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A review by lunaseassecondaccount
Cracked Up to Be by Khristine Hvam, Courtney Summers
3.0
I'm really quite surprised I enjoyed this book so much. I didn't expect to- I'm not really one for high school/teen books. In many ways, I disliked Summers' way of writing, her narrative, her storytelling. I found Parker (along with her first name) to be rather dramatic and ridiculously self-centered. What happened was tragic, yes, but I hardly reckon it was any reason for her downward spiral.
What I did enjoy was Summers' eye for detail. Parker's obsessive clicking, her perfectionist tendencies. Even her destructive nature was obsessively perfect. I also enjoyed the way that not everything worked out well in the end for Parker. It's far more realistic than girl-meets-boy, boy-solves-girls-problems, they-fall-in-love. Parker is still depressed at the end, and she finally admits (in a way) that she needs help.
It's not a literary great, and it's very simplistic, but enjoyable enough. Give it a go if you have nothing better to do.
What I did enjoy was Summers' eye for detail. Parker's obsessive clicking, her perfectionist tendencies. Even her destructive nature was obsessively perfect. I also enjoyed the way that not everything worked out well in the end for Parker. It's far more realistic than girl-meets-boy, boy-solves-girls-problems, they-fall-in-love. Parker is still depressed at the end, and she finally admits (in a way) that she needs help.
It's not a literary great, and it's very simplistic, but enjoyable enough. Give it a go if you have nothing better to do.