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The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend
by Kody Keplinger
Mae Whitman and Robbie Amell's comedic chops and cute chemistry wooed me in the movie trailer, so when I stumbled across the book in the library, I thought why not. Well, I'm pretty sure the movie is quite different than the book, which was not what I expected.
I hated Bianca as a character. She was incredibly self-centered and casually cruel,ignoring her friends for a guy she barely knew and constantly judging others. She also keeps calling herself a feminist while slut-shaming everyone else. Although certainly didn't deserve her father's alcohol-fueled verbal and physical abuse and I'm glad Wesley defended her, she did make the dumb decision not to tell her mom, who was the one adult who could've helped and wouldn't have judged.
I also hate the love-hate thing between her and Wesley. They were so mean to each other, with him calling her "duffy" and her condescension about his playboy ways. While I'm glad she stood up to Wesley in the end and dictated the terms of their relationship, I didn't buy into their attraction - it seemed like they were just using each other for sexual gratification even at the end. Which is fine, but own up to that and don't make it a "good girl reforms bad boy" story.
I guess I went into it wanting a happy romantic comedy, and actually got something grittier. It's probably realistic since Keplinger is a teen and Bianca behaves very much like a teen, but it frustrated me as not a teen.
I hated Bianca as a character. She was incredibly self-centered and casually cruel,ignoring her friends for a guy she barely knew and constantly judging others. She also keeps calling herself a feminist while slut-shaming everyone else. Although certainly didn't deserve her father's alcohol-fueled verbal and physical abuse and I'm glad Wesley defended her, she did make the dumb decision not to tell her mom, who was the one adult who could've helped and wouldn't have judged.
I also hate the love-hate thing between her and Wesley. They were so mean to each other, with him calling her "duffy" and her condescension about his playboy ways. While I'm glad she stood up to Wesley in the end and dictated the terms of their relationship, I didn't buy into their attraction - it seemed like they were just using each other for sexual gratification even at the end. Which is fine, but own up to that and don't make it a "good girl reforms bad boy" story.
I guess I went into it wanting a happy romantic comedy, and actually got something grittier. It's probably realistic since Keplinger is a teen and Bianca behaves very much like a teen, but it frustrated me as not a teen.