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allyriadayne 's review for:
Adorkable
by Sarra Manning
Ah, Sarra Manning and her almost unlikeable characters. We have an history, me having read three books of her with the same pattern (not to say all her female characters are the same, because they are not, but they definitely share this trait). Jeane Smith, an adorkable (I know) teenager and queen of her media empire, is the epitome of the pretentious white girl in the internet. She owns a lifestyle blog called "Adorkable" where she's the Manic Pixie Dream Girl we all hate, she's quirky! original! and isn't like normal, boring people at all!
I cringed every time the word "adorkable" was said and every time Jeane did something quirky. I guess I didn't stop reading this book because Jeane wasn't (personality wise) like the stereotype, she was difficult and self centered, she argued with everyone and didn't take shit from anyone, which made her a little bit better than being the clone of every Zooey Deschanel character. I thought the book was going to be a critic of the internet way of the Millenials but it really wasn't? which was a relieve? But it did show that relying in the internet too much can be harmful and that you shouldn't substitute real life connection with people over twitter or whatever.
It was, however, a bit unbelievable that Jeane, at seventeen, had a media empire, giving conferences across the globe and having a tv show/book deal based on her way of living. But asides from that, Jeane's story felt real, her abandonment as a child and her need to be the center of everything; her growth was too and I liked that at the end she didn't give up her blog or quirky fashion sense but learned to be a better person, who didn't push people who got too close so it was nice. I got to give credit to Sarra Manning, she did nail the boyfriend's personality (though, I think she shouldn't have made him a POV), a typical, bland teenage boy. I liked his family, if that's something. Her adult stuff is definitely better than her ya, but this was worth read.
I cringed every time the word "adorkable" was said and every time Jeane did something quirky. I guess I didn't stop reading this book because Jeane wasn't (personality wise) like the stereotype, she was difficult and self centered, she argued with everyone and didn't take shit from anyone, which made her a little bit better than being the clone of every Zooey Deschanel character. I thought the book was going to be a critic of the internet way of the Millenials but it really wasn't? which was a relieve? But it did show that relying in the internet too much can be harmful and that you shouldn't substitute real life connection with people over twitter or whatever.
It was, however, a bit unbelievable that Jeane, at seventeen, had a media empire, giving conferences across the globe and having a tv show/book deal based on her way of living. But asides from that, Jeane's story felt real, her abandonment as a child and her need to be the center of everything; her growth was too and I liked that at the end she didn't give up her blog or quirky fashion sense but learned to be a better person, who didn't push people who got too close so it was nice. I got to give credit to Sarra Manning, she did nail the boyfriend's personality (though, I think she shouldn't have made him a POV), a typical, bland teenage boy. I liked his family, if that's something. Her adult stuff is definitely better than her ya, but this was worth read.