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A review by jscarpa14
Being Brooke by Emma Hart
4.0
I Liked This One
Okay first the negatives, it's got a few contradictions where one small detail is given in one part of the book then changed to something else later. The chick is Justin Bieber fan, insulted the 1990s (which is the decade I was a teenager and therefore I happen to like) over analyses everything and calling her a hot mess throughout the book is an understatement, huge one. Maturity wise this is not a character ready to have her first high school boyfriend, let alone an adult relationship. Her lack of being capable of doing pretty much anything other than baking kind of insulted my feminist side. Seriously the girl asked what a breaker was, was incapable of feeding herself could barely manage to walk without serious injury. There's a lot more focus on the he can't possibly like me back prerelationship than time spent on the actual relationship and interaction between the romantic leads. That said I actually liked Brooke even if I did want to swat her a few times. I shouldn't like Brooke, but I did, I kind of wanted to parent her though because she was that kind of character, the kind who is so messed up that you don't want to read about them, you want to meet them so you can fix them yourself. I enjoyed the story and the secondary characters and hope I get the chance to meet them again. Definitely recommended.
Okay first the negatives, it's got a few contradictions where one small detail is given in one part of the book then changed to something else later. The chick is Justin Bieber fan, insulted the 1990s (which is the decade I was a teenager and therefore I happen to like) over analyses everything and calling her a hot mess throughout the book is an understatement, huge one. Maturity wise this is not a character ready to have her first high school boyfriend, let alone an adult relationship. Her lack of being capable of doing pretty much anything other than baking kind of insulted my feminist side. Seriously the girl asked what a breaker was, was incapable of feeding herself could barely manage to walk without serious injury. There's a lot more focus on the he can't possibly like me back prerelationship than time spent on the actual relationship and interaction between the romantic leads. That said I actually liked Brooke even if I did want to swat her a few times. I shouldn't like Brooke, but I did, I kind of wanted to parent her though because she was that kind of character, the kind who is so messed up that you don't want to read about them, you want to meet them so you can fix them yourself. I enjoyed the story and the secondary characters and hope I get the chance to meet them again. Definitely recommended.