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A review by evarano
The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life by Dani Jansen
2.0
Alison is a perfectionist whose goal has always been to be the valedictorian of her graduating class. The easiest way she believes she'll accomplish this (on top of already having amazing grades and extracurriculars) is to assist in directing the school's play, Shakespeare. Alison quickly realizes that the teacher involved, really isn't involved, and everything is up to her. With her best friends and her sister by her side, Alison begins the adventure of the play, all while keeping an eye on her crush Charlotte, throughout.
This book has the absolute cutest cover, ever. Unfortunately, the cover is the best part of the book. I'd rate this a 2. I did finish it, but mostly skimmed, it's an extremely easy read. However, it's very young, all of the "problems" solely revolve around relationships. I appreciate the representation of the gay community, however, it seemed weirdly peppered throughout, rather than a main storyline, even though it seemed as though this book was written for that to be a main storyline. The teachers in this book are absolutely horrible and extremely ignorant, except for one. Alison herself is ok, she's kind of a doormat, she lets everyone walk all over her and be mad at her for these very minor things. She's not flushed out enough, we don't really know enough about her for her to be a deep character in this story, she's also hypocritical and has some odd opinions on some things (re: wearing a skirt with tights underneath in front of her parents). Alison's friends aren't the best either, they're annoying and immature. The entire book is very rushed and superficial. Nothing really good every seems to happen or is described enough, it almost seemed like half a book. I think this book could've had a lot of potential but was just unlikeable in so many ways. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for giving me a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
This book has the absolute cutest cover, ever. Unfortunately, the cover is the best part of the book. I'd rate this a 2. I did finish it, but mostly skimmed, it's an extremely easy read. However, it's very young, all of the "problems" solely revolve around relationships. I appreciate the representation of the gay community, however, it seemed weirdly peppered throughout, rather than a main storyline, even though it seemed as though this book was written for that to be a main storyline. The teachers in this book are absolutely horrible and extremely ignorant, except for one. Alison herself is ok, she's kind of a doormat, she lets everyone walk all over her and be mad at her for these very minor things. She's not flushed out enough, we don't really know enough about her for her to be a deep character in this story, she's also hypocritical and has some odd opinions on some things (re: wearing a skirt with tights underneath in front of her parents). Alison's friends aren't the best either, they're annoying and immature. The entire book is very rushed and superficial. Nothing really good every seems to happen or is described enough, it almost seemed like half a book. I think this book could've had a lot of potential but was just unlikeable in so many ways. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for giving me a free copy in exchange for an honest review.