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dare I give this book a 4 stars?
maybe a 3.5, or even a 4 stars with this one. Killer ending, absolutely wrapped everything up. Amazing.
I've been so deprived of good literature after reading other supposedly good YA fiction (according to goodreads ratings). This was great book. It's sad that adult realistic fiction is probably dirty (or so I'm assuming from other books I've tried to read in that genre) because they COULD be quite sensible and achieve some sort of literary decency, but I'm not even going to try to see if there are sensible ones because that's not something I need in my life.
(I seriously miss 1990s literature. It seemed everything was a little more realistic back then, as far as YA books go, as well as cleaner)
I digress.
The 411:
the good:
solid theme/
solid morals
solid ending, wraps everything up nicely
realistic character interactions and plot events
not really dramatic/ no nonsense
suspensful
fun read/quick to read
author is compassionate towards characters
a little sad
good ending, not undeserved. not super happy but not super sad.
The bad:
A little simple. Some might even consider it to be (by construction of sentences and some plot occurrences) contrived or cheezy. Personally, I did not
The ugly:
dare I say.... nothing?
The personal:
set in the 1990s....… (more)