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A review by bookishtaylor
The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett by Chelsea Sedoti
3.0
*I was provided a copy from NetGalley in an exchange for an honest review*
The way that Hawthorn is portrayed in this book made everything so cringy. I understand living in a fantasy world and wanting to disappear because high school sucks. But her outlook on things made me dislike this book. Her voice as a character as not something I could relate to.
I wanted to go in and like this book, I really did but the delusions that Hawthorn has and the way she treats her friends is painful. While I did appriciate the realness of losing friends and the views of what really happens after having sex for the first time, nothing could really make up for the rest of the books. The obsessiveness she has over Lizzie is shocking as well.
Everything about this book was just unhealthy. The 25 year old going after the 17 year old, using each other for the wrong reasons. I feel like the ending could have been done better but it makes sense with Hawthorn’s obsessiveness with the situation.
The redeeming quality for this book was the ending. Hawthorn grew up a little, she opened up to things and made this kind of a coming of age tale. That made it cute. But only like the last 30 pages.
The way that Hawthorn is portrayed in this book made everything so cringy. I understand living in a fantasy world and wanting to disappear because high school sucks. But her outlook on things made me dislike this book. Her voice as a character as not something I could relate to.
I wanted to go in and like this book, I really did but the delusions that Hawthorn has and the way she treats her friends is painful. While I did appriciate the realness of losing friends and the views of what really happens after having sex for the first time, nothing could really make up for the rest of the books. The obsessiveness she has over Lizzie is shocking as well.
Everything about this book was just unhealthy. The 25 year old going after the 17 year old, using each other for the wrong reasons. I feel like the ending could have been done better but it makes sense with Hawthorn’s obsessiveness with the situation.
The redeeming quality for this book was the ending. Hawthorn grew up a little, she opened up to things and made this kind of a coming of age tale. That made it cute. But only like the last 30 pages.