A review by lizzielove2016
I Hate Everyone But You by Allison Raskin, Gabe Dunn

2.0

Normally I love books that are in text message format so I was so excited to begin this book. As I was reading it, I began to see many problems within. First of all, Gen and Ava are so rude to one another. I understand inside jokes and making fun of your best friend, but some of what the say could definitely come across as bullying. I’ve been looking for more LGBTG reads lately and while this one has a main character that is apart of the community, it is sad to see how it is depicted in this story. The character is not proud of who they are and that is hard to deal with. Some of my major problems come from two points in this book. Although when Gen gets to college and starts going crazy (which does happen to some) Ava is not very supportive of Gen and is very rude and kinda homophobic. This book is heavily based on Gen figuring out who she is and the fact that her best friend does not support her is hard to see. On the flip side, Gen almost always has something negative to say about Ava’s depression and mental health. I do not find this okay at all as I am a person that does struggle with these problems. I was hoping to love this book since it is about two girl going into their freshman year of college and I love stories
I’ll that but I am saddened by the negative and abusive relationship shown in this book. Best friends do not treat each other like these two girls do. With that aside, the ending is what I wanted from this book. I just wish there was more of it throughout the actual book.