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A review by booksy_hvn
The BFF Role by Jaysee Jewel
1.0
I honestly think this book was not for me. I couldn't even finish it. The target audience should be teenagers up to 16/17, as the characters act more childish-like. The plot of the story is actually very entertaining and I kept going back and trying to finish it because of it, but some details of the characters and writing style were bothering me more than I would've liked.
Firstly, there is an overuse of stereotypes, which is what the book is about, but when they are used so many times in the same situations and for the same characters it gets tiring to read. I was almost half the book in, and Zilla could not for the life of her at least try not to stereotype Axel. It was making her such an annoying character to read, it was almost like she had no more dimension than stereotype stereotype stereotype. Of course if there is a character development for the ending, that means that she is not a flat character at all, but you have to bear with that Zilla for more than half of the book at LEAST so it just makes a difficult reading experience.
We are also explained many many things but not shown, for example, Derek is described as this boy-next-door golden retriever when the only thing he has done is be rude to everyone. Something does not make sense there.
Also, Zilla makes herself the victim when Axel answers a bit more rudely to her when she is LITERALLY calling him names in his face without ANY proof bc he has been nothing but good to her. All characters act like they are 15 and they are supposed to be what... 20???
Finally, I feel like there is no temporal continuity. We go from one scene to the other, from lunch to prom to uni and we don't even know how much time has passed. It feels like a bunch of scenes written separately and out together.
These are just some of the things that made me not want to continue reading, which is really a pity because I was really excited about the plot and everything. I think that if some of these issues are modified, this could be such an interesting and fresh read for young teenagers. But definitely not for people in uni.
Firstly, there is an overuse of stereotypes, which is what the book is about, but when they are used so many times in the same situations and for the same characters it gets tiring to read. I was almost half the book in, and Zilla could not for the life of her at least try not to stereotype Axel. It was making her such an annoying character to read, it was almost like she had no more dimension than stereotype stereotype stereotype. Of course if there is a character development for the ending, that means that she is not a flat character at all, but you have to bear with that Zilla for more than half of the book at LEAST so it just makes a difficult reading experience.
We are also explained many many things but not shown, for example, Derek is described as this boy-next-door golden retriever when the only thing he has done is be rude to everyone. Something does not make sense there.
Also, Zilla makes herself the victim when Axel answers a bit more rudely to her when she is LITERALLY calling him names in his face without ANY proof bc he has been nothing but good to her. All characters act like they are 15 and they are supposed to be what... 20???
Finally, I feel like there is no temporal continuity. We go from one scene to the other, from lunch to prom to uni and we don't even know how much time has passed. It feels like a bunch of scenes written separately and out together.
These are just some of the things that made me not want to continue reading, which is really a pity because I was really excited about the plot and everything. I think that if some of these issues are modified, this could be such an interesting and fresh read for young teenagers. But definitely not for people in uni.