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A review by logantries
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
1.5 stars
absolutely awful book. the characters are all INSUFFERABLE, especially noah. i don't care that he's sixteen- i was certainly not acting like he was when i moved away at his same age. i have a lot of thoughts about this "book" (if it can even be called that, it's practically glorified wattpad slop)
the plot goes nowhere, and basically nothing even happens. sure, there's a relationship, then there's not, then there is, but really what else happens? i found myself being led from point a to point b while zig-zagging and turning around aimlessly, all while knowing where it was going to head. this couldve been 150 pages shorter and still accomplished what ends up happening.
i find that the entire premise of the blog is so unrealistic, especially as somebody that used tumblr. none of those users would care about or even see the troll blog realistically, let's be honest. the blog wasn't even really used AT ALL in the story, despite it being the name of the book- noah actively AVOIDS the blog at all costs.
also, i'll be the first to say it, noah is pretty racist in this. even if it's only micro-aggressions, it's still very weird to say some of the things he says to white people. also cis people, and women. noah is just so *mean* and unlikeable. i wish that we could have good trans representation for once in a YA novel. i also strongly dislike how noah is an unreliable narrator, but he definitely wasn't intended to be. he catches himself lying in his inner monologue multiple times, and it makes me wonder how many times he was lying in the book and it just wasn't said. like... be so for real. he also has a weird dislike for people with divorced parents (becca and drew) and brings it up as if it's a hinderance to them. as someone with divorced parents, ew!
speaking of hinderances, i absolutely hate how devin is infantilized because of devin's panic disorder/attacks. it's just in such poor taste. noah does not need to be devin's "savior" from the panic attacks. i'll also say, as a trans person that uses neopronouns, i STRONGLY dislike how devin switches pronouns multiple times. it makes the story clunky, and neos don't work well in stories unless done right, which it wasn't. devin just feels like the author's self insert.
i have a lot more issues, but that's the main gist. if i had a nickel for every time i saw a book with a cute cover boasting about trans male MC representation where the MC ends up being the brattiest and worst person in their own story, I'd have two nickels, which is weird that it's happened twice
absolutely awful book. the characters are all INSUFFERABLE, especially noah. i don't care that he's sixteen- i was certainly not acting like he was when i moved away at his same age. i have a lot of thoughts about this "book" (if it can even be called that, it's practically glorified wattpad slop)
the plot goes nowhere, and basically nothing even happens. sure, there's a relationship, then there's not, then there is, but really what else happens? i found myself being led from point a to point b while zig-zagging and turning around aimlessly, all while knowing where it was going to head. this couldve been 150 pages shorter and still accomplished what ends up happening.
i find that the entire premise of the blog is so unrealistic, especially as somebody that used tumblr. none of those users would care about or even see the troll blog realistically, let's be honest. the blog wasn't even really used AT ALL in the story, despite it being the name of the book- noah actively AVOIDS the blog at all costs.
also, i'll be the first to say it, noah is pretty racist in this. even if it's only micro-aggressions, it's still very weird to say some of the things he says to white people. also cis people, and women. noah is just so *mean* and unlikeable. i wish that we could have good trans representation for once in a YA novel. i also strongly dislike how noah is an unreliable narrator, but he definitely wasn't intended to be. he catches himself lying in his inner monologue multiple times, and it makes me wonder how many times he was lying in the book and it just wasn't said. like... be so for real. he also has a weird dislike for people with divorced parents (becca and drew) and brings it up as if it's a hinderance to them. as someone with divorced parents, ew!
speaking of hinderances, i absolutely hate how devin is infantilized because of devin's panic disorder/attacks. it's just in such poor taste. noah does not need to be devin's "savior" from the panic attacks. i'll also say, as a trans person that uses neopronouns, i STRONGLY dislike how devin switches pronouns multiple times. it makes the story clunky, and neos don't work well in stories unless done right, which it wasn't. devin just feels like the author's self insert.
i have a lot more issues, but that's the main gist. if i had a nickel for every time i saw a book with a cute cover boasting about trans male MC representation where the MC ends up being the brattiest and worst person in their own story, I'd have two nickels, which is weird that it's happened twice