chloek9 's review for:

Pretty Reckless by L.J. Shen
1.0

wtf is this

im so mad this was my first book of the year

daria is a spoiled brat, daddy's girl, and unloved by her mother bc she cant do ballet (her mom loves some other girl who is way better at ballet who is main guy's sister). in hs, she's the most "popular girl" and captain of the cheerleading squad. how original. and guess who penn is? poor boy with abusive family who is the best football player at some school. oh and big shocker, he fights on the side bc that's so original and quirky.

i cant tell if it's a good thing that daria is self aware of her bitchy attitude and rich girl look. on one hand it just makes her an asshole and on the other at least she's not extremely stupid.

diarrhea's diary of sins and the relationship with her principal? DISGUSTING. it seems like everyone in this book needs help. THE PRINCIPAL FUCKING SPANKED HER WITH A RULER. AND WHEN SHE TOLD HER DADDY WHAT HAPPENED, HE GOT ALL HIS FRIENDS AND THEY GANGED UP ON THE PRINCIPAL LIKE THEY WERE BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL.

oh and basically daria and penn ruined penn's twin sister's life by destroying some letter to some ballet school i don't even remember (penn didn't know it was his sisters letter). i cant even remember the sister's name. anyway she ran away and came back acting all nice bc she was living with her dad who was part of a cult? maybe it was this religious think idfk. the sister comes back for revenge on daria and prints out all the pages of the sin diary. is daria fucking stupid? yes she is. did she really not think anyone was gonna look for the diary UNDER HER PILLOW? I MEAN AT LEAST PUT IT IN YOUR CLOSET OR SOMETHING. the day daria gets exposed, somehow everyone ended up confessing a secret they had told no one so they all had leverage over each other?? i mean i dont really think one secret from someone equals daria's million secrets that were thrown everywhere. oh and wanna know how they made this scene "meaningful?" they burned where the papers were and just left as if they didn't commit arson on school property.

ok now im gonna complain about penn

PENN WEARS HOLES IN HIS SHIRTS WHERE HIS HEART IS BC HIS GRANDMA "CURSED" HIM????

WHEN HE REVEALS TO DARIA THE REAL REASON WHY HE PUTS HOLES IN HIS SHIRTS, SHE THINKS ITS SO TRAGIC AND SAD BUT ALSO ROMANTIC. HOW?

IN THE BEGINNING, PENN MOVES IN WITH DARIA BC HER MOM PITIES HIM BC SHE LOVED PENN'S SISTER (better ballerina than daria) AND THE SISTER RAN AWAY YEARS AGO SO SHE WANTS TO HELP FINALLY. FIRST INTERACTION IN YEARS AND THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENS IS PENN WALKS IN ON DARIA NAKED AND THEY HAVE SOME WEIRD FACEOFF.

penn hates daria's guts for basically driving his sister away. but according to dual pov, his lust overpowers any thought. i completely forgot, daria and penn actually met years ago when they tore up his sister's letter. it was the day they had their first kiss and he made her promise to save all her firsts for him. NOW BACK TO PRESENT DAY, SHES STILL A VIRGIN, HES NOT. NOW HES BASICALLY DEMANDING TO STEAL ALL THOSE FIRSTS ITS SO ANNOYING AND NOT ATTRACTIVE AT ALL.

i honestly dont know who is worse. maybe daria

please read this book if you feel like beating something and ripping out your hair <3