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aneeqah's review against another edition
4.0
Ever since I met Jessica Brody at Austin Teen Book Festival last year, I’ve been a total fan of hers. She is just that awesome! So I was really excited when I saw her new book, even more excited when the fabulous Ms. B loaned it to me, and even more excited when I ended up enjoying this book. So, lots of excitement. I’m happy to say that 52 Reasons to Hate My Father was a book filled with fun, family, and cuteness.
My favorite aspect of this book has to be the family relationships that were present. Lexi’s dad isn’t exactly what you could call a family man, and nor is Lexi what you could call the perfect daughter. But over the course of the story, we get to see the interactions between father and daughter, and how they change, because of what they learn. It’s something truly beautiful. I particularly love reading about family relationships, and think it’s something we don’t get to see too much of in YA. The family relationship in this book is not only very present and a big part of the story, but well done too.
Lexi was a fun character to read about, and it was definitely interesting, to say the least, to read from her POV. She starts out as a typical spoiled brat, but we get to journey with her through her character development. It was very well done, and very subtle as well, which is hard to achieve sometimes. The other characters in the book also had some personality, especially Luke, which made the story even better.
However, there were some things that just seemed a bit too unrealistic. I won’t say anything more in fear of spoilers, but there were some occurrences that made me say “How could that even happen?”. This didn’t bother me too much though, but it was something that nagged me at the back of my head occasionally while I was reading.
Overall, I’m so happy to say that I enjoyed reading 52 Reasons to Hate My Father. There were some great family relationships, and a great crew of characters, including our main character Lexi. Even though there were some things that seemed unlikely, I have to say, I would definitely recommend this to contemporary fans. If you’re looking for something fun, with a touch of depth, then this is the book for you!
My favorite aspect of this book has to be the family relationships that were present. Lexi’s dad isn’t exactly what you could call a family man, and nor is Lexi what you could call the perfect daughter. But over the course of the story, we get to see the interactions between father and daughter, and how they change, because of what they learn. It’s something truly beautiful. I particularly love reading about family relationships, and think it’s something we don’t get to see too much of in YA. The family relationship in this book is not only very present and a big part of the story, but well done too.
Lexi was a fun character to read about, and it was definitely interesting, to say the least, to read from her POV. She starts out as a typical spoiled brat, but we get to journey with her through her character development. It was very well done, and very subtle as well, which is hard to achieve sometimes. The other characters in the book also had some personality, especially Luke, which made the story even better.
However, there were some things that just seemed a bit too unrealistic. I won’t say anything more in fear of spoilers, but there were some occurrences that made me say “How could that even happen?”. This didn’t bother me too much though, but it was something that nagged me at the back of my head occasionally while I was reading.
Overall, I’m so happy to say that I enjoyed reading 52 Reasons to Hate My Father. There were some great family relationships, and a great crew of characters, including our main character Lexi. Even though there were some things that seemed unlikely, I have to say, I would definitely recommend this to contemporary fans. If you’re looking for something fun, with a touch of depth, then this is the book for you!
shemyshines98's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book! It's funny, it's authentic and it's all around cool book to read. I recommend everyone to read it! You'll def get a good laugh out of it! <3
madisenmc's review against another edition
3.0
Fun read, little predictable but then again, it’s nice to have a brain break every now and again.
cjyu's review against another edition
4.0
I loved the part where Lexi completely rages on finding out that she isn't getting her trust fund, and the part where she goes to her butler "So do I look like a million bucks? Or 25 million bucks to be exact?"
trisha_thomas's review against another edition
4.0
What a cute cute book. I loved Lexi, even when she sucked. I loved all her drama, because you always knew that even though she sucked - she was coming from a place of a kid that wanted attention, even if it was bad attention.
I loved all her jobs, her status updates...all her snarky responses. I just thoroughly enjoyed this book!
I loved all her jobs, her status updates...all her snarky responses. I just thoroughly enjoyed this book!
whatanerdgirlsays's review against another edition
5.0
This review was originally posted on What A Nerd Girl Says
Honestly, I loved it. Like I said earlier, literally everything I’ve been reading lately has been sci-fi, paranormal, fantasy, dystopian and I’ve been really needing to read some contemporary lately. Badly. So this is beautiful and much needed. I read it in a matter of a couple of hours, and spent a lot of time laughing.
If you’re ever met Jessica Brody, you can definitely see her own voice in her novels. She makes me laugh, she’s silly, she’s kind of what I imagine myself as in the future, hopefully just going up and being silly and making people laugh.
