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A review by audreychamaine
A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner
2.0
Cass is having a rough time. Her best (and possibly only) friend, Julia, was killed in a car accident. Now Julia's friends are putting on a musical that Julia wrote before her death. The problem: the female lead, Heather, is the same girl that terrorized Cass three years earlier by calling her a lesbian in front of the whole school. The story switches between Cass's journey by bicycle to take Julia's ashes to the Pacific, and her struggle to figure out her new relationship with Heather, all while trying to come to terms with what her sexual orientation may or may not be.
I liked the idea of this book. Using a journey to discover the self, and then making amends with the past sounds like a great concept. However, I never really got into the story or the characters. Julia never seemed like much of a real person to me, and I couldn't relate to Cass. I also couldn't wrap my head around doing a "Totally Sweet Ninja Death Squad" musical, probably because that is so far off of the radar of what I'd be into. I'm sure this is probably a good book for somebody, maybe a teen trying to come to terms with who he or she is, but it just wasn't for me.
I liked the idea of this book. Using a journey to discover the self, and then making amends with the past sounds like a great concept. However, I never really got into the story or the characters. Julia never seemed like much of a real person to me, and I couldn't relate to Cass. I also couldn't wrap my head around doing a "Totally Sweet Ninja Death Squad" musical, probably because that is so far off of the radar of what I'd be into. I'm sure this is probably a good book for somebody, maybe a teen trying to come to terms with who he or she is, but it just wasn't for me.