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nixieknox 's review for:
The Smash-Up
by Ali Benjamin
Rarely have I had such mixed emotions about a book.
The good: the beginning and end, and the way it all ties in together. Everything I loved about this book was at the end. I cried actual tears at the witches' friendships, when we found out their backstory. I also was glad for the ambiguous ending because I feel like otherwise it would have been a hard no (for Ethan and Zo.)
The bad: I felt like EVERY SINGLE BAD THING from the past five years was shoehorned into this - #MeToo, the 2016 election, misogyny in particular. Like just crammed down my throat.
The worst: pages and pages of someone tripping on mushrooms? Absolutely not. This was almost enough to make me stop reading.
But I'm still thinking about it, which is always a good thing.
The good: the beginning and end, and the way it all ties in together. Everything I loved about this book was at the end. I cried actual tears at the witches' friendships, when we found out their backstory. I also was glad for the ambiguous ending because I feel like otherwise it would have been a hard no (for Ethan and Zo.)
The bad: I felt like EVERY SINGLE BAD THING from the past five years was shoehorned into this - #MeToo, the 2016 election, misogyny in particular. Like just crammed down my throat.
The worst: pages and pages of someone tripping on mushrooms? Absolutely not. This was almost enough to make me stop reading.
But I'm still thinking about it, which is always a good thing.