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A review by natalyawill
Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl by Brianna R. Shrum, Sara Waxelbaum
4.0
Initially found this book quite boring, but a little ways in it picked up. I like the dynamic between the two main characters. I thought it was quite cute that the whole book is essentially based around Margo’s autism and her struggling to understand a world she’s getting into to. I think this was portrayed well, especially when Abbie realised she needed to stop assuming there was a bit of knowledge and start from nothing instead. Another of the ongoing theme of autism paired with adhd, though Abbie’s ADHD felt like it came out of nowhere.
‘The thing is I know now. The thing is that I can’t go back. The thing is: I never ever want to.’
‘She leaves and I just stand at the door for a minute, wishing that she hadn’t.’
‘The thing is, Abbie, that I don’t know when I knew. I know when I acknowledged it. I think I know when I should have known—and that is always.’
‘There’s a lot of things you said that can be filed under “asshole” but only one that needs to be filed under “bad fucking person” and I think you know exactly what it is.’
‘You don’t need someone else to tell you who you are. You just need to trust yourself. I trust you.”’
‘The thing is I know now. The thing is that I can’t go back. The thing is: I never ever want to.’
‘She leaves and I just stand at the door for a minute, wishing that she hadn’t.’
‘The thing is, Abbie, that I don’t know when I knew. I know when I acknowledged it. I think I know when I should have known—and that is always.’
‘There’s a lot of things you said that can be filed under “asshole” but only one that needs to be filed under “bad fucking person” and I think you know exactly what it is.’
‘You don’t need someone else to tell you who you are. You just need to trust yourself. I trust you.”’