librarianryan 's review for:

Just Pretend by Tori Sharp
3.0
lighthearted medium-paced

 Travel through middle school with Tori as she recants her memories of 7th and 8th grade.  This is a character driven story of tough points in life.  Sometimes it a moody teenage brother named Ryan or his twin sister the dancing phenom.  Sometimes it’s mom and dad fighting, and dad forgetting his weekly dinners.  This story is mostly a set of vignettes, broken up by pieces of the book written within the pages of this book.  To be honest, I kept waiting for something to happen between these pages, but this isn’t the type of story where things happen and the ending is wrapped up and presented in a bow.  In fact I thought the ending was a bit abrupt.  But then again it mirrors life.  I did really like how the author talked at the end about how remembering things later in life gives you a new perspective, and that is what this feels like… an adult remembering standout moments in their childhood for better and for worse.