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nooreo 's review for:
Can't Look Away
by Donna Cooner
Okay, so I put off reading this book for a lot longer than anticipated once I bought it. I usually take a week at most, but it took a year for me to finally pick this book up and get to it. And yikes. First off, I have to say it wasn't the worst book I've read. I loved the little romance and the supportive, always happy cousin, and I can for sure ignore a mean girl cliche when I see one (by the way, loved how the worst mean girl in the group was actually the side-kick #2 in this case, instead of the Queen B herself). But I had two main issues: Torrey's fame, and Torrey's attitude. Baby, you are NOT that famous to be acting like you run the world! She has around 300k subscribers, and yet somehow everyone on planet earth knows who she is or has at least watched one of her videos? Mmm, sounds a lil sketch to me. And then there's her whole "I snort popularity like it's cocaine" thing she has going for her. No baby! I get if you're the spotlight, and I understand that some girls in high school are trying to climb the social ladder, so it's not the most unrealistic thing to put in a story. But Torrey is so unlikeable with her "I'm better than you because I inject Vuitton heels into my arm for breakfast" attitude that I think it might have been my subconscious actually TRYING to get me to have not read this. Once again, though, it's not the worst book!!! And I love how culturally aware it is with Luis' family and the Day of the Dead. But since I physically, mentally, and spiritually couldn't get over how unrealistic her fame was and how snobby she was, I had to write a bad review on it.