Bo Burnham is brilliant, funny, and so talented. I was thrilled to find out (a few years late) that he had published a book of poetry. And it was exactly as delightful as I would have hoped coming from his brain! 😻😹 If you enjoy his standup, you'll enjoy his poetry. Even if you've never heard of him, you should give him a try!

Eh... My niece wanted this book (and it's two sequels) for her birthday, but I had heard many terrible reviews. Rather than getting her all three at once, I got her the first book and decided to read it myself. (This is her first attempt at a book of this size, so I wanted to be prepared for questions. But it also was on my to-read list for myself.) Well, it's not horrible, but it's also not great.

Coming from Disney-Hyperion, I'm disappointed in the editing quality - I found multiple errors, but didn't think to mark them for counting later.

I think it's okay for a younger reader or less discerning reader, but I'm confused at the "see the movie for what happens next" ending. I was not pleased with that, but I guess it's a trade-off for not getting just a novelization of the movie.

The story was a "how the kids became friends - sort of" type and I suppose it explains the loose connections in the movie. They're not friends, but they're not super enemies at the start of the movie. This feels like an attempt to explain how they're there.

Eh, overall I wasn't impressed, but I'll watch the movie again, then read the next book, watch the next movie (because I was told it does the same thing with fitting between the movies) and then read the third book. If my niece still wants the other books after reading this one, I'll get them for her, but I'm not sure if I should considering the editing problems.

My full review is here on my personal website. I'll post my conclusion here, though:

4.5 out of 5.0 stars

So, why did I knock off half a point? I think the relationship between Sean and Yana is a little rushed. I guess with everything else that goes on in the story that both characters are involved in that it just feels like they don’t have time to try to be a couple.

However, this book is incredible! If I had a physical edition of this book it would go on my special bookshelf. One day, I will own physical copies of every book by Anne McCaffrey, but until that happens I’m happy with my ebooks that take up no extra space at all. (Let’s hear a “whoo-hooooo” for the technology that allows us to have thousands of books on a memory card that size of my thumbnail!!)

The very worst thing about this book is the rushed feeling I get about the relationship between Sean and Yana.

The very best thing about this book is the unique character of Petaybee, a sentient planet. Petaybee is very much an active character throughout the trilogy, by the way.

Here is that road, maybe a thousand miles long, and the woman walking down it isn’t at mile one. I don’t know how far she has to go, but I know she’s not going backward, despite it all—and she’s not walking alone. Maybe it’s countless men and women and people with more interesting genders.

After the Charlottesville Nazi incident and the flooding from Harvey, I wrote about how our country is making progress, but that we weren't there yet. It's true, we're not "there" wherever there is, but we're on that road and we're not alone.

This book was surprisingly uplifting, considering it's topics of domestic abuse, rape, and other depressing bits.

Okay, first and foremost, a disclaimer: I'm friends with the author. But I became friends with her because of her writing, so... I'm lucky! <3 Also, I bought this book, it wasn't given to me. I auto-buy all her books because she's awesome!

Second, this book does have some editing errors. O_O I'm sure they'll be fixed in a future push of the book, but they didn't take away from the story.

Most importantly!! This book was delightful! As always, I love this snippets of advice at the beginning of the chapters. And I love how the characters are delightedly forward-thinking in regards to sex. At one point Brody thinks to himself that he's pretty sure Jesse doesn't regularly have one night stands, but also acknowledges to himself that it isn't his business. That's a good man! I also love their chemistry. It practically pops off the page/screen. :-D

Enjoy this "quickie" book and then pick up the rest of the Modern Girl's Guide books if you liked it because they're all awesome! (This one falls after [b:Modern Girl's Guide to Office Romance|34407350|Modern Girl's Guide to Office Romance (Modern Girl's Guide #5)|Gina Drayer|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1488214281s/34407350.jpg|55510464], but it can stand-alone as can all the MGG books.)

I have nothing against a book having an agenda, and that's good because this book definitely does. At times it's a bit heavy-handed, but overall it falls in pretty well with the story. I'm interested to see where the next books take me and I'm curious if the oil industry will continue to be treated as if they're pure evil or if it will be shown in shades of grey.

I've got several notes and highlights that I made while reading this book, but I have to say it's very rare that I read a nonfiction book so quickly. Typically I read nonfiction slowly because it's often not written very well, but this book flows nicely.

I believe my favorite line is this: "Have you ever asked Christian friends if they think Anne Frank is in Hell? Try it. It’s fun." I can only imagine the looks a question like that would bring about!

I want to recommend this book to everyone, especially Christians and not because I think it would deconvert them, but because I would hope it would help them understand what young non-believers go through and, hopefully, be a bit more open minded. All we can ask of the individual is tolerance.

Also, I intend to flesh this review out another day, but for now this is all.

Better than I expected, but I'm still not fully sold on this book/movie intertwining... I'll be watching the second movie (part four of the story) and reading the third book soon.

A fascinating little scene that makes me want to read the actual books. :-D

It's been a long time since I've read a book that not only could I not put down, but that also woke me up and required me to keep reading. I mean, I read a lot of good books and even good books that I can't put down. But I was falling asleep when I started this book and practically passing out. I figured I might read a chapter before dozing off, but nope. It woke me up and demanded that I continue reading.

Aza, by the way, is so insanely relatable to me. Maybe insanely is the wrong word. I completely understand the thought spiral and love that John Green managed to capture the feelings of that problem so eloquently. I am grateful that my spirals aren't at the level of Aza's and that, for the most part, there aren't many physical ticks attached, but having this text to point at when I'm having this issue will be invaluable, I'm sure.