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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
by E. Lockhart
I don't really know how to review this. Because I liked it. But it also took foreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever for anything to happen. But there were a ton of moments that I highlighted because they were glorious. But a ton of the characters drove me up the wall. But it was fun. But it was SO SLOW.
So yeah. I LOVED Frankie sticking it to the patriarchy. But holy mackerel, the evil-genius-plans that we're told about in the first few pages of the book? Yeah, those don't start happening until like half way through the book. That's a LOT of build up. And then a lot of action crammed into a really short space of time. All the male characters - and, to be honest, a lot of the female characters - drove me up the wall and I kind of wanted to slap some sense into them.
I wanted to love it, I really did. But there was so much of it that was slow or infuriating that it just came out at liking it. Sigh.
So yeah. I LOVED Frankie sticking it to the patriarchy. But holy mackerel, the evil-genius-plans that we're told about in the first few pages of the book? Yeah, those don't start happening until like half way through the book. That's a LOT of build up. And then a lot of action crammed into a really short space of time. All the male characters - and, to be honest, a lot of the female characters - drove me up the wall and I kind of wanted to slap some sense into them.
I wanted to love it, I really did. But there was so much of it that was slow or infuriating that it just came out at liking it. Sigh.