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#famous by Jilly Gagnon
2.0

I received a copy via Edelweiss for an honest review

This was one of those reads that you enjoy because it's quick and has cute moments, but it's not something that will stick in your mind when you've moved on to your next read.

There were moments where the writing felt really young. Like, the phrase "oof" was mentioned a lot from Alex, oops, I mean "Kyle"'s perspective and his unnecessary addiction to colons made everything feel: contrived. It all felt like additional unnecessary add-ons so the writing would feel different from Rachel's perspective.

I gave this a two star because of the over-the-top mean girl drama--that wasn't truly resolved?--the constant manipulation, and the over-the-top slut-shaming of a girl for taking a simple pic of a dude.

I read this quickly because I won't lie, it was a super quick read. But all of the characters felt so...predictable and bland and a little cliche. There just lacked some form of substance. I won't lie--I legit blanked on the names of the characters. Oops.

When I finished reading this book, I first felt joy that I had finally finished and then I felt a collection of mixed emotions. I want to say I enjoyed this book and sometimes, I really did. But then I'd read Rachel's pushover tendencies, and Kyle's bland way of always being the nice dude and I just...feel, well, meh about the whole thing.

Also, I have to say that Kyle asking who Julia Roberts was in one of the chapters was so heartbreakingly sad.

2 stars because it had enough of a pull to keep me, but it wasn't the most memorable read.

Happy reading!