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A review by penosa16
Nerve. Un juego sin reglas by Jeanne Ryan
adventurous
funny
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I didn't tooootally hate this! I think there are some interesting ideas I enjoyed like the reality TV personalities, the producers manipulating people in these shows, and offering life-changing prices to desperate people with no other choices. I do feel like it lacked a bit of depth, some of these things were superficially discussed, and the resolution was too rushed.
The book was easy to read, so I give it extra points for that. The characters were a bit simplistic. Again: too superficial, but the potential was there. Vee grated on my nerves a couple of times just because she has too much internalized misogyny. Yeah, she wasn't congruent with her actions, obviously, but I had to remind myself that she was just a teenager, her brain wasn't fully developed and she was being pressured into most of these dares. I can't expect her to act level-headed and to my liking because then there would be no book.
The romance was just filler, I didn't feel like it added anything to the story, I don't even remember his name. Tommy was a total incel waste of a character. Sydney didn't really do anything, either wrong or right in my opinion: she was just there.
I feel like I have to repeat what I did like about this book because I gave it three stars. It is a competent book, I feel like there was a clear focus on what the author wanted to achieve, the main thesis she wanted to put out there. I liked the main concepts, and the potential, some specific scenes were really nerve-wracking (that was the purpose of those scenes, to stress me the f- out). The teenager in me would have LOVED this book, I think. I'm not sure why I waited seven years to read it.
The book was easy to read, so I give it extra points for that. The characters were a bit simplistic. Again: too superficial, but the potential was there. Vee grated on my nerves a couple of times just because she has too much internalized misogyny. Yeah, she wasn't congruent with her actions, obviously, but I had to remind myself that she was just a teenager, her brain wasn't fully developed and she was being pressured into most of these dares. I can't expect her to act level-headed and to my liking because then there would be no book.
The romance was just filler, I didn't feel like it added anything to the story, I don't even remember his name. Tommy was a total incel waste of a character. Sydney didn't really do anything, either wrong or right in my opinion: she was just there.
I feel like I have to repeat what I did like about this book because I gave it three stars. It is a competent book, I feel like there was a clear focus on what the author wanted to achieve, the main thesis she wanted to put out there. I liked the main concepts, and the potential, some specific scenes were really nerve-wracking (that was the purpose of those scenes, to stress me the f- out). The teenager in me would have LOVED this book, I think. I'm not sure why I waited seven years to read it.