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A review by karrama
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
5.0
This was about a life that was changed when a girl was beat up because she wasn't a girl yet and what happens after. She changes her life in ways most people never imagine. She takes a year off school and heads to a small Southern town to live with her father, who is still getting used to having a daughter.
Amanda enters school trying to keep her head down to get through to graduation. She wants to go to New York, or anywhere north. She meets a few football players, a great group of girls and an artsy bohemian only to find that maybe she can be a regular high school student after all. Of course nothing turns out exactly as we hope.
What I really liked about this book was that it wasn't about dating a boy as much as it was about falling in love and having a relationship with family and friends...but it was also about dating a boy. At the same time, the characters either are or turn 18 in the story, but the storytelling is solidly YA.
Pros:
Pretty realist, though not real, take on gender issues and high school relationships.
Keeps you reading.
This point needed to be made without spending the entire book on the trauma, and it was.
Cons:
Falls back on a specific plot point to bring about the end.
Nothing is happily ever after, but everything happens in a realistic way.
Must separate author's public image from work to read.
I'm not 100% on this, so if the book sticks with me, I will probably come back and update the review.
Amanda enters school trying to keep her head down to get through to graduation. She wants to go to New York, or anywhere north. She meets a few football players, a great group of girls and an artsy bohemian only to find that maybe she can be a regular high school student after all. Of course nothing turns out exactly as we hope.
What I really liked about this book was that it wasn't about dating a boy as much as it was about falling in love and having a relationship with family and friends...but it was also about dating a boy. At the same time, the characters either are or turn 18 in the story, but the storytelling is solidly YA.
Pros:
Pretty realist, though not real, take on gender issues and high school relationships.
Keeps you reading.
This point needed to be made without spending the entire book on the trauma, and it was.
Cons:
Falls back on a specific plot point to bring about the end.
Nothing is happily ever after, but everything happens in a realistic way.
Must separate author's public image from work to read.
I'm not 100% on this, so if the book sticks with me, I will probably come back and update the review.