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A review by akookieforyou
You Know Me Well by David Levithan, Nina LaCour
1.0
I was so excited to read this book. Ever since reading David Levithan's half of Will Grayson, Will Grayson I wanted to read more of his work. I hadn't read anything by Nina LaCour, but was excited to give her writing a try. The premise to this sounded like a lot of fun, and exactly like my type of book. This was definitely not the case.
I was very disappointed by this book (obviously, given my rating). The two main characters become best friends, that somehow just "get each other", way too fast to be taken seriously. Most of the characters are either forgettable or terrible, and the story isn't anything special. There were a few things that I actually liked, but nothing that could even remotely make up for the rest of the book.
Nina's main character was annoying, and frankly, kind of insufferable. I didn't understand her or her motivations at all. She constantly did the stupidest things imaginable, and caused the girl she really liked nothing but heartache. She had a few nice moments here and there, but not enough to make me like her. She also just ditches her best friends that she's known her whole life for some dude she just met. Ugggh
David's main character was okay, nothing spectacular. He also wasn't super memorable, I literally cannot conjure up his name at all. His best friend/love interest character was just plain awful. I hated his guts so, so, SO much. He did nothing but play with the mc's heart and then toss him aside when a better offer came up. But the worst part was how in the end, when our mc was being a good guy, coming over and trying to be there for this dick when he needed it, the douche also invites his new boyfriend over. Our mc has to sit there with the two of them while he still clearly loves this asshole. And to top it all off, he just becomes suddenly okay with it? I'm sorry, WHAT!?!?
I plan to read some other stories by Nina and David, and hopefully they'll be better than this one.
I was very disappointed by this book (obviously, given my rating). The two main characters become best friends, that somehow just "get each other", way too fast to be taken seriously. Most of the characters are either forgettable or terrible, and the story isn't anything special. There were a few things that I actually liked, but nothing that could even remotely make up for the rest of the book.
Nina's main character was annoying, and frankly, kind of insufferable. I didn't understand her or her motivations at all. She constantly did the stupidest things imaginable, and caused the girl she really liked nothing but heartache. She had a few nice moments here and there, but not enough to make me like her. She also just ditches her best friends that she's known her whole life for some dude she just met. Ugggh
David's main character was okay, nothing spectacular. He also wasn't super memorable, I literally cannot conjure up his name at all. His best friend/love interest character was just plain awful. I hated his guts so, so, SO much. He did nothing but play with the mc's heart and then toss him aside when a better offer came up. But the worst part was how in the end, when our mc was being a good guy, coming over and trying to be there for this dick when he needed it, the douche also invites his new boyfriend over. Our mc has to sit there with the two of them while he still clearly loves this asshole. And to top it all off, he just becomes suddenly okay with it? I'm sorry, WHAT!?!?
I plan to read some other stories by Nina and David, and hopefully they'll be better than this one.