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A review by jessthebibliophile
Girl at Heart by Kelly Oram
3.0
Cute mindless read which helped me out of a reading slump.
But potentially problematic due to
1) stereotypes galore
a) Charlie, a tomboy who plays baseball transforms into a giggly mini skirt wearing girl. There is no medium between these 2 extremes.
b) Her BFF Eric's prom date is pretty, popular and a mean girl.
2) Jace is captain of the baseball team and had a crush on Charlie for years. Charlie had a crush on her BFF Eric since forever, but fell for Jace almost instantaneously. Which indicates she just wanted a romance, it didn't matter with whom.
3) Leila is Jace's twin and became BFFs with Charlie after 1 shopping trip
4) Charlie and Eric's 2 other friends were pretty much interchangeable
5) Charlie initially hates that no one sees her as a girl, but during a confrontation with Eric's prom date states she doesn't care about anyone's opinion of her
6) Eric, the BFF was too controlling and they make up without him apologizing
7) Lots of telling and not enough showing
2.5 * rounded up
But potentially problematic due to
Spoiler
1) stereotypes galore
a) Charlie, a tomboy who plays baseball transforms into a giggly mini skirt wearing girl. There is no medium between these 2 extremes.
b) Her BFF Eric's prom date is pretty, popular and a mean girl.
2) Jace is captain of the baseball team and had a crush on Charlie for years. Charlie had a crush on her BFF Eric since forever, but fell for Jace almost instantaneously. Which indicates she just wanted a romance, it didn't matter with whom.
3) Leila is Jace's twin and became BFFs with Charlie after 1 shopping trip
4) Charlie and Eric's 2 other friends were pretty much interchangeable
5) Charlie initially hates that no one sees her as a girl, but during a confrontation with Eric's prom date states she doesn't care about anyone's opinion of her
6) Eric, the BFF was too controlling and they make up without him apologizing
7) Lots of telling and not enough showing
2.5 * rounded up