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A review by chivalricmaiden
Enter Title Here by Naomi Kanakia
5.0
I have reread this novel over and over and I'm reluctant to return this to the library.
First off I want to say that I didn't get why the protagonist couldn't just make it up instead of trying to enhance real life. I don't think it would be hard for her to write the ending she wanted to have. Moving on.
Reshma is this manipulative, school-cheating Indian girl (although she does work hard) who is determined to go to Stanford NO MATTER WHAT. I can't believe I was supporting her all the way. My insides cried when she didn't end up going to Stanford, but it's what she deserves. But the defeat to Susan Le is AGGRAVATING.
In fact, Stanford's the reason she started this whole novel. She doesn't have any real interests but somehow I still loved her. Her tiger personality wowed me even though from the other side I'd be terrified. Her arc isn't big but I can see a gradual sense of change at the end. She's still blunt but she's slightly softer.
I actually can relate to her except her cheating habit. She could've taken various books and websites on one subtopic and mix them all up together beautifully (not whole sentences just partial or paraphrase it), turning in a fresh assignment.
Parenting Reshma must be hard. With her demand of lawsuits, it's a complicated process. I can see her mother obviously saddened and irritated while her father thinks it's no big thing. (Yay dad love)
Chelsea is this nice, fair individual(at least on the outside) who is second adjacent to Reshma with her gold. Although from explanations of past events, I can infer that she wasn't always so bright and sunny. I imagine her with a touch of snobbishness.
When Chelsea applied to Stanford after Reshma got dragged down to a lower place, I could see a bit of joyousness in it. In her mind, she's dancing that she's on top. I wanted to see her spill a bit of rudeness in between the lines, however. Maybe Reshma wouldn't notice but I would.
Miss Ratcliffe did crack however. I was extremely upset along with Reshma when she spoke ill of her parents!
Alex is so aggressive that she's similar to Reshma. The only major difference is that they were on opposing sides. I wasn't mad at her either. (What is this book doing to me?!)
I have no idea how to conclude this or what to talk about anymore so I'll just say something obvious. I loved this book.
(I hate writing reviews. It takes a lot of thought that I never knew I had (and makes me go crazy when I don't have any thought). The result is a tad mushed up.)
REVIEW DONE IN 2017
First off I want to say that I didn't get why the protagonist couldn't just make it up instead of trying to enhance real life. I don't think it would be hard for her to write the ending she wanted to have. Moving on.
Reshma is this manipulative, school-cheating Indian girl (although she does work hard) who is determined to go to Stanford NO MATTER WHAT. I can't believe I was supporting her all the way. My insides cried when she didn't end up going to Stanford, but it's what she deserves. But the defeat to Susan Le is AGGRAVATING.
In fact, Stanford's the reason she started this whole novel. She doesn't have any real interests but somehow I still loved her. Her tiger personality wowed me even though from the other side I'd be terrified. Her arc isn't big but I can see a gradual sense of change at the end. She's still blunt but she's slightly softer.
I actually can relate to her except her cheating habit. She could've taken various books and websites on one subtopic and mix them all up together beautifully (not whole sentences just partial or paraphrase it), turning in a fresh assignment.
Parenting Reshma must be hard. With her demand of lawsuits, it's a complicated process. I can see her mother obviously saddened and irritated while her father thinks it's no big thing. (Yay dad love)
Chelsea is this nice, fair individual(at least on the outside) who is second adjacent to Reshma with her gold. Although from explanations of past events, I can infer that she wasn't always so bright and sunny. I imagine her with a touch of snobbishness.
When Chelsea applied to Stanford after Reshma got dragged down to a lower place, I could see a bit of joyousness in it. In her mind, she's dancing that she's on top. I wanted to see her spill a bit of rudeness in between the lines, however. Maybe Reshma wouldn't notice but I would.
Miss Ratcliffe did crack however. I was extremely upset along with Reshma when she spoke ill of her parents!
Alex is so aggressive that she's similar to Reshma. The only major difference is that they were on opposing sides. I wasn't mad at her either. (What is this book doing to me?!)
I have no idea how to conclude this or what to talk about anymore so I'll just say something obvious. I loved this book.
(I hate writing reviews. It takes a lot of thought that I never knew I had (and makes me go crazy when I don't have any thought). The result is a tad mushed up.)
REVIEW DONE IN 2017