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The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend
by Kody Keplinger
Firstly, respect to Keplinger for penning a novel at 17! I was lucky if I got through all of my midterms in one piece at that age, there's no way I could have written a novel.
At the start, it read like a 17 year old wrote it. It didn't have the smoothness of more seasoned writers but as the novel went on, her writing grew and blossomed. You usually have to wait for further books to see growth and you can see that in just one novel here. Nicely done.
Won't lie, at first I was exasperated with Bianca. It wasn't the cynicism or the too cool for school attitude. It was her self proclaimed feminism coming at odds with her jealously thinking of other girls as whores and blaming them rather the guy for the flirting. Why is it that girls automatically get angry at other girls. The guy isn't blameless if he flirted back. And that was exactly what happened and part of my issue. However, when you're a hormonal teen, you're lucky if you make it through HS alive how could you possibly have everything figured out? Maybe that was Keplinger's point.
The end was what clinched it for me. After spending most of the novel wanting to strangle Bianca for her questionable behavior, her growth warmed me to her as well as Wesley.
Once again, well done, Keplinger, well done.
Side note, super fun and easy read. Read it in two days only because I also had to work in between. Not the greatest thing I've read but certainly not the worst, either.
At the start, it read like a 17 year old wrote it. It didn't have the smoothness of more seasoned writers but as the novel went on, her writing grew and blossomed. You usually have to wait for further books to see growth and you can see that in just one novel here. Nicely done.
Won't lie, at first I was exasperated with Bianca. It wasn't the cynicism or the too cool for school attitude. It was her self proclaimed feminism coming at odds with her jealously thinking of other girls as whores and blaming them rather the guy for the flirting. Why is it that girls automatically get angry at other girls. The guy isn't blameless if he flirted back. And that was exactly what happened and part of my issue. However, when you're a hormonal teen, you're lucky if you make it through HS alive how could you possibly have everything figured out? Maybe that was Keplinger's point.
The end was what clinched it for me. After spending most of the novel wanting to strangle Bianca for her questionable behavior, her growth warmed me to her as well as Wesley.
Once again, well done, Keplinger, well done.
Side note, super fun and easy read. Read it in two days only because I also had to work in between. Not the greatest thing I've read but certainly not the worst, either.