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Perfect Chemistry
by Simone Elkeles
Frankly, this book was really stupid. Everything about it was a cliché. Golden cheerleader Brittany with secret horrible home life meets bad-boy gang member Alex when they become lab partners in Chemistry class.
Whoa. Hang on to your seats. Things are getting crazy-original up in here.
Alex is a JD, blah blah blah, falls for Brittany against his will, reforms himself to be with her, blah blah, almost dies, blah blah, lots of angsting, happy ending, whatever.
This book was almost painful. Reading it gave me a headache. I winced at certain phrases—a lot of certain phrases. The dual narrative was awkward and clunky. (Good examples of dual narrative: Dash and Lily's Book of Dares, Across the Universe, When It Happens—books that give you unique characterizations and information essential to the story that only a specific character knows. No repeating of stupid scenes or cutting off at awkward places, like in the middle of dialogue.) I didn't care about Alex. I didn't care about Brittany. Their "touching" backstories were not done well at all. I was bored the whole time and found myself skipping ahead, looking for something exciting.
The most annoying thing was the random Spanish words thrown in with Alex's thoughts. What? It was confusing, awkward and completely unnecessary. Like, I would understand if it was interjections. But not nouns in the middle of sentences. Ugh.
Don't read it. Don't read the back or the inside flap either. Save yourself the trouble and go eat cake with the time you won't be wasting on this book.
Whoa. Hang on to your seats. Things are getting crazy-original up in here.
Alex is a JD, blah blah blah, falls for Brittany against his will, reforms himself to be with her, blah blah, almost dies, blah blah, lots of angsting, happy ending, whatever.
This book was almost painful. Reading it gave me a headache. I winced at certain phrases—a lot of certain phrases. The dual narrative was awkward and clunky. (Good examples of dual narrative: Dash and Lily's Book of Dares, Across the Universe, When It Happens—books that give you unique characterizations and information essential to the story that only a specific character knows. No repeating of stupid scenes or cutting off at awkward places, like in the middle of dialogue.) I didn't care about Alex. I didn't care about Brittany. Their "touching" backstories were not done well at all. I was bored the whole time and found myself skipping ahead, looking for something exciting.
The most annoying thing was the random Spanish words thrown in with Alex's thoughts. What? It was confusing, awkward and completely unnecessary. Like, I would understand if it was interjections. But not nouns in the middle of sentences. Ugh.
Don't read it. Don't read the back or the inside flap either. Save yourself the trouble and go eat cake with the time you won't be wasting on this book.