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elearachel 's review for:
Bad Summer People
by Emma Rosenblum
adventurous
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I enjoyed this book. It was a quick read with sex, death, and first world problems.
It’s nothing serious, but it does have you thinking about why people do the things they do. The lower rating is due to a few instances in the book where a sentence was jibberish or obvious misspellings.
Biggest critique is that the book pans from person to person (which I like), but the author seems to have a hard time keeping it from that persons perspective. A good example is page 35, a chapter from Rachel’s perspective that shifts to Robert’s perspective, then back to Rachel. At the end she makes the chapter focus on both Jason and Sam, but only notates whose perspective we are switching to once. The next switch she doesn’t notate. The book is easy to follow, so this wasn’t confusing, just an oversight with editing.
Regardless, I enjoyed the book.
It’s nothing serious, but it does have you thinking about why people do the things they do. The lower rating is due to a few instances in the book where a sentence was jibberish or obvious misspellings.
Biggest critique is that the book pans from person to person (which I like), but the author seems to have a hard time keeping it from that persons perspective. A good example is page 35, a chapter from Rachel’s perspective that shifts to Robert’s perspective, then back to Rachel. At the end she makes the chapter focus on both Jason and Sam, but only notates whose perspective we are switching to once. The next switch she doesn’t notate. The book is easy to follow, so this wasn’t confusing, just an oversight with editing.
Regardless, I enjoyed the book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol