A review by sydney_arcuri
Dear Universe by Florence Gonsalves

2.0

I really enjoyed the plotline as a whole, but the characters made this book hard to love. Let's begin with the main character - Cham. Cham, is the character we are supposed to root for in the book; however, I find that hard to do so when she's a massive jerk to most of the other characters. From criticizing others for their personality quirks and outward appearances to continually bashing her best friends other friend. Cham constantly puts others down without it having any meaning to the plot. Granted if Cham was being a jerk and it actually tied in to elements of the plot, then I could excuse it. I know she had reasons for being upset an all, but in some cases it felt irrational. As far as the other characters go, they were simply names without personalities. Every other character had one thing that they enjoyed and it was their entire being. Abigail - becoming valedictorian. Gene- running. Hilary- talking like a British person. The only character I actually enjoyed was Brandon, and he only appeared in 1/3 of the book.
Overall, I think this book was a YA high school cliché ridden book, but with more philosophy.