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elothwen's review against another edition
2.0
Just too silly and unrealistic. I know it's YA; I hate YA. I read this for a book club I'm joining.
2. The "love triangle". Barf
3. Guys in high school don't act like that
4. Girls in high school do kind of act like that to be honest
5. i'M jUsT aS bAd As ThE ViLlIaN. No, you should expose her abortion. It's about being a hypocrite not about having the abortion itself.
6. The parents were such cardboard cutout nobodies omg. I liked the mom's miscarriage story at least
7. Girl gets haircut and takes braces off and becomes pretty aww <3
8. Epilogue about having sex...alright
9. The tweets SHUT UPPP so again, cartoonish and again, silly.
10. I probably have more to say but I guess I'll be discussing this on the 21st, so I'll leave it for then and whatever ideas the others' spark in my mind. I just don't think contemporary YA fiction is deep enough or well-written enough to warrant a legit review from me personally
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1. Of course Lydia Brookhurst had the abortion. Oh no a cartoonish Twitter warrior Republican Texan mayor is a hypocrite?! WhoagH!2. The "love triangle". Barf
3. Guys in high school don't act like that
4. Girls in high school do kind of act like that to be honest
5. i'M jUsT aS bAd As ThE ViLlIaN. No, you should expose her abortion. It's about being a hypocrite not about having the abortion itself.
6. The parents were such cardboard cutout nobodies omg. I liked the mom's miscarriage story at least
7. Girl gets haircut and takes braces off and becomes pretty aww <3
8. Epilogue about having sex...alright
9. The tweets SHUT UPPP so again, cartoonish and again, silly.
10. I probably have more to say but I guess I'll be discussing this on the 21st, so I'll leave it for then and whatever ideas the others' spark in my mind. I just don't think contemporary YA fiction is deep enough or well-written enough to warrant a legit review from me personally
afoxyone's review
5.0
Such a great book! It’s super informative and handles important topics with care and honesty. I also love how individual choices are handled with respect and it showed how damaging it can be to keep people in the dark about their own bodies.
emunahw's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
gggina13's review
4.0
Phoebe has a secret: she writes a sex education blog that's fairly popular and only gaining followers every day. She also has next to no sexual experience, so like, no one is ever gonna guess that she's the one behind the blog, right?
Hope not!! Because a local conservative politician found out that the blog's owner lives in their town, and she's on a mission to expose the blog owner and take them down!! So Phoebe has some pretttttty big opposition, which really just inspires her to be more present online.
She deals with romantic relationships, for basically the first time ever. She has to try and give advice to her friend in a relationship that's progressing sexually, without giving away her identity as the blog runner. She is on the school paper, and she has the editor emailing her blog email to try to interview "the blogger" (aka her) and she has to maneuver keeping journalism truthful and neutral. Her parents end up having to work sorta closely with the politician on something, and it causes not only discomfort between Phoebe and her parents, but also between her two parents, who don't quite see eye to eye on the issue.
This is a pretty timely novel, and it was also really fun. The stakes were very appropriate, the romance was cute, the friendship was important, the parent-child relationships were realistic...
There was a pretty significant lack of inclusivity not only within the characters, but also in the sex education that Phoebe shares. There is a part where she acknowledges that she never thought about how gay sex worked, and was embarrassed that she hadn't covered it but also that she didn't quite know enough about it to really help. So as a teen spreading information, it sort of makes sense that that certain information just wasn't as accessible to her.
Definitely a fun and important read, and I wouldn't have a problem recommending it to pretty much anybody.
Hope not!! Because a local conservative politician found out that the blog's owner lives in their town, and she's on a mission to expose the blog owner and take them down!! So Phoebe has some pretttttty big opposition, which really just inspires her to be more present online.
She deals with romantic relationships, for basically the first time ever. She has to try and give advice to her friend in a relationship that's progressing sexually, without giving away her identity as the blog runner. She is on the school paper, and she has the editor emailing her blog email to try to interview "the blogger" (aka her) and she has to maneuver keeping journalism truthful and neutral. Her parents end up having to work sorta closely with the politician on something, and it causes not only discomfort between Phoebe and her parents, but also between her two parents, who don't quite see eye to eye on the issue.
This is a pretty timely novel, and it was also really fun. The stakes were very appropriate, the romance was cute, the friendship was important, the parent-child relationships were realistic...
There was a pretty significant lack of inclusivity not only within the characters, but also in the sex education that Phoebe shares. There is a part where she acknowledges that she never thought about how gay sex worked, and was embarrassed that she hadn't covered it but also that she didn't quite know enough about it to really help. So as a teen spreading information, it sort of makes sense that that certain information just wasn't as accessible to her.
Definitely a fun and important read, and I wouldn't have a problem recommending it to pretty much anybody.
traceyteaches's review against another edition
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
lyonmir16's review
emotional
funny
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
gneumann's review
3.0
3.5* reading this book has made it clear that i have officially graduated from ya fiction. it was alright, very comprehensive and educational with a fun story and satisfying ending, but i wouldn’t read it again. the prose was alright, but juvenile—as expected for a ya novel. kudos to the author. not my fav—“alright” is the perfect word to describe this book
christinavarela's review
4.0
Audio book. Super quick. Overall, a good job of discussing sexuality and teenagers. Predictable? Yes, of course you know she’s going to be revealed. Two criticisms - first, it felt like the author was trying to throw in all the diversity she could think of, and it felt forced. Second, my criticism of the audio book is if you’re going to have Latino characters at least have a reader who can properly pronounce words in Spanish.