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A review by yourlocalducknamer
Rated by Melissa Grey
2.0
**mild spoilers**
This book was so confusing, I wanted to throw myself off of a cliff while reading it at the pool.
And some people were concerned because I was talking to myself.
This book is water damaged now, but I don't really care because it's a book fair book and not a B&N book.
Anyway, into the review.
This school is set on ratings, and the higher your rating, the more successful you are in life.
Bex. A perfectionist. Incredibly high rating, one of, if not, the highest the school has ever had. Her parents are helicopter-like and controlling, and she barely has a free period.
Noah. Incredibly introverted, loves taking photos on his old-timey camera. He's adopted, but doesn't know. He's also a nerd. Has a crush on, and kissed, Javi. He had a bisexual awakening.
Hana. She's starving herself so she can get fit enough for figure skating. Will probably, if not already, be developing an eating disorder. Could possibly start breaking bones when falling. She's so thin that you can almost see through her.
Chase. Dyslexic, and lost his baseball scholarship to the school because his rating got too low. His father is abusive. I honestly thought that he played football for half of the book.
Javi. He's a professional gamer, and
he's the only person in his family to make money. He has a crush on Noah, and is gay. He also kissed Noah.
And Tasmin. A tarot reading fortune teller that likes to skip class. Her rating is super low.
This book was trying too hard to be a pride book, in my opinion. Like, we had the gay, the bi, and the straights, but... it was trying too hard.
It also mentioned that it was snowing? It was September-October.
Like, here. Have an example. You know when you have this outfit, and it looks like... really low effort, but you put a lot of effort into it? That's what this book was for me.
The plot also didn't really start picking up until page 200, and even then, it was slow. Actually, that was a lie. Out of 320 pages, the plot picked up at page 261. A slow burn, as one of the lifeguards called it.
This book also ruined mac and cheese for me, it described putting a serving spoon in a pan of mac and cheese as "an obscene squelch."
The ending, oh god. Disappointing. Incredibly rushed and disappointing.
Overall, I wouldn't recommend this book for multiple reasons. Don't waste your money. And if you already did, get the book water damaged like I did. Make it feel pain like the pain it caused me while reading it.
This book was so confusing, I wanted to throw myself off of a cliff while reading it at the pool.
And some people were concerned because I was talking to myself.
This book is water damaged now, but I don't really care because it's a book fair book and not a B&N book.
Anyway, into the review.
This school is set on ratings, and the higher your rating, the more successful you are in life.
Bex. A perfectionist. Incredibly high rating, one of, if not, the highest the school has ever had. Her parents are helicopter-like and controlling, and she barely has a free period.
Noah. Incredibly introverted, loves taking photos on his old-timey camera. He's adopted, but doesn't know. He's also a nerd. Has a crush on, and kissed, Javi. He had a bisexual awakening.
Hana. She's starving herself so she can get fit enough for figure skating. Will probably, if not already, be developing an eating disorder. Could possibly start breaking bones when falling. She's so thin that you can almost see through her.
Chase. Dyslexic, and lost his baseball scholarship to the school because his rating got too low. His father is abusive. I honestly thought that he played football for half of the book.
Javi. He's a professional gamer, and
he's the only person in his family to make money. He has a crush on Noah, and is gay. He also kissed Noah.
And Tasmin. A tarot reading fortune teller that likes to skip class. Her rating is super low.
This book was trying too hard to be a pride book, in my opinion. Like, we had the gay, the bi, and the straights, but... it was trying too hard.
It also mentioned that it was snowing? It was September-October.
Like, here. Have an example. You know when you have this outfit, and it looks like... really low effort, but you put a lot of effort into it? That's what this book was for me.
The plot also didn't really start picking up until page 200, and even then, it was slow. Actually, that was a lie. Out of 320 pages, the plot picked up at page 261. A slow burn, as one of the lifeguards called it.
This book also ruined mac and cheese for me, it described putting a serving spoon in a pan of mac and cheese as "an obscene squelch."
The ending, oh god. Disappointing. Incredibly rushed and disappointing.
Overall, I wouldn't recommend this book for multiple reasons. Don't waste your money. And if you already did, get the book water damaged like I did. Make it feel pain like the pain it caused me while reading it.