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Technically, You Started It
by Lana Wood Johnson
solid 4/5 stars
I read this in between books when I needed something light and fun. The text format makes it easy to read, and it made me reminisce my early internet days (wow I sound old) when I would first start messaging a new internet friend and find out all these minute but interesting things about them. This book really shows that you can reveal so much about yourself over text - slowly at first, because it's hard to open up and get into the thick of it - but not having the face-to-face interaction makes it so easy to reveal all your innermost thoughts
Haley and Martin are hard to know at first, because you're thrown into the book with little to no introduction to their characters, but they slowly grow on you. I love Haley's intense love for reading absolutely everything, knowing the most random facts that make for interesting conversations. Maybe I'm strange, but it was relatable how excited she was about learning some random fact and telling Martin about it.
Despite the book focusing on the text messages of H and M, I felt that Haley was more of the main character. Maybe it's because she's the "sender" in the texts, or maybe its because she's not the one in the know that Martin isn't the Martin she thinks. It's always the main character who has to uncover secrets and make revelations, after all.
It's very sweet, seeing these characters talk about familial life and friends and just little high school things that get overlooked in most YA books. For a book in text format, it manages to be very personal.
I read this in between books when I needed something light and fun. The text format makes it easy to read, and it made me reminisce my early internet days (wow I sound old) when I would first start messaging a new internet friend and find out all these minute but interesting things about them. This book really shows that you can reveal so much about yourself over text - slowly at first, because it's hard to open up and get into the thick of it - but not having the face-to-face interaction makes it so easy to reveal all your innermost thoughts
Haley and Martin are hard to know at first, because you're thrown into the book with little to no introduction to their characters, but they slowly grow on you. I love Haley's intense love for reading absolutely everything, knowing the most random facts that make for interesting conversations. Maybe I'm strange, but it was relatable how excited she was about learning some random fact and telling Martin about it.
Despite the book focusing on the text messages of H and M, I felt that Haley was more of the main character. Maybe it's because she's the "sender" in the texts, or maybe its because she's not the one in the know that Martin isn't the Martin she thinks. It's always the main character who has to uncover secrets and make revelations, after all.
It's very sweet, seeing these characters talk about familial life and friends and just little high school things that get overlooked in most YA books. For a book in text format, it manages to be very personal.