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A review by gwendolyn_kensinger
See All the Stars by Kit Frick
3.0
Objectively I think this was a decent story. However, I think I’ve read too many YA contemporaries that do similar things. This is an excellent book to read if you're stepping up to YA from middle grade or just looking for beginner contemporaries. This is Frick's first novel so I am giving the writing and story telling the benefit of the doubt, and will try other books by her.
The basic story is girl used to have friends and a boyfriend and now she doesn't. Why? Well reasons of course. Told in alternating timelines (now and then) we get clues as to what happened and why things changed so quickly.
Things I liked:
* the teenagers felt like teenagers
* the pop culture references were there, but not overdone
* parents were present or not, but an actual part of the story
* surprise ending!
Things I didn't enjoy or could have made the story better:
* I know a major part of the story is how these 4 girls are no longer friends, but they never seemed like good friends to begin with
* Matthias and his outbursts or the general way he treated Ellory at times
* I wish we were privy to at least one actual session with Dr. Marsha
* The catalyst for what happened was no mystery - I saw that coming a mile away
The basic story is girl used to have friends and a boyfriend and now she doesn't. Why? Well reasons of course. Told in alternating timelines (now and then) we get clues as to what happened and why things changed so quickly.
Things I liked:
* the teenagers felt like teenagers
* the pop culture references were there, but not overdone
* parents were present or not, but an actual part of the story
* surprise ending!
Things I didn't enjoy or could have made the story better:
* I know a major part of the story is how these 4 girls are no longer friends, but they never seemed like good friends to begin with
* Matthias and his outbursts or the general way he treated Ellory at times
* I wish we were privy to at least one actual session with Dr. Marsha
* The catalyst for what happened was no mystery - I saw that coming a mile away