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A review by melbsreads
The Yearbook Committee by Sarah Ayoub
4.0
This is the story of five year 12 kids who are forced to work together on their school yearbook, and how they gradually become friends over the course of the year. Essentially, it feels a lot like a 21st century Looking for Alibrandi. Which, honestly, I'm totally okay with. But I got that impression very early on in the story, and couldn't get past it.
It's about a group of teenagers finding themselves, dealing with family expectations, dealing with changing family situations, changing friendships and changing ideas about university. It's about realising that first impressions can be wrong, and that your parents don't always know what's best for you.
I don't think it will stick with me the same way that Looking for Alibrandi has, solely because there are five narrators instead of one, and as much as I loved all five of the characters, it's harder to connect with them than with a single narrator.
On the whole, it was funny and feelsy and I kind of loved it.
It's about a group of teenagers finding themselves, dealing with family expectations, dealing with changing family situations, changing friendships and changing ideas about university. It's about realising that first impressions can be wrong, and that your parents don't always know what's best for you.
I don't think it will stick with me the same way that Looking for Alibrandi has, solely because there are five narrators instead of one, and as much as I loved all five of the characters, it's harder to connect with them than with a single narrator.
On the whole, it was funny and feelsy and I kind of loved it.