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A review by ameserole
Dear Sweet Pea by Julie Murphy
3.0
Dear Sweet Pea sort of lies in between Dumplin' and Puddin' for me rating wise. I'm not going to lie, I was really hesitant to dive into this novella because of how I rated the first two books in this series. Now this doesn't mean I completely hated them or this one, but I am trying to find something redeemable or likable in each book. It's a bit of a struggle but I'm hoping that one day it will happen. So maybe Pumpkin can redeem this whole series for me? Who knows!
So in this book, you will meet Patricia (a.k.a. Sweet Pea). She is going through a lot of change for being a 7th grader. One, her parents are getting a divorced. Two, her dad came out to her. Three, she is dealing with some her demons from the past (sort of).
Coming from a household of divorced parents, I didn't see the big deal. I was actually applauding her dad and mom for telling her the truth. The only thing that weirded me out was the whole mirror housing thing. Also living on the same street. Yeah, those two things kind of freaked me out. Mostly because my parents got divorce when I was in 4th grade and they moved into houses that were about 5ish minutes apart. They live in the same city but different districts. So, for me, that seemed normal. I also have friends who have divorced parents and they live in different states. Which seems normal to me as well.
The whole two houses on the same street - not normal to me.
Besides that, she is still dealing with the fact that her ex-best friend ditched her forever ago for skinnier and prettier girls. The whole drama around that situation seemed a bit pointless to me but then again all middle school drama does. People change and grow all the time.
Other than that, it did have some cute moments and dove into interesting topics for being a middle grade book.
So in this book, you will meet Patricia (a.k.a. Sweet Pea). She is going through a lot of change for being a 7th grader. One, her parents are getting a divorced. Two, her dad came out to her. Three, she is dealing with some her demons from the past (sort of).
Coming from a household of divorced parents, I didn't see the big deal. I was actually applauding her dad and mom for telling her the truth. The only thing that weirded me out was the whole mirror housing thing. Also living on the same street. Yeah, those two things kind of freaked me out. Mostly because my parents got divorce when I was in 4th grade and they moved into houses that were about 5ish minutes apart. They live in the same city but different districts. So, for me, that seemed normal. I also have friends who have divorced parents and they live in different states. Which seems normal to me as well.
The whole two houses on the same street - not normal to me.
Besides that, she is still dealing with the fact that her ex-best friend ditched her forever ago for skinnier and prettier girls. The whole drama around that situation seemed a bit pointless to me but then again all middle school drama does. People change and grow all the time.
Other than that, it did have some cute moments and dove into interesting topics for being a middle grade book.