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Sneaking Candy
by Lisa Burstein
I got this book as one of the Amazon Kindle freebies not noticing until sometime after (my TBR pile is ridiculous) that it was "New Adult" which made me groan since I really don't 'get' that genre. But the synopsis interested me so I did eventually get around to it and enjoyed it. The title says it all; it's like sneaking candy. It's short but sweet, light and fluffy, and something you could go back to whrn you wanted a quick burst of sugar.
The language of the author as well as her impulsivity and indecisiveness (as well as overall paranoia) did get tedious after awhile (much like other reviewers touched on) but again she's 22. It's been awhile since I've been 22 but it seemed spot on for how people that age would act. I found that the professor being the jerk he ended up being was a bit phoned in. Sure he was very pretentious during the entire thing (which was also kind of a cliché) but it seemed like it was decided at the last minute to make him that way. Also the surprise ally at the end kind of made me roll my eyes because again it seemed a way to just wrap everything up but again it was a quick enjoyable read.
One thing I did find spot on was how students in the MFA can act especially towards Creative Writing. It's very competitive and writers are very self conscious and insecure so the worry about having your story dissected and ripped apart just because people want to tear you down to make you feel horrible, to make themselves feel better and not actually help you become a better writer is actually spot on from what I've heard from other students in that field and while I didn't pursue a Masters after getting my undergrad in that field. So that was one of the things I actually enjoyed as well as Candice's recurring idea of why is it bad to want to write something that people enjoy even if it is not some deep, layered metaphor for something.
Also the sex wasn't too much, meaning they were not doing it every other page. Much like movies when there is too much sex in a book it gets boring and tedious and usually indicates a severe lack of a good plot so the fact that it wasn't as much here also helped to give the book extra bonus points. A good quick read for a rainy weekend or one at the beach.
The language of the author as well as her impulsivity and indecisiveness (as well as overall paranoia) did get tedious after awhile (much like other reviewers touched on) but again she's 22. It's been awhile since I've been 22 but it seemed spot on for how people that age would act. I found that the professor being the jerk he ended up being was a bit phoned in. Sure he was very pretentious during the entire thing (which was also kind of a cliché) but it seemed like it was decided at the last minute to make him that way. Also the surprise ally at the end kind of made me roll my eyes because again it seemed a way to just wrap everything up but again it was a quick enjoyable read.
One thing I did find spot on was how students in the MFA can act especially towards Creative Writing. It's very competitive and writers are very self conscious and insecure so the worry about having your story dissected and ripped apart just because people want to tear you down to make you feel horrible, to make themselves feel better and not actually help you become a better writer is actually spot on from what I've heard from other students in that field and while I didn't pursue a Masters after getting my undergrad in that field. So that was one of the things I actually enjoyed as well as Candice's recurring idea of why is it bad to want to write something that people enjoy even if it is not some deep, layered metaphor for something.
Also the sex wasn't too much, meaning they were not doing it every other page. Much like movies when there is too much sex in a book it gets boring and tedious and usually indicates a severe lack of a good plot so the fact that it wasn't as much here also helped to give the book extra bonus points. A good quick read for a rainy weekend or one at the beach.