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A review by alabooktique
The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger
1.0
Stuff I disliked in Bianca:
Bitter. Judgemental. Hypocrite. Slut-shaming. Rude. Inconsiderate. Inconsistent. Has a habit of turning things around and placing the blame on the other person. Wallowing in self pity. Kind of a bad friend. Jealous. Is mostly annoyed with her friends, eventhough they do nothing wrong, and makes it seem like she's the one saving/protecting them.
Stuff I liked about Bianca:
Loyal? Kinda funny. Towards the very end, she does show some semblance of a character development.
The writing fell a bit flat, and felt a little messy and kinda all over the place. Like the story seemed underdeveloped, narrow minded and immature. It felt like none of the characters had any really depth to them, or maturity. Well maybe except Wesley. The only character I respect in this entire book would be Casey— she's sassy, fierce, loyal, compassionate, caring and literally everything that Bianca thinks Bianca is but isn't.
And the whole discussion on "I'm a whore" "you're not a whore" gave me some serious headache. Gosh, it's like this lady Bianca just throws labels around. Including herself. She sounded so narrow-minded.
And the cringe.
I feel bad and a little bit let down, bcoz this was a book I was really looking forward to reading, since it's got one of my favorites tropes going on. But other than the trope, there wasn't much else about the book I liked.
“Stop! Look, I’m totally not proud of this. I was upset, he was there, and I just… God, I can’t believe I did that. Does this make me a slut?”
Cue dramatic eye roll.
With it being the day of love, I have a pretty full schedule.”
Now he sounded like a professional man-whore.
Idk why, but I absolutely find this Wesley funny.
Did that make me a slut?
The number of times this woman asks these kinda questions.
“That you’re running away from me,” he said. “You realized you’re in love with me and you bailed because it scared the shit out of you.”
See. Now this Wesley has a lot of potential. Too bad the story mostly revolved only around Bianca.
“I’ll tell you why. Your parents leave you by yourself, so you fill your life with meaningless flings. With girls you’ll never have anything serious with—girls who practically worship you—so that they don’t abandon you. The only reason you’re here is because you can’t take the thought that someone else walked away from you. Your sensitive ego can’t handle that, and it’s easier to make me miss you than to make your parents come home.”
Okay she's such a bitch. She has a unique way of treating people— all kinds of people, but especially the ones who care about her. Here Wesley is trying to check up on her and admitting that he cares about her and here she is, throwing his weakness back at him. He's never done that to her. But here she is, making him feel bad about something that already makes him feel bad. Sure, she isn't afraid to look past his facade and call him out on his act, but rn he's just being concerned abt her and this much rudeness was totally uncalled for.
I wanted to think about Toby, who was obviously way too good for me. He could tell I was grumpy, but instead of harassing me about the cause, he just squeezed my hand, kissed me on the cheek, and bought me candy in hopes of making me smile again.
And here she goes, leading one guy on, while being clearly hung up over another.
Confused, I unfolded the paper and read the single sentence that was scrawled across the top.
Wesley Rush doesn’t chase girls, but I’m chasing you.
Now see what I meant when I said this guy had potential. Now, he's a character I very clearly like.
And yet there I was, judging Vikki for pretty much the same thing. I was a hell of a hypocrite.
A realization, at last.
Calling Vikki a slut or a whore was just like calling someone the Duff. It was insulting and hurtful, and it was one of those titles that just fed off of an inner fear every girl must have from time to time. Slut, bitch, prude, tease, ditz. They were all the same. Every girl felt like one of these sexist labels described her at some point.
Finally. Freaking finally!
It was never my place to judge.
Bitter. Judgemental. Hypocrite. Slut-shaming. Rude. Inconsiderate. Inconsistent. Has a habit of turning things around and placing the blame on the other person. Wallowing in self pity. Kind of a bad friend. Jealous. Is mostly annoyed with her friends, eventhough they do nothing wrong, and makes it seem like she's the one saving/protecting them.
Stuff I liked about Bianca:
Loyal? Kinda funny. Towards the very end, she does show some semblance of a character development.
The writing fell a bit flat, and felt a little messy and kinda all over the place. Like the story seemed underdeveloped, narrow minded and immature. It felt like none of the characters had any really depth to them, or maturity. Well maybe except Wesley. The only character I respect in this entire book would be Casey— she's sassy, fierce, loyal, compassionate, caring and literally everything that Bianca thinks Bianca is but isn't.
And the whole discussion on "I'm a whore" "you're not a whore" gave me some serious headache. Gosh, it's like this lady Bianca just throws labels around. Including herself. She sounded so narrow-minded.
And the cringe.
I feel bad and a little bit let down, bcoz this was a book I was really looking forward to reading, since it's got one of my favorites tropes going on. But other than the trope, there wasn't much else about the book I liked.
Quotes and Thoughts
“Stop! Look, I’m totally not proud of this. I was upset, he was there, and I just… God, I can’t believe I did that. Does this make me a slut?”
Cue dramatic eye roll.
With it being the day of love, I have a pretty full schedule.”
Now he sounded like a professional man-whore.
Idk why, but I absolutely find this Wesley funny.
Did that make me a slut?
The number of times this woman asks these kinda questions.
“That you’re running away from me,” he said. “You realized you’re in love with me and you bailed because it scared the shit out of you.”
See. Now this Wesley has a lot of potential. Too bad the story mostly revolved only around Bianca.
“I’ll tell you why. Your parents leave you by yourself, so you fill your life with meaningless flings. With girls you’ll never have anything serious with—girls who practically worship you—so that they don’t abandon you. The only reason you’re here is because you can’t take the thought that someone else walked away from you. Your sensitive ego can’t handle that, and it’s easier to make me miss you than to make your parents come home.”
Okay she's such a bitch. She has a unique way of treating people— all kinds of people, but especially the ones who care about her. Here Wesley is trying to check up on her and admitting that he cares about her and here she is, throwing his weakness back at him. He's never done that to her. But here she is, making him feel bad about something that already makes him feel bad. Sure, she isn't afraid to look past his facade and call him out on his act, but rn he's just being concerned abt her and this much rudeness was totally uncalled for.
I wanted to think about Toby, who was obviously way too good for me. He could tell I was grumpy, but instead of harassing me about the cause, he just squeezed my hand, kissed me on the cheek, and bought me candy in hopes of making me smile again.
And here she goes, leading one guy on, while being clearly hung up over another.
Confused, I unfolded the paper and read the single sentence that was scrawled across the top.
Wesley Rush doesn’t chase girls, but I’m chasing you.
Now see what I meant when I said this guy had potential. Now, he's a character I very clearly like.
And yet there I was, judging Vikki for pretty much the same thing. I was a hell of a hypocrite.
A realization, at last.
Calling Vikki a slut or a whore was just like calling someone the Duff. It was insulting and hurtful, and it was one of those titles that just fed off of an inner fear every girl must have from time to time. Slut, bitch, prude, tease, ditz. They were all the same. Every girl felt like one of these sexist labels described her at some point.
Finally. Freaking finally!
It was never my place to judge.