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A review by leesuh
52 Reasons to Hate My Father by Jessica Brody
4.0
Having read and loved Jessica Brody’s Unremembered I was too excited to check out her contemporary work. 52 Reasons to Hate My Father had been floating through my brain for a while. Add in the interest in a stellar title and people telling me it was good and it’s safe to say I was over the moon to pick this book up.
52 Reasons to Hate My Father has one of the most unique concepts I’ve ever seen/read anywhere. I was expecting this to be a quick, light read (it was), but I was happy to discover that Lexington Larrabee wasn’t just a spoiled brat. There were reasons for the way she was and conflict in her life I wasn’t expecting to get a look into. I have to be honest, at the end of this novel I actually got a little misty because of how sweet it was.
I know the title is a little bit misleading, but Lexington Larrabee goes through one hell of a transformation in the duration of the novel. I actually think that her character arc is one of the most complex I’ve read before. That’s not to say that she had a lot wrong with her and she overcame it or anything like that, but the change in her outlook on life was so radically different by the end of the book. And it was written so well. Like, I can totally see it happening in real life.
At the end of the day I’m not really sure what to say about this book. I loved 52 Reasons to Hate My Father so much. I wish I could go back with a clean slate and read it again like I’ve never read it before. If you like contemporary I definitely, definitely recommend you read this book. It is so good and I promise you won’t be disappointed.
52 Reasons to Hate My Father has one of the most unique concepts I’ve ever seen/read anywhere. I was expecting this to be a quick, light read (it was), but I was happy to discover that Lexington Larrabee wasn’t just a spoiled brat. There were reasons for the way she was and conflict in her life I wasn’t expecting to get a look into. I have to be honest, at the end of this novel I actually got a little misty because of how sweet it was.
I know the title is a little bit misleading, but Lexington Larrabee goes through one hell of a transformation in the duration of the novel. I actually think that her character arc is one of the most complex I’ve read before. That’s not to say that she had a lot wrong with her and she overcame it or anything like that, but the change in her outlook on life was so radically different by the end of the book. And it was written so well. Like, I can totally see it happening in real life.
At the end of the day I’m not really sure what to say about this book. I loved 52 Reasons to Hate My Father so much. I wish I could go back with a clean slate and read it again like I’ve never read it before. If you like contemporary I definitely, definitely recommend you read this book. It is so good and I promise you won’t be disappointed.