renitor 's review for:

Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler

3.0

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so this book was an okay read but meaningful i guess. it didnt really focus on the romance but more on the friendship which was quite different compared to the usual books that i read. i did really like that aspect of the book however, i didnt exactly like the main friend too much. frankie was just not likable enough to me while anna was okay and strangely relatable. also, many of the side characters weren't developed at all which totally made me sad (literallt knew nothing about sam) i guess i just feel like the book itself had an interesting premise but the execution wasn't too good. the book had too many scenes that didnt seem to matter at all and bored me but not enough scenes that actually were relevant to the plot. (literally a whole convo about this kid and his cleaning maid, like why) this made me feel like the book was too long and dragging (bc of the useless scenes) and that the book wasn't long enough (bc there wasnt enough development, not enough scenes that were relevant, and bc the book felt like it ended quite abruptly) anyway, this was a decent enough book but dont put ur expectations too high.