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A review by laurenash
Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid
3.0
I see the appeal of a novel like Never Always Sometimes because it's addressing the teens who judge and stereotype people while trying SO HARD to be individualistic and weird. But, we still have a pair of seventeen year olds who act above it all because they're sooooooo much smarter and stranger than their peers. Sigh. I fear I'm too old for this. But at least they admitted (well, Dave admitted) that they weren't always right about people.
That aside, the writing style and dialogue actually enabled me to fly through it. I definitely liked Gretchen more than Dave & Julia put together. The thing with Mr. Marroney made me supremely uncomfortable. Julia McHigh Horse was annoying and selfish 75% of the time. But I'm grateful for character development and growth with Dave, Julia, and even Brett.
The way everything shook out isn't at all surprising to me, except for maybe the last thing. Remember that time on Scrubs when Elliot was with a really great guy and then all of the sudden J.D. wanted her? Yeah, that story line was regurgitated in this book. And so, I have trouble deciding what I would actually rate this... 1 star for finishing it + 1 star for Gretchen + 1 star for the occasional internet laugh or squishing my face due to cuteness.
That aside, the writing style and dialogue actually enabled me to fly through it. I definitely liked Gretchen more than Dave & Julia put together. The thing with Mr. Marroney made me supremely uncomfortable. Julia McHigh Horse was annoying and selfish 75% of the time. But I'm grateful for character development and growth with Dave, Julia, and even Brett.
The way everything shook out isn't at all surprising to me, except for maybe the last thing. Remember that time on Scrubs when Elliot was with a really great guy and then all of the sudden J.D. wanted her? Yeah, that story line was regurgitated in this book. And so, I have trouble deciding what I would actually rate this... 1 star for finishing it + 1 star for Gretchen + 1 star for the occasional internet laugh or squishing my face due to cuteness.