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I Was Born for This
by Alice Oseman
4 / 5 ~ I reaaaally enjoyed this book.
Alice Oseman has a way of writing characters that feel so real and relatable in so many different ways. This book is no exception. Excuse the poor quality of this review, there's not much to say other than plain truths:
- I loved how she dealt with fandom, the good, the bad, the misunderstood parts of it.
- The characters, once again, felt incredibly real. I loved some more than others, and often my favourites were secondary characters (Lester, my man...) but they all felt fleshed out enough to be interesting. If I didn't like a particular character (Angel...), I'm still happy about the way they were written because it shows everyone has faults.
- The anxiety Jimmy is struggling with was touching and relatable although I was angry that he was clearly having a breakdown and no one seemed to be doing anything about it. I could say the same about Lester and his issues... I wanted to push the other characters to realise what was going on and DO SOMETHING!!
- The parts about online friendships could have been developed a bit more in my opinion, but what we got was still nice to read about. Online friendships ARE a thing. And they mean just as much as other friendships.
- Friendship being considered JUST AS IMPORTANT as romance!!!!! Yes! Thank you!!!!
BUT...
- I was left needing more to fully appreciate the ending.... Sometimes leaving a book with a "oh well, we dont know for sure what happens next" is important and interesting, but here, I just felt a little frustrated that I didn't know what decisions all the guys were going to take when I've been giving their issues my full attention for the past two days, non stop.
Anyway, great book about fandom, online friendships, celebrity, anxiety, alcoholism, family, and all types of love. I can't wait to see what else Alice Oseman is going to give us.
Alice Oseman has a way of writing characters that feel so real and relatable in so many different ways. This book is no exception. Excuse the poor quality of this review, there's not much to say other than plain truths:
- I loved how she dealt with fandom, the good, the bad, the misunderstood parts of it.
- The characters, once again, felt incredibly real. I loved some more than others, and often my favourites were secondary characters (Lester, my man...) but they all felt fleshed out enough to be interesting. If I didn't like a particular character (Angel...
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I was taking Juliet's side every time, and couldn't quite get behind all of Angel's decisions.- The anxiety Jimmy is struggling with was touching and relatable although I was angry that he was clearly having a breakdown and no one seemed to be doing anything about it. I could say the same about Lester and his issues... I wanted to push the other characters to realise what was going on and DO SOMETHING!!
- The parts about online friendships could have been developed a bit more in my opinion, but what we got was still nice to read about. Online friendships ARE a thing. And they mean just as much as other friendships.
- Friendship being considered JUST AS IMPORTANT as romance!!!!! Yes! Thank you!!!!
BUT...
- I was left needing more to fully appreciate the ending.... Sometimes leaving a book with a "oh well, we dont know for sure what happens next" is important and interesting, but here, I just felt a little frustrated that I didn't know what decisions all the guys were going to take when I've been giving their issues my full attention for the past two days, non stop.
Anyway, great book about fandom, online friendships, celebrity, anxiety, alcoholism, family, and all types of love. I can't wait to see what else Alice Oseman is going to give us.