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A review by mrsdmvh
Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak by Adi Alsaid
3.0
Meet Lu. A whiny, eighteen year old who thinks life is horrible because her boyfriend broke up with her. Ever since her boyfriend broke up with her, she can't write. This is a huge problem because she writes for a popular online blog that is connected to a scholarship for college. Without it, she can't go.
Her column is about love. Think Sex & The City vibe column. She has written about her love and about what she hears around her. She meets a cute young man on a park bench and ends up eavesdropping on his conversation with his girlfriend where they break up. This gives Lu the fantastic idea to write about couples that break up before they go off to college.
Honestly, this whole book is Lu going on and on and on AND ON about how she can't write and how if she could just write about Cal and his girlfriend she will be set! Does she start to fall for Cal? Come on now...what do you think? Seriously though, I could barely handle Lu and all of her pity me attitude. Even her best friend gets tired of her crap.
This is truly a young adult novel. I think if 18 year old me read this, I'd be like YAAAAASSSS GIRL YAAAAASSSSSS. But the 30-something me is like, get over it. Haha. Keeping in mind that she truly drove me bonkers with her whiny self, I am going to rate this book twice...because again, 18 year old me would have fawned over this and been like, ugh, why can't anyone feel for Lu.
4 stars for the 21 and under crowd. 3 stars for the over 21 crowd. Why? This book truly will resonate with the younger crowd who is going off to college. They will have all the feels for this read. I just...don't. Not that it wasn't a well written book, it was, it's just I wanted to duct tape Lu's mouth shut, hahaha. The overall message of the book was good and in the end, I am happy how everything turned out.
Her column is about love. Think Sex & The City vibe column. She has written about her love and about what she hears around her. She meets a cute young man on a park bench and ends up eavesdropping on his conversation with his girlfriend where they break up. This gives Lu the fantastic idea to write about couples that break up before they go off to college.
Honestly, this whole book is Lu going on and on and on AND ON about how she can't write and how if she could just write about Cal and his girlfriend she will be set! Does she start to fall for Cal? Come on now...what do you think? Seriously though, I could barely handle Lu and all of her pity me attitude. Even her best friend gets tired of her crap.
This is truly a young adult novel. I think if 18 year old me read this, I'd be like YAAAAASSSS GIRL YAAAAASSSSSS. But the 30-something me is like, get over it. Haha. Keeping in mind that she truly drove me bonkers with her whiny self, I am going to rate this book twice...because again, 18 year old me would have fawned over this and been like, ugh, why can't anyone feel for Lu.
4 stars for the 21 and under crowd. 3 stars for the over 21 crowd. Why? This book truly will resonate with the younger crowd who is going off to college. They will have all the feels for this read. I just...don't. Not that it wasn't a well written book, it was, it's just I wanted to duct tape Lu's mouth shut, hahaha. The overall message of the book was good and in the end, I am happy how everything turned out.