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ninetalevixen 's review for:
Why We Broke Up
by Daniel Handler
★ 3.5 stars ★
Funny how I somehow related to this less after I actually experienced a breakup. In part it's because I'm less inclined to let the pervasive homophobic jokes slide, and I'm also less sympathetic to Min's starry-eyed daydreaming when it's so far removed from her reality. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood to reread this, idk.
Ed's sister Joan is still pretty cool, though.
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[2018 review - 4 stars]
I loved this book. The illustrations are charming, simple yet nuanced like the objects being portrayed and the relationship they in turn illustrate. It’s symbolism at its most overt.
As a narrator and an individual Min is wonderfully direct, unflinchingly honest, and has a delightful adventurous appreciation of the world and people around her. She’s everyone who’s ever been hurt, who’s ever hurt their friends (inadvertently or not); she’s the version of my high school self that I like to remember: quirks and obliviousness and all.
Funny how I somehow related to this less after I actually experienced a breakup. In part it's because I'm less inclined to let the pervasive homophobic jokes slide, and I'm also less sympathetic to Min's starry-eyed daydreaming when it's so far removed from her reality. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood to reread this, idk.
Ed's sister Joan is still pretty cool, though.
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[2018 review - 4 stars]
I loved this book. The illustrations are charming, simple yet nuanced like the objects being portrayed and the relationship they in turn illustrate. It’s symbolism at its most overt.
As a narrator and an individual Min is wonderfully direct, unflinchingly honest, and has a delightful adventurous appreciation of the world and people around her. She’s everyone who’s ever been hurt, who’s ever hurt their friends (inadvertently or not); she’s the version of my high school self that I like to remember: quirks and obliviousness and all.