instead, mk throws in paul, like an afterthought. paul is fucking rude to alison for no goddamn reason and she accepts his treatment of her because she just dealt with an arsonist. both scenes where alison is alone in a car with first, darren, and last, paul, i expected the worst case scenarios because of my deep rooted fear of being alone in cars with strange boys. a niche fear apparently and entirely manifested by my shitty experiences with boys older than me while i was exactly alison's age. at one point in the story i found myself wondering why no one had actually stopped her, but their warnings sufficed and most lessons have to be learned the difficult way anyway.
i must admit it was more insightfully romantic than i expected, but closely walked the tightrope of manic pixie dream girl.
reminded me of life is strange (1 and 2).
in conclusion, nothing to write home about and not really my thing.
garleighc's review
3.0
Not sure what the point of this was? Definitely perpetuated some casual misogyny. Just a heads up. But the artwork was good and the writing was all dialogue and pretty realistic.
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