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megan_lynch 's review for:
Twenty Boy Summer
by Sarah Ockler
If you want a light hearted summer novel to pass the time, maybe this wouldn't be the best place to go.
Twenty Boy Summer did have its moments though, especially during the beginning and parts of the end. However be warned, at times the plot kind of backtracked and repeated itself at times.
I found the narrator, Anna, very relatable, I loved both Matt, Sam and Frankie. I liked the fact I could really sympathise most of the characters throughout book. My only negative with these such characters is not knowing more about them. It just seemed to me that too much was being empathised on Matt's death and not enough on the plot. More tales about Matt, Anna and Frankie's childhood could have been very much needed, to connect with Matt more so, but I kinda see why the Author did it.
On the whole, I found parts predictable and difficult to read, strangely enough in a good way. I knew what was going to happen but I wished it wouldn't for the characters sake.
Despite my obvious issues with this book, I still think it is one that people should check out and read. It would be more interesting to see what someone else thinks of it, as I feel it is one that the issues would effect people differently.
Twenty Boy Summer did have its moments though, especially during the beginning and parts of the end. However be warned, at times the plot kind of backtracked and repeated itself at times.
I found the narrator, Anna, very relatable, I loved both Matt, Sam and Frankie. I liked the fact I could really sympathise most of the characters throughout book. My only negative with these such characters is not knowing more about them. It just seemed to me that too much was being empathised on Matt's death and not enough on the plot. More tales about Matt, Anna and Frankie's childhood could have been very much needed, to connect with Matt more so, but I kinda see why the Author did it.
On the whole, I found parts predictable and difficult to read, strangely enough in a good way. I knew what was going to happen but I wished it wouldn't for the characters sake.
Despite my obvious issues with this book, I still think it is one that people should check out and read. It would be more interesting to see what someone else thinks of it, as I feel it is one that the issues would effect people differently.