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A review by trisha_thomas
XVI by Julia Karr
2.0
I just...I had a tough time buying into the world. Where suddenly we believe every girl, just when she turns 16, suddenly all she wants is sex. To the point that we don't eve aknowledge rape or consent. I just couldn't see the world getting to this point.
but when reading a dystopia novel, as soon as you can't buy into the reality, the rest (for me) kind of falls apart.
and there is a HUGE part of the story that is just the struggle of sex and turning "sexteen" and what that means. Because Nina is really "pure" and all wholesome and her best friend Sandy is a pre-sexteen extraordinaire! She can't WAIT for sex to at least be possible (not that she will, just that she will be able to).
the adventure of Sal, her mom (Why did she call her Ginnie!? That always threw me for a loop), Ed, her sister Dee her Grandparents...all of it was interesting, but lacked the luster of a world I could buy into.
but when reading a dystopia novel, as soon as you can't buy into the reality, the rest (for me) kind of falls apart.
and there is a HUGE part of the story that is just the struggle of sex and turning "sexteen" and what that means. Because Nina is really "pure" and all wholesome and her best friend Sandy is a pre-sexteen extraordinaire! She can't WAIT for sex to at least be possible (not that she will, just that she will be able to).
the adventure of Sal, her mom (Why did she call her Ginnie!? That always threw me for a loop), Ed, her sister Dee her Grandparents...all of it was interesting, but lacked the luster of a world I could buy into.