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A review by krissyranae
The New Guy (and Other Senior Year Distractions) by Amy Spalding
4.0
This was cute! There was definitely a minute in the middle where I got really frustrated with Jules, and I wanted to pull her aside, shake her a little, and say, "Jules, really?! Come on, girl! You need to get your shit together." But I think that was mostly the adult set of motivations in me overpowering my memories of the things that motivated me as a high school senior. Because I definitely didn't have my shit together senior year either, and I definitely made questionable choices based on oddly interpreted queues from my environment/fellow humans.
Basically what I'm saying is that Amy is real good at capturing the weirdness that is high school, and the strange things people do when they're immersed in that world.
(My actual rating is 3.5 stars, but I'm bumping it to 4 on here because YOU CAN'T MAKE ME ROUND DOWN INSTEAD OF UP.)
(Also, A+ portrayal of non-shitty parents doing the parenting thing pretty solidly, and also for a family unit who all like each other, and show genuine, and open, care and love.)
Basically what I'm saying is that Amy is real good at capturing the weirdness that is high school, and the strange things people do when they're immersed in that world.
(My actual rating is 3.5 stars, but I'm bumping it to 4 on here because YOU CAN'T MAKE ME ROUND DOWN INSTEAD OF UP.)
(Also, A+ portrayal of non-shitty parents doing the parenting thing pretty solidly, and also for a family unit who all like each other, and show genuine, and open, care and love.)