3 Stars
I seriously have no recollection of how I ended up requesting this from the library. I’ve never heard of this author and zero of my friends have read it. At this point I’m almost convinced that I have some sort of weird sleeping disorder where I log on to the library in the middle of the night in order to . . . . .
All I know is I woke up on Saturday morning and turned on the WiFi in order to retrieve aporno scientific study on the mating rituals of werewolves and saw this pop up. Me being me, I took a quick glance at GR and glossed over the synopsis, but . . . .
Because that’s who I am. So going into this I thought it was about Chloe trying to set her autistic sister Ivy up on a date with a dude named Ethan (who just-so-happened to be the brother of David, a real toolbag from Chloe’s lit class) which then resulted in Ivy and David hitting it off. But, per usual . . . . .
I’m going on record to say the above story would have probably equated a 4 Star rating from me, but I do realize baby steps and all and it’s a farkin’ miracle authors have finally started branching out and writing about characters who don’t belong in some cookie-cutter white, upper-middle-class, utopia full of instalove and bullshit. This wasn’t a bad little story at all. Although teenage sex is hinted about, which I know would be a dealbreaker for a lot of parents, I would recommend this to younger teens. A good job is done showing how people can be offensive without even meaning to when it comes to talking about someone “different” than them and that maintaining popularity isn’t necessarily a guarantee to happiness. 3 Stars. I’ll definitely read more by this author.
The following is actually a legit spoilsie-time, so don't open it unless you want to know things and definitely don't come crying that I . . . .
Alright, so the one thing that annoyed me to no end was [that when Ivy realized she may like girls, Chloe made some statement about needing to find a “young, gay woman with autism.” Again, I realize #babysteps, but the idea that only an autistic person would be an option for Ivy was pretty small minded.
All I know is I woke up on Saturday morning and turned on the WiFi in order to retrieve a
Because that’s who I am. So going into this I thought it was about Chloe trying to set her autistic sister Ivy up on a date with a dude named Ethan (who just-so-happened to be the brother of David, a real toolbag from Chloe’s lit class) which then resulted in Ivy and David hitting it off. But, per usual . . . . .
I’m going on record to say the above story would have probably equated a 4 Star rating from me, but I do realize baby steps and all and it’s a farkin’ miracle authors have finally started branching out and writing about characters who don’t belong in some cookie-cutter white, upper-middle-class, utopia full of instalove and bullshit. This wasn’t a bad little story at all. Although teenage sex is hinted about, which I know would be a dealbreaker for a lot of parents, I would recommend this to younger teens. A good job is done showing how people can be offensive without even meaning to when it comes to talking about someone “different” than them and that maintaining popularity isn’t necessarily a guarantee to happiness. 3 Stars. I’ll definitely read more by this author.
The following is actually a legit spoilsie-time, so don't open it unless you want to know things and definitely don't come crying that I . . . .
Alright, so the one thing that annoyed me to no end was [that when Ivy realized she may like girls, Chloe made some statement about needing to find a “young, gay woman with autism.” Again, I realize #babysteps, but the idea that only an autistic person would be an option for Ivy was pretty small minded.
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