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A review by dorisede
Cracked Up to Be by Khristine Hvam, Courtney Summers
5.0
I am huge fan of Courtney Summers and I have read all her books except the last two. I was looking for a good YA book, so I decided to reread this book from Courtney Summers, and it still holds up.
Parker is a bitch, they is no other way to say it. She is a mean girl, the type of girl you are supposed to hate in every YA book. She pushed everyone around and toyed with everyone who loved her and genuinely wanted to help her. Many people would be put off by her behavior because they can't relate to her. I know that I definitely can't relate to her but I really enjoyed reading from her point of view. She was funny and witty.
One of the best things about Courtney Summers is how well she writes her characters. She makes them feel so real like they are real people that exist outside the pages of this book. Each character in this book is incredibly well written and that's more than enough reason to love this book. So, Parker was anything but a caricature mean girl, we get so see what makes her act the way she does. So, yeah, this is the book where we root for the mean girl, at least I know I was rooting for her to finally get her shit together. It was an amazing reading experience and I did not expect anything less from Courtney Summers.
Parker is a bitch, they is no other way to say it. She is a mean girl, the type of girl you are supposed to hate in every YA book. She pushed everyone around and toyed with everyone who loved her and genuinely wanted to help her. Many people would be put off by her behavior because they can't relate to her. I know that I definitely can't relate to her but I really enjoyed reading from her point of view. She was funny and witty.
One of the best things about Courtney Summers is how well she writes her characters. She makes them feel so real like they are real people that exist outside the pages of this book. Each character in this book is incredibly well written and that's more than enough reason to love this book. So, Parker was anything but a caricature mean girl, we get so see what makes her act the way she does. So, yeah, this is the book where we root for the mean girl, at least I know I was rooting for her to finally get her shit together. It was an amazing reading experience and I did not expect anything less from Courtney Summers.