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A review by lizzina
Jackpot by Nic Stone
2.0
I have to say that part of my disappointment comes from the suggestion of Goodreads to read this if I liked "The hate you give". Forget this, as the books have nothing to do with each other, except they are set in the US maybe. Once I got over this though, I found too many bits and pieces that did not make much sense. Rico is poor, she repeats it in the book so many times that it becomes redundant. She has no friends because she thinks she is too poor to have any, she is so engorged in the "poor girl" part that she doesn't even notice there are other people like her, especially one living in her block (who Rico avoids basically because she is blond). Sometimes, anyway, the "poor me" is alternated by the "ugly me", a thing she actually is not. Not at all. And I would take it as she is a teenager and we tend to see ourselves ugly at that stage, except in everything else she does, she has the attitude of a 40 years old deluded by life. Despite not having friends, she can drag the richest boy of her school out of the canteen without a blink and they basically become BFF in one hour.
Zan is the "I am rich but I'd like to be poor" type, another 18 years old acting like 40, blurting here ant there some ancient English, flirting like it was his job. The family description at the wedding and at the dinner was so stereotypical that it made me cringe (and I know a lot about stereotypes, being an Italian living abroad).
Rico's mother is a completed messed up character. Basically, she is the teenager.
The story could have been used to depict the mechanisms of the medical and school system, especially to those not living in the US. Unfortunately, the two subjects are only running in the background.
Two stars because I liked the style and at least the book was easy to read. I will definitely try something else by the author for this reason.
Zan is the "I am rich but I'd like to be poor" type, another 18 years old acting like 40, blurting here ant there some ancient English, flirting like it was his job. The family description at the wedding and at the dinner was so stereotypical that it made me cringe (and I know a lot about stereotypes, being an Italian living abroad).
Rico's mother is a completed messed up character. Basically, she is the teenager.
The story could have been used to depict the mechanisms of the medical and school system, especially to those not living in the US. Unfortunately, the two subjects are only running in the background.
Spoiler
I have read it is a story about making choices for ourselves, but in this instance, the only choice that could be a life-changer was winning the lottery.Two stars because I liked the style and at least the book was easy to read. I will definitely try something else by the author for this reason.