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Why We Broke Up
by Daniel Handler
This was the most boring book I have ever read. I bought it because it was beautiful and had really nice paper, plus ASOUA is one of my favorite series ever. Seriously, I'm probably going to name my first kid Violet. So I was excited about this one, especially because the illustrations were so lovely. BOY WAS I DISSAPPOINTED!
-boring ass girl who's slightly "different" yet still conventionally attractive (bella swan and the ilk) + the most boring jock ever, what a riveting plotline! and the best friend was in love with her all along!!! HOW SHOCKING!!!!!!!!!!
-Neither character had any depth or anything interesting about them anyway. I couldn't stand how the boy (he was so fucking boring I can't remember his name) kept referring to things as "gay". How is math gay? That one made no sense. I could see why a jock might be worried about his homophobic friends making fun of him if he were into something that is associated with the feminine or with gay men, like musical theatre or clothing design. But math? That's already entirely male dominated as it is! Who the fuck would ever mock someone for being good at math? I was hoping the homophobia would be a cover up for Ed actually being gay or something, but no. He was just an asshole.
-The dialogue was weird and half the time it was difficult to tell who was talking/what they were talking about.
-The characters were so disconnected from anything, they didn't have a history and we didn't learn a whole ton about their families.
-Who on earth is mad about someone they only just met having sex with someone else? I am 20, so I'm not far removed from the ages of the characters in the story. I don't understand how a relationship could be that intense in such a short period of time. And how they established they were boyfriend-girlfriend after just one date. Who does that? I also have a huge problem with the concept of virginity and I hate how much significance it holds for teen girls. I guess it makes sense that it was a big deal to her, so my issues with that were mostly with the culture we have.
-Minerva was just a blank character for teen girls to project themselves on so they can feel like maybe an Ed would love them, just like bella and Edward.
-I really could not feel her pain because this literally was a 6 week relationship
-Maybe if they had been together for like a year or more it would have been more devastating
-This brought absolutely nothing to the table
-The whole plotline of the birthday party was SO WEAK! Honestly he may as well not even had anything to hinge their love story on
-The part where she gets mad at him for telling his friends they haven't had sex yet-- what did you expect? You talked about sex with Al! its normal to talk to your friends about these things. Why is she so mad?
-the book is lovely and looks great on a shelf
-boring ass girl who's slightly "different" yet still conventionally attractive (bella swan and the ilk) + the most boring jock ever, what a riveting plotline! and the best friend was in love with her all along!!! HOW SHOCKING!!!!!!!!!!
-Neither character had any depth or anything interesting about them anyway. I couldn't stand how the boy (he was so fucking boring I can't remember his name) kept referring to things as "gay". How is math gay? That one made no sense. I could see why a jock might be worried about his homophobic friends making fun of him if he were into something that is associated with the feminine or with gay men, like musical theatre or clothing design. But math? That's already entirely male dominated as it is! Who the fuck would ever mock someone for being good at math? I was hoping the homophobia would be a cover up for Ed actually being gay or something, but no. He was just an asshole.
-The dialogue was weird and half the time it was difficult to tell who was talking/what they were talking about.
-The characters were so disconnected from anything, they didn't have a history and we didn't learn a whole ton about their families.
-Who on earth is mad about someone they only just met having sex with someone else? I am 20, so I'm not far removed from the ages of the characters in the story. I don't understand how a relationship could be that intense in such a short period of time. And how they established they were boyfriend-girlfriend after just one date. Who does that? I also have a huge problem with the concept of virginity and I hate how much significance it holds for teen girls. I guess it makes sense that it was a big deal to her, so my issues with that were mostly with the culture we have.
-Minerva was just a blank character for teen girls to project themselves on so they can feel like maybe an Ed would love them, just like bella and Edward.
-I really could not feel her pain because this literally was a 6 week relationship
-Maybe if they had been together for like a year or more it would have been more devastating
-This brought absolutely nothing to the table
-The whole plotline of the birthday party was SO WEAK! Honestly he may as well not even had anything to hinge their love story on
-The part where she gets mad at him for telling his friends they haven't had sex yet-- what did you expect? You talked about sex with Al! its normal to talk to your friends about these things. Why is she so mad?
-the book is lovely and looks great on a shelf