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A review by recca_red
Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt
5.0
This was way too adorable to be legal.
Now. Right off the bat: it's a romcom. It's a very cliched romcom. It's got all the tropes. It's so predictable you can see everything coming from a mile away. Though it pains me to admit it, there's really nothing new about this book that gives me the right to feel so feral about it
However,
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I think you get the idea. And I love how it's not really that big of a deal? A lot of YA tends to do this thing with any kind of identity where there are entire paragraphs dedicated to it. I've seen characters have their entire lives shaped around a certain part of their identity. But Wren doesn't really go off on tangents about his asexuality unless it's directly relevant to his thought process and his internal monologue. I loved that.
But even putting all that aside, this book is wonderful. It's hilarious—I was practically dying like a beached whale in my seat from how hard it made me laugh. It's got a lot of heart in it. A lot of the characters are trope-y (the best friend, the jock, the mean one—you get the drift), but they still manage to come off as delightful.
And of course, Wren Martin himself. Such a grumpy, dramatic little gremlin. I would kill for him.
I think one important thing to note plot-wise was that there was a plot twist that actually surprised me. It's mostly my fault for not paying enough attention, but still. I'd forgotten rom-coms could technically do that.
So in conclusion: would definitely recommend. And it's not just because the main character keeps chickens.
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Now. Right off the bat: it's a romcom. It's a very cliched romcom. It's got all the tropes. It's so predictable you can see everything coming from a mile away. Though it pains me to admit it, there's really nothing new about this book that gives me the right to feel so feral about it
However,
ACE REP ACE REP ACE REP ACE REP ACE REP ACE REP ACE REP ACE REP ACE REP ACE REP ACE REP—
I think you get the idea. And I love how it's not really that big of a deal? A lot of YA tends to do this thing with any kind of identity where there are entire paragraphs dedicated to it. I've seen characters have their entire lives shaped around a certain part of their identity. But Wren doesn't really go off on tangents about his asexuality unless it's directly relevant to his thought process and his internal monologue. I loved that.
But even putting all that aside, this book is wonderful. It's hilarious—I was practically dying like a beached whale in my seat from how hard it made me laugh. It's got a lot of heart in it. A lot of the characters are trope-y (the best friend, the jock, the mean one—you get the drift), but they still manage to come off as delightful.
And of course, Wren Martin himself. Such a grumpy, dramatic little gremlin. I would kill for him.
I think one important thing to note plot-wise was that there was a plot twist that actually surprised me. It's mostly my fault for not paying enough attention, but still. I'd forgotten rom-coms could technically do that.
So in conclusion: would definitely recommend. And it's not just because the main character keeps chickens.
Find me on my tumblr