A review by gracepizza40
Rick by Alex Gino

2.0

I have wanted to read Rick since I first read George a few years ago, so I am pretty disappointed with this book. The writing is highly forced and inaccurate to what middle schoolers are really like. The story felt preachy, and the characters from George (Rick, Melissa, Jeff, and Kelly) really disappointed me because of how their characters were portrayed. In George, the characters felt real and acted in a realistic way. But in Rick, they were always presenting and teaching a message with their dialogue instead of being a character in the book and naturally part of the messages Gino wanted to send.