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A review by the_midnight_librarian
Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum
2.0
This had a cute concept, but fell flat when it came to execution.
This was just kind of a bland cookie cutter contemporary. The LA/California "rich brats with too much sun" stereotype ran strong. The protagonist was "different" but didn't have much of a personality to connect with, I felt myself skimming a lot of her inner monologues particularly as she was having conversations because they were repetitive and self deprecating. The girl/girl hate was strong, the girl/girl friendships weren't as great as they could have been. It just felt like a mish-mash of a variety of contemporaries put into one.
Despite the "bad boy crush" trope I enjoyed Ethan, and wished there was a bit more of Theo, as he had some personality.
I feel like grief and change would have been good themes here, and despite that they were touched up on in this book, could have been brought to light a bit more.
Overall cute-ish but not great.
This was just kind of a bland cookie cutter contemporary. The LA/California "rich brats with too much sun" stereotype ran strong. The protagonist was "different" but didn't have much of a personality to connect with, I felt myself skimming a lot of her inner monologues particularly as she was having conversations because they were repetitive and self deprecating. The girl/girl hate was strong, the girl/girl friendships weren't as great as they could have been. It just felt like a mish-mash of a variety of contemporaries put into one.
Despite the "bad boy crush" trope I enjoyed Ethan, and wished there was a bit more of Theo, as he had some personality.
I feel like grief and change would have been good themes here, and despite that they were touched up on in this book, could have been brought to light a bit more.
Overall cute-ish but not great.