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A review by mrsjkamp
A Need So Beautiful by Suzanne Young
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2.5 stars
There wasn't much about this book that actually appealed to me. It didn't help that the narrator mispronounced words and changed her pronunciation of names throughout the book. And her "British accent" was terrible. She had such a child-like voice that I couldn't believe the story was coming from a high school girl. I wasn't fond of this narrator, at all.
I didn't ever really feel sorry for Charlotte. I couldn't relate to her. She makes people's lives better and she hates it. She's obsessed with her boyfriend and their relationship but she can't tell him the truth. He's a high school drop out who doesn't have a stable home. Her friend - I can't even remember her name.. Sarah, I think - is a stuck up rich girl. Charlotte gets his by a car and when she FINALLY calls (even after she says she talked to people and found out the story..) she's complaining because Charlotte isn't at school to help her with some douche bag boy she has a crush on. Charlotte has no parents, but she has a foster/adopted mom, a gay foster brother, and a new, hard-attitude foster sister. The gay brother was the only appealing thing in that set. Then there's the creepy weirdo doctor.
Not even the whole "need" thing made me want to finish this book. Somehow I did, and soon I won't remember a thing about it. I usually don't like to write reviews like this, but everyone else gushes about this book. I didn't find it all that great. Oh well.
2.5 stars
There wasn't much about this book that actually appealed to me. It didn't help that the narrator mispronounced words and changed her pronunciation of names throughout the book. And her "British accent" was terrible. She had such a child-like voice that I couldn't believe the story was coming from a high school girl. I wasn't fond of this narrator, at all.
I didn't ever really feel sorry for Charlotte. I couldn't relate to her. She makes people's lives better and she hates it. She's obsessed with her boyfriend and their relationship but she can't tell him the truth. He's a high school drop out who doesn't have a stable home. Her friend - I can't even remember her name.. Sarah, I think - is a stuck up rich girl. Charlotte gets his by a car and when she FINALLY calls (even after she says she talked to people and found out the story..) she's complaining because Charlotte isn't at school to help her with some douche bag boy she has a crush on. Charlotte has no parents, but she has a foster/adopted mom, a gay foster brother, and a new, hard-attitude foster sister. The gay brother was the only appealing thing in that set. Then there's the creepy weirdo doctor.
Not even the whole "need" thing made me want to finish this book. Somehow I did, and soon I won't remember a thing about it. I usually don't like to write reviews like this, but everyone else gushes about this book. I didn't find it all that great. Oh well.