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Unteachable
by Elliot Wake
Unteachable wasn't great, but it wasn't bad either.
Maise is an 18 year old girl with a drug addicted mother and absent father. Evan is a 32 year old man with a similarly difficult past. They fall in love, freak out about falling in love, figure out some stuff... and that's basically it.
I didn't know much going into this book, only that it's a new adult book that I've heard people rave about. After reading it, I really don't know why people think it's so amazing. o.O
I'll admit, the writing was beautiful, and... different. I couldn't stop reading, but it was an average story with average characters. Maise and Evan were meh, and their relationship together was pretty much only physical, and I just didn't feel their connection, nor could I connect to either of them. They both felt a little flat, and none of their emotional ooey gooey stuff felt realistic or authentic. And I also though it was ridiculous how obvious they were being with their student-teacher relationship. I mean, come on - do they really think their romantic advances AT SCHOOL will go unnoticed? Evan came off as creepy, particularly as the story progresses and we find out more about his past... yet Maise continues to believe he's the most amazing man on the planet. The romance in general just didn't really do anything for me, which is disappointing, because early on in the book, I thought I would love them together! The only character I liked was Wesley. He truly cared for Maise and his intentions were always from the heart, even if they didn't always come across that way. He was one of the main reasons I kept reading.
The ending didn't do much for me either. I'm just disappointed, because I was not expecting what I got, and what I got was not really my type of book. I think the main thing that irritated me was the amount of sexual content throughout the book - it did nothing to further the story, and I frequently grew tired of the same repeated words and scenes the seemed to pop up every few pages.
I did really enjoy the film metaphors and language throughout. It added a different feeling to the writing that I appreciated, and found myself re-reading certain sentences to absorb how wonderfully they were written.
Overall, I give Unteachable 3 stars. It wasn't the best, it wasn't the worse, but I did enjoy the storytelling, even though I didn't like most of the characters. Recommended to anyone who likes NA books, because maybe you'll have better luck with it than I did! :)
Maise is an 18 year old girl with a drug addicted mother and absent father. Evan is a 32 year old man with a similarly difficult past. They fall in love, freak out about falling in love, figure out some stuff... and that's basically it.
I didn't know much going into this book, only that it's a new adult book that I've heard people rave about. After reading it, I really don't know why people think it's so amazing. o.O
I'll admit, the writing was beautiful, and... different. I couldn't stop reading, but it was an average story with average characters. Maise and Evan were meh, and their relationship together was pretty much only physical, and I just didn't feel their connection, nor could I connect to either of them. They both felt a little flat, and none of their emotional ooey gooey stuff felt realistic or authentic. And I also though it was ridiculous how obvious they were being with their student-teacher relationship. I mean, come on - do they really think their romantic advances AT SCHOOL will go unnoticed? Evan came off as creepy, particularly as the story progresses and we find out more about his past... yet Maise continues to believe he's the most amazing man on the planet. The romance in general just didn't really do anything for me, which is disappointing, because early on in the book, I thought I would love them together! The only character I liked was Wesley. He truly cared for Maise and his intentions were always from the heart, even if they didn't always come across that way. He was one of the main reasons I kept reading.
The ending didn't do much for me either. I'm just disappointed, because I was not expecting what I got, and what I got was not really my type of book. I think the main thing that irritated me was the amount of sexual content throughout the book - it did nothing to further the story, and I frequently grew tired of the same repeated words and scenes the seemed to pop up every few pages.
I did really enjoy the film metaphors and language throughout. It added a different feeling to the writing that I appreciated, and found myself re-reading certain sentences to absorb how wonderfully they were written.
Overall, I give Unteachable 3 stars. It wasn't the best, it wasn't the worse, but I did enjoy the storytelling, even though I didn't like most of the characters. Recommended to anyone who likes NA books, because maybe you'll have better luck with it than I did! :)