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A review by aliena_jackson
American Girls by Alison Umminger
1.0
Anna is my least favorite kind of character. She’s selfish, she’s ungrateful, and she never learns from her mistakes. Usually these kinds of characters never change, and they remain the insufferable people they are until you close the book, unsatisfied.
Normally, with these characters, there is a very unlikeable evil best friend. In this book, that friend’s name is Doon. I’m not going to get into her character too much, but what I will say is that she sent a picture of an aborted fetus to a girl and told her that fetus should have been her. Oh, and Anna also participated in this cyberbullying.
Anna’s family members are all nutcases. Delia blackmailed Anna so she’d stay silent and wouldn’t tell her boyfriend that she was cheating on him. She also refused to buy Anna food. Cora, Anna’s mom, blamed Anna for her breast cancer. As you can imagine, I am not behind telling a fourteen year old girl that she caused her mother’s breast cancer. Her mom is clearly manipulative, and has major issues. Anna’s dad abandoned her for his girlfriend, Celia, and then withdrew child support. (I wasn’t aware you could do that.) Anna’s stepmom, Lynette, was by far the best thing to a parental figure Anna would have, if it weren’t for the fact that she tells Anna she’s glad she ran away to LA and then charges her interest when Anna tries to reimburse her. She also makes her pay for her own plane ticket home.
Jeremy wasn’t really that present, and his relationship with Anna was definitely insta-love.
Dex, Delia’s boyfriend, was an okay character, if you forget the fact that he kicked Anna out every night in order to sleep with her sister.
The story was weak. The Manson girls are barely mentioned, and most of this book is just us reading about Anna sitting around waiting for an Delia or Dex to take her home. I wouldn’t read this book again, and it was hard for me to finish. It was drivel, plain and simple.
To simplify: If you like awful characters and boring plots, then this book is for you. Otherwise, avoid at all costs.
Normally, with these characters, there is a very unlikeable evil best friend. In this book, that friend’s name is Doon. I’m not going to get into her character too much, but what I will say is that she sent a picture of an aborted fetus to a girl and told her that fetus should have been her. Oh, and Anna also participated in this cyberbullying.
Anna’s family members are all nutcases. Delia blackmailed Anna so she’d stay silent and wouldn’t tell her boyfriend that she was cheating on him. She also refused to buy Anna food. Cora, Anna’s mom, blamed Anna for her breast cancer. As you can imagine, I am not behind telling a fourteen year old girl that she caused her mother’s breast cancer. Her mom is clearly manipulative, and has major issues. Anna’s dad abandoned her for his girlfriend, Celia, and then withdrew child support. (I wasn’t aware you could do that.) Anna’s stepmom, Lynette, was by far the best thing to a parental figure Anna would have, if it weren’t for the fact that she tells Anna she’s glad she ran away to LA and then charges her interest when Anna tries to reimburse her. She also makes her pay for her own plane ticket home.
Jeremy wasn’t really that present, and his relationship with Anna was definitely insta-love.
Dex, Delia’s boyfriend, was an okay character, if you forget the fact that he kicked Anna out every night in order to sleep with her sister.
The story was weak. The Manson girls are barely mentioned, and most of this book is just us reading about Anna sitting around waiting for an Delia or Dex to take her home. I wouldn’t read this book again, and it was hard for me to finish. It was drivel, plain and simple.
To simplify: If you like awful characters and boring plots, then this book is for you. Otherwise, avoid at all costs.