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A review by kinglee
In Case You Missed It by Sarah Darer Littman
1.0
TW: misogyny, racism
Sammy is in her junior year. She's worried about her drivers and AP exams while also being worried about who, if anyone, is going to ask her to prom. But, when her family's private lives are put online for everyone to see, her life is turned upside down and her life feels over.
This book is supposed to be young adult, but it didn't read like it. The way Sammy thought about her family felt more middle-grade than it did for a sixteen year old. Her mom was always the worst person no matter what and it got old really fast. In all, Sammy wasn't a likable character at all. She said horrible things and then blamed other people for hating her when it all came out.
There are a number of hard topics brought up in this, but none of them are properly dealt with. Sammy's father refuses to talk about everything that comes out about him and when he does it's very basic. Even with Sammy has a conversation with a friend she said something racist about, it gets glossed over far too easy. I'd say that it's middle grade in how the author deals with things, but I've read middle grade books that deal with this topic better.
The ending tried to make everything seem like a happy ending, but to me it felt as if the author brought in another plot point simply to make people forget about the heavy topics and ignore the fact that they were being glossed over.
I didn't go into this expecting a lot, but I still walked away annoyed and extremely disappointed.
Sammy is in her junior year. She's worried about her drivers and AP exams while also being worried about who, if anyone, is going to ask her to prom. But, when her family's private lives are put online for everyone to see, her life is turned upside down and her life feels over.
This book is supposed to be young adult, but it didn't read like it. The way Sammy thought about her family felt more middle-grade than it did for a sixteen year old. Her mom was always the worst person no matter what and it got old really fast. In all, Sammy wasn't a likable character at all. She said horrible things and then blamed other people for hating her when it all came out.
There are a number of hard topics brought up in this, but none of them are properly dealt with. Sammy's father refuses to talk about everything that comes out about him and when he does it's very basic. Even with Sammy has a conversation with a friend she said something racist about, it gets glossed over far too easy. I'd say that it's middle grade in how the author deals with things, but I've read middle grade books that deal with this topic better.
The ending tried to make everything seem like a happy ending, but to me it felt as if the author brought in another plot point simply to make people forget about the heavy topics and ignore the fact that they were being glossed over.
I didn't go into this expecting a lot, but I still walked away annoyed and extremely disappointed.