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ashra 's review for:
Eliza and Her Monsters
by Francesca Zappia
man I'm the exact target audience for this book and it felt so stinkin false to me. I WAS a high schooler who spent hours on the Internet talking to online friends and writing stories way late into the hours to the point where my parents were likely concerned... though they never brought it up to me like Eliza's parents did. Honestly her parents were better than mine, they really tried to get her out of the house, which -- good! Heck, I'd needed that.
I didn't really care for the characters, especially Eliza. She felt so whiny to me. And again I WAS this girl (minus the ridiculous fanbase). I did a lot of eyerolling reading this.
It just felt fake to me. I'd been so excited to read this book, but as I slogged through it I felt completely disconnected to the protagonist. Her life didn't resemble anything I could really relate to. I think she was just really self-absorbed which is probably why I had trouble connecting. It just made me so mad by the end, though. I couldn't get invested at all.
I didn't really care for the characters, especially Eliza. She felt so whiny to me. And again I WAS this girl (minus the ridiculous fanbase). I did a lot of eyerolling reading this.
Spoiler
That part where she goes online and neither of her online friends immediately respond to her vent message and she feels "so alone in the world woe is her" like??? As someone who still has multiple very close online friends, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CAN'T ALWAYS BE THERE AT YOUR BECK AND CALL (just like regular friends). They have lives, schedules, separate timezones! Sweetheart calm down they'll respond when they can. The entitlement really rubbed me wrong.It just felt fake to me. I'd been so excited to read this book, but as I slogged through it I felt completely disconnected to the protagonist. Her life didn't resemble anything I could really relate to. I think she was just really self-absorbed which is probably why I had trouble connecting. It just made me so mad by the end, though. I couldn't get invested at all.