Her stories have a lightness to them, while still having a great story with good lessons, and addressing real issues. In this novel, she addresses the idea of an absent parent and what kind of effect that has on a kid. She always addresses children born into luxury and what that does to them as well. While we’re watching Lexi struggle with her minimum wage jobs, in order to earn her trust fund, it can be easy for you to want to punch her in the face. Most people reading this book aren’t rolling around in thousands of dollars, able to do whatever they want, and buy whatever they want, whenever they want. I’m the girl who sits at home, watching her shows and working on her blog, while eating a nice bowl of spaghetti-os. So Lexi can be frustrating.
But I think that’s the point. Lexi is a frustrating person in the beginning of the novel. She’s wrapped in her luxurious lifestyle, and is so focused on her “poor me” attitude, due to her mother’s early death and her father’s barely there presence. She doesn’t really see past herself. But the more you get to know her, the more she grows on, and then the more she endears you. I loved Lexi. She had a wonderful sense of humor, and sure, she was a brat, but she learned from experience, the way we always do.
Plus, I just liked the idea of it too. The whole riches-to-rags thing is not a new thing; we’ve seen this story before. But her story was funny and unique and different. Her father forcing her to work a different labor intensive job each week was awesome. It was a chance for her not just to be in another person’s shoes, but in a ton of different shoes. Its a way for Lexi to learn much more about herself and about other people, and I think it was fun. Plus she didn’t lose her money, she just had to earn it, and I think that’s the beauty of the story. It started off as her desire to have her trust fund, but it takes on a life of its own as the story continues.
Plus, cute guys, come on. Luke is adorable, and he is so straight and moral and hard working and it reminds me of my boyfriend, who I had to smack a couple times in the past six years in order to have a little bit of fun. Luke and Lexi have influences on each other, and its so fun to watch their friendship unfold.
Honestly, I loved it. Like I said earlier, literally everything I’ve been reading lately has been sci-fi, paranormal, fantasy, dystopian and I’ve been really needing to read some contemporary lately. Badly. So this is beautiful and much needed. I read it in a matter of a couple of hours, and spent a lot of time laughing.
If you’re ever met Jessica Brody, you can definitely see her own voice in her novels. She makes me laugh, she’s silly, she’s kind of what I imagine myself as in the future, hopefully just going up and being silly and making people laugh.
Her stories have a lightness to them, while still having a great story with good lessons, and addressing real issues. In this novel, she addresses the idea of an absent parent and what kind of effect that has on a kid. She always addresses children born into luxury and what that does to them as well. While we’re watching Lexi struggle with her minimum wage jobs, in order to earn her trust fund, it can be easy for you to want to punch her in the face. Most people reading this book aren’t rolling around in thousands of dollars, able to do whatever they want, and buy whatever they want, whenever they want. I’m the girl who sits at home, watching her shows and working on her blog, while eating a nice bowl of spaghetti-os. So Lexi can be frustrating.
But I think that’s the point. Lexi is a frustrating person in the beginning of the novel. She’s wrapped in her luxurious lifestyle, and is so focused on her “poor me” attitude, due to her mother’s early death and her father’s barely there presence. She doesn’t really see past herself. But the more you get to know her, the more she grows on, and then the more she endears you. I loved Lexi. She had a wonderful sense of humor, and sure, she was a brat, but she learned from experience, the way we always do.
Plus, I just liked the idea of it too. The whole riches-to-rags thing is not a new thing; we’ve seen this story before. But her story was funny and unique and different. Her father forcing her to work a different labor intensive job each week was awesome. It was a chance for her not just to be in another person’s shoes, but in a ton of different shoes. Its a way for Lexi to learn much more about herself and about other people, and I think it was fun. Plus she didn’t lose her money, she just had to earn it, and I think that’s the beauty of the story. It started off as her desire to have her trust fund, but it takes on a life of its own as the story continues.
Plus, cute guys, come on. Luke is adorable, and he is so straight and moral and hard working and it reminds me of my boyfriend, who I had to smack a couple times in the past six years in order to have a little bit of fun. Luke and Lexi have influences on each other, and its so fun to watch their friendship unfold.
noura_rizk's review against another edition
3.0
I liked the idea of this book not for -the 52 reasons to hate my father idea-, but for working for 52 jobs. A New different job every week, yeah total fun :D. I liked this I even thought about doing something close to that -yeah dream on dream on- what will it feel like to discover yourself. It wasn't about trying a job every week to torture "Lexi" it's about finding herself, that's what I liked the most about this book this idea of discovering yourself and what you are capable of. Other than that, it wasn't something I really enjoyed, there were a whole paragraphs describing "Lexi's" feelings rather than talking to someone about them so I felt a little boredom.
actual rating 2.5
actual rating 2.5
dee_farbz's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. Lexington has great character development. There was a point where I was wondering why people weren't more sympathetic to the way her father treated her but it didn't really matter when it came down to it. She definitely worked past her issues and found the really amazing person she was underneath all the superficial.