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A review by thebookberrie
From Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya Menon
Did not finish book.
It's not you, it's me. I hate it say it but I'm getting too old for things like this. This book is written really really young. Twinkle sounds and acts far younger than the 16 she is supposed to be and when she was getting weird and making a big deal about a girl rolling her eyes at her, I knew it was time for me to quit.
"But Jaye!" you say, "this is young adult, it's meant for a younger audience!" In which I'll say: just because it's YA doesn't mean it has to be immature and cringy. Just because it's YA doesn't mean it has to be like this. I've read so many YA contemporaries that have had teen and adult issues without making me want to throw the book and pretend I never saw it.
The journal format didn't help make Twinkle not seem like she was 12 and while writing to different female directors sounds like a fun idea, it didn't actually matter because she switched them every other time. Also Twinkle was impossibly annoying. Tiny pet peeve but DVDs aren't old school, they release new movies on DVD (and bluray, digital, and sometimes 4k) almost every week. Twinkle is a fake film fan.
"But Jaye!" you say, "this is young adult, it's meant for a younger audience!" In which I'll say: just because it's YA doesn't mean it has to be immature and cringy. Just because it's YA doesn't mean it has to be like this. I've read so many YA contemporaries that have had teen and adult issues without making me want to throw the book and pretend I never saw it.
The journal format didn't help make Twinkle not seem like she was 12 and while writing to different female directors sounds like a fun idea, it didn't actually matter because she switched them every other time. Also Twinkle was impossibly annoying. Tiny pet peeve but DVDs aren't old school, they release new movies on DVD (and bluray, digital, and sometimes 4k) almost every week. Twinkle is a fake film fan.