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Why We Broke Up
by Daniel Handler
I really wanted to like this book.
I should of liked this book.
I didn’t like this book.
The story is a letter written by Min, who is writing to her Ex Ed after they broke up. She is delivering a box of trinkets she collected that summed up their time together. Through these trinkets were hear about their relationship.
Why I wanted to like this book -
There was a lot of things this book had going for it. Contemporary Young Adult, check. Interesting format, check. To be honest, I started off enjoying it. I got into the format and I loved the illustrations – when I was a good chunk of the way through I was ready to give it four maybe five stars. It all hinged on the end, I suppose.
Why I should of liked this book -
People seem to like this book. It was written by Lemony Snicket and I loved A Series of Unfortunate Events. And I was quite like Min in terms of romance when I was younger. I remember being sixteen and a relationship seeming like everything there was. I remember the devastation of being heart broken for the first time. I was really rooting for Min.
Why I didn’t like this book -
The ending just wasn’t enough. The relationship was so brief that I couldn’t help but slap my head over and over again. If it had been a longer time, I could understand Min’s behaviour and her reaction. But everything happened so fast. That was not my experience of young love. There was no awkward early months and trials – it was all too full on and a little bit crazy. Min was nuts. I was expecting for a really awful embarrassment ala Carrie from the way she was talking about him through the letter. I know cheating is bad and hurtful but it was just a very odd reaction and a very intense and crazy lust for him.
I don’t think it’s a good depiction of young love/lust. Too much was squeezed in to too short a time frame. If he’d made it longer, extended the story over a year or so, then I would understand it. It would have worked. I mean I was a crazy loved up teenager, but I never did anything as desperate as that. Why did Al let her write that letter and send that box?
I should of liked this book.
I didn’t like this book.
The story is a letter written by Min, who is writing to her Ex Ed after they broke up. She is delivering a box of trinkets she collected that summed up their time together. Through these trinkets were hear about their relationship.
Why I wanted to like this book -
There was a lot of things this book had going for it. Contemporary Young Adult, check. Interesting format, check. To be honest, I started off enjoying it. I got into the format and I loved the illustrations – when I was a good chunk of the way through I was ready to give it four maybe five stars. It all hinged on the end, I suppose.
Why I should of liked this book -
People seem to like this book. It was written by Lemony Snicket and I loved A Series of Unfortunate Events. And I was quite like Min in terms of romance when I was younger. I remember being sixteen and a relationship seeming like everything there was. I remember the devastation of being heart broken for the first time. I was really rooting for Min.
Why I didn’t like this book -
The ending just wasn’t enough. The relationship was so brief that I couldn’t help but slap my head over and over again. If it had been a longer time, I could understand Min’s behaviour and her reaction. But everything happened so fast. That was not my experience of young love. There was no awkward early months and trials – it was all too full on and a little bit crazy. Min was nuts. I was expecting for a really awful embarrassment ala Carrie from the way she was talking about him through the letter. I know cheating is bad and hurtful but it was just a very odd reaction and a very intense and crazy lust for him.
I don’t think it’s a good depiction of young love/lust. Too much was squeezed in to too short a time frame. If he’d made it longer, extended the story over a year or so, then I would understand it. It would have worked. I mean I was a crazy loved up teenager, but I never did anything as desperate as that. Why did Al let her write that letter and send that box?