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A review by tjlcody
The Real Real by Emma McLaughlin
2.0
*Rubs eyes*
I love how I literally just read a book where I complained about the whole "The Good Old Best Friend behaves badly but no one calls them out on it because they are the Good Old Best Friend who is not like the Bitchy New Best Friend(s)" trope. Yeah, I'm looking at Caitlyn; much like Unfriended (Rachel Vail), while Jesse did wrong too, it made my blood boil when Caitlyn said she found it satisfying that people were calling Jesse an anorexic whore because Jesse got pulled into the show.
You know, the same show that she was nasty and bitter and took it out on Jesse that she didn't get cast on?
That pissed me off. Jesse wasn't innocent, but Caitlyn was a brat and deserved a bit of a "sit down" as well.
Other than that, the book was so-so. The way the show manipulated the kids was disgusting and infuriating, and I'm reminded of Reality Check (Jen Calonita) which was ultimately pulled off a lot better, especially in the respect that the parents weren't sitting on their butts and watching as these kids got their lives hijacked. But ultimately it was all just meh.
I love how I literally just read a book where I complained about the whole "The Good Old Best Friend behaves badly but no one calls them out on it because they are the Good Old Best Friend who is not like the Bitchy New Best Friend(s)" trope. Yeah, I'm looking at Caitlyn; much like Unfriended (Rachel Vail), while Jesse did wrong too, it made my blood boil when Caitlyn said she found it satisfying that people were calling Jesse an anorexic whore because Jesse got pulled into the show.
You know, the same show that she was nasty and bitter and took it out on Jesse that she didn't get cast on?
That pissed me off. Jesse wasn't innocent, but Caitlyn was a brat and deserved a bit of a "sit down" as well.
Other than that, the book was so-so. The way the show manipulated the kids was disgusting and infuriating, and I'm reminded of Reality Check (Jen Calonita) which was ultimately pulled off a lot better, especially in the respect that the parents weren't sitting on their butts and watching as these kids got their lives hijacked. But ultimately it was all just meh.