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Smash It!
by Francina Simone
Disclaimer: I received this e-arc from the publisher. Thanks! All opinions are my own.
Book: Smash It!
Author: Francina Simone
Book Series: Smash It! Book 1
Rating: 1/5
Publication Date: September 22, 2020
Genre: YA Contemporary
Recommended Age: can’t recommend, dnf-ed
Publisher: Inkyard Press
Pages: 368
Synopsis: Olivia "Liv" James is done with letting her insecurities get the best of her. So she does what any self-respecting hot mess of a girl who wants to SMASH junior year does...
After Liv shows up to a Halloween party in khaki shorts--why, God, why?--she decides to set aside her wack AF ways. She makes a list--a F*ck-It list.
1. Be bold--do the thing that scares me.
2. Learn to take a compliment.
3. Stand out instead of back.
She kicks it off by trying out for the school musical, saying yes to a date and making new friends. Life is great when you stop punking yourself! However, with change comes a lot of missteps, and being bold means following her heart. So what happens when Liv's heart is interested in three different guys--and two of them are her best friends? What is she supposed to do when she gets dumped by a guy she's not even dating? How does one Smash It! after the humiliation of being friend-zoned?
In Liv's own words, "F*ck it. What's the worst that can happen?"
A lot, apparently.
Review: I had to dnf this book at 50%. The book had some very harmful issues with it including harmful jokes about Israeli/Palestinian characters, insensitive jokes about a Hawaiian character, and flat shaming and body shaming. The book was also very mature it talked about masturbation and sex and used a lot of language. The author is also slightly problematic with her views on fertility and having a child. I really did not want to read this book any longer after I read those insensitive remarks in her book. I got what the author was going for but this is not how you do it. You don't trample on minorities to make jokes. There are better ways to make jokes.
Verdict: Not for me and needs clean-up. You might like it and there’s no shame in that, but I just can’t with the issues it has.
Book: Smash It!
Author: Francina Simone
Book Series: Smash It! Book 1
Rating: 1/5
Publication Date: September 22, 2020
Genre: YA Contemporary
Recommended Age: can’t recommend, dnf-ed
Publisher: Inkyard Press
Pages: 368
Synopsis: Olivia "Liv" James is done with letting her insecurities get the best of her. So she does what any self-respecting hot mess of a girl who wants to SMASH junior year does...
After Liv shows up to a Halloween party in khaki shorts--why, God, why?--she decides to set aside her wack AF ways. She makes a list--a F*ck-It list.
1. Be bold--do the thing that scares me.
2. Learn to take a compliment.
3. Stand out instead of back.
She kicks it off by trying out for the school musical, saying yes to a date and making new friends. Life is great when you stop punking yourself! However, with change comes a lot of missteps, and being bold means following her heart. So what happens when Liv's heart is interested in three different guys--and two of them are her best friends? What is she supposed to do when she gets dumped by a guy she's not even dating? How does one Smash It! after the humiliation of being friend-zoned?
In Liv's own words, "F*ck it. What's the worst that can happen?"
A lot, apparently.
Review: I had to dnf this book at 50%. The book had some very harmful issues with it including harmful jokes about Israeli/Palestinian characters, insensitive jokes about a Hawaiian character, and flat shaming and body shaming. The book was also very mature it talked about masturbation and sex and used a lot of language. The author is also slightly problematic with her views on fertility and having a child. I really did not want to read this book any longer after I read those insensitive remarks in her book. I got what the author was going for but this is not how you do it. You don't trample on minorities to make jokes. There are better ways to make jokes.
Verdict: Not for me and needs clean-up. You might like it and there’s no shame in that, but I just can’t with the issues it has.