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Maybe This Time
by Kasie West
I really liked this Kasie West book. I think this is the 6th or 7th one I’ve read by her, and it’s the 3rd one I’ve really enjoyed. I really liked the way this book deals with real world topics, and topics I (and probably other teenagers) could really connect with.
Our MC Sophie always had fears of never being enough or no being good enough even though she had big dreams and ambitions and it was something I highly related to. I think Sophie could be annoying at times because she was a very prideful, cynical and stubborn MC, but that also made me like her a lot to because I saw myself in Sophie.
I also really liked Andrew because I felt like I could connect with his fears of never speaking up. His fear of commitment and his reasonings for not having any friends were so relatable it was a bit embarrassing lmao.
There were a few things I was bothered by, like the fact that it felt like the relationship between Sophie and her mother was glossed over, and the relationship between Andrew and his father was also glossed over. Sophie’s mom was continuously a shitty parent; she left her 10 year old child at home forgetting to hire supervision, taking extra shifts at work for no reasons at all, and laughing at Sophie every time she said she wanted to be more than the town she lived in. Andrew’s father was an absolute dick and he seemed mildly emotionally abusive, and the only one who seemed to realize this was Sophie.
Mica also got on my nerves at times, but I really like the way she developed as a character, and the ways she realized the wrongs of ideals. So Mica’s not something I would exactly complain about.
But anyway, I really could connect with these characters struggles and I really liked all the character development. Sophie and Andrew’s relationship and dynamic was entirely believable as well. However, I completely understand why this has such a low rating on here since I did think the MC’s would be annoying to people who didn’t relate to them. The plot was also a bit repetitive, but overall for me, this was a book that was definitely worth reading.
4 stars
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FIRST DNF - NOVEMBER 2020
Can't will myself to pick this up, will continue it at some point soon
Our MC Sophie always had fears of never being enough or no being good enough even though she had big dreams and ambitions and it was something I highly related to. I think Sophie could be annoying at times because she was a very prideful, cynical and stubborn MC, but that also made me like her a lot to because I saw myself in Sophie.
I also really liked Andrew because I felt like I could connect with his fears of never speaking up. His fear of commitment and his reasonings for not having any friends were so relatable it was a bit embarrassing lmao.
There were a few things I was bothered by, like the fact that it felt like the relationship between Sophie and her mother was glossed over, and the relationship between Andrew and his father was also glossed over. Sophie’s mom was continuously a shitty parent; she left her 10 year old child at home forgetting to hire supervision, taking extra shifts at work for no reasons at all, and laughing at Sophie every time she said she wanted to be more than the town she lived in. Andrew’s father was an absolute dick and he seemed mildly emotionally abusive, and the only one who seemed to realize this was Sophie.
Mica also got on my nerves at times, but I really like the way she developed as a character, and the ways she realized the wrongs of ideals. So Mica’s not something I would exactly complain about.
But anyway, I really could connect with these characters struggles and I really liked all the character development. Sophie and Andrew’s relationship and dynamic was entirely believable as well. However, I completely understand why this has such a low rating on here since I did think the MC’s would be annoying to people who didn’t relate to them. The plot was also a bit repetitive, but overall for me, this was a book that was definitely worth reading.
4 stars
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FIRST DNF - NOVEMBER 2020
Can't will myself to pick this up, will continue it at some point soon