By Sahasra Nistala
★☆☆☆☆
Why is every chapter named after a Taylor Swift song?? Hate to break it to you but spending the entirety of June watching Dance Moms is not what you call a Cruel Summer. Also who breaks their own life into chapters?? DNF at 30%.
★★☆☆☆
Not sure if this was supposed to be a memoir (albeit a poorly-written one), a stream-of-consciousness experimental piece, or some sort of hybrid, but I found this piece to lack purpose and identity. The author responded to my request for comment with a “who even ARE you?!” and requested that I return the manuscript immediately. So much for my thesis defense.
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Lies. All lies. For what it’s worth, I’m the guy on page 161, and I did not incessantly brag about my grade on the stoichiometry test, “stinking up” the entire classroom with my “greasy onion breath.” I’ll have you know that my oral hygiene is impeccable and everyone in Chemistry 1 already knew I was the smartest in the room. I’m suing for libel.
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my sister wrote this
★★★★★
snuck into the author’s laptop to read when we visited over spring break and now i have leverage against her 10/10
★★★★☆
This is why we can’t have nice things, Goodreads. Clearly, there’s a huge blank space where your critical reading skills should be—this book has so many haters, and if you’re one of them, you need to calm down. I mean, this book captures the angst of being a teen all too well, and if this was a movie, I would watch it right away! Granted, some of the prose made my tears ricochet with its banality, but the author’s a teen, so tolerate it.
(Review in exchange for an advance reader copy from swiftiebookworms.com. This has not influenced my review in any way.)
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The Taylor Swift references are tiresome. We get it, you’re obsessed.
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This book must be Banned… themes of “identity” and “immigration” and “Dance Moms” are not Appropriate for young Children…what is this Country coming to?
★★★★★
The author said she liked my outfit!!!
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