Abbi....what the hell were you thinking? I’d love to right an actual halfway intellectual review but....no, just no. Sloppy, poorly written and honestly this seems like fluff and trash she put out to meet a deadline or on a dare. I expected something akin to the Rosemary Beach series and instead we got a poorly written knock off clearly printed just to earn a few coins. Needless to say, I feel bamboozled.

I wanted to love this book, I really did. Unfortunately though when I finished it I just felt...disappointed. It touched on some great topics: race, adoption, first love, abandonment, issues surrounding racial identities and the concept of white people saying they “don’t see color” and how that feels/sounds to POCs, but that’s all this book and the author did....TOUCH on those topics. I was in no way expecting a happy ending or picket fence, but everything just felt half done and pushed to the side for something else. Would’ve loved to dig deeper into the story and see how Alex actually addressed some of the things she was going through. It honestly just felt unfinished.

I really wanted to love this book and even though I didn't exactly enjoy Siobhan's book The List, I still decided to give this one a try. I know what she was going for and yet it still fell flat for me.

Between Natalie and Ms. Bee, I'm not sure whose slut-shaming I'm more disgusted at to be honest. Vivian spent most of the book judging everyone around her for doing normal teenage things (and yes Spencer was a little...wild for 14, but hell, whatever.) I know Vivian wanted to help Spencer or get her to see her worth, but there were better ways to go about it than slut-shaming her and making her feel bad about herself (much like she did with her best friend Autumn). And Ms. Bee is the adult of the book and her behavior was almost worse! Instead of guiding the characters appropriately, she was too busy turning her nose up at the girls, calling them sluts in not so many words, and trying to empress her own "men are evil and girls who pay attention to them are frivolous" attitude onto Vivian. There were two brands of feminism in this book and neither one of them was pretty (though Vivian and Ms. Bee's brand was the greater of two evils in my opinion), and while I'm aware that both ideals exist in the realm of feminism, I would have really liked a character who had middle ground.

The whole thing with Vivian and Connor was....strange and a bit forced honestly. I didn't notice any chemistry and honestly their involvement just seemed to be a means to an end. And even with this push, Vivian's character development was lacking. I didn't really like her any more in the end than I had in the beginning. The one character that I was proud of in this book was Autumn because she finally stood up for herself, not only with her bullies, but her "best friend" as well.

All in all....I saw the makings of a great story here but....it just sort of fell flat.

This is a 4 for me just because of how entertaining it was. Some of the paths were so bad and ridiculous that they were good and really that's all that counts right? Definitely a fun read.

Definitely a read for everyone whether you see the movie or not. The detailed look at not only Dorothy, Katherine, and Mary but the other NACA/NASA black female computers was amazing. I wish I could've learned about these courageous and smart women in school, but I suppose better late than never. I must say this book made me proud to be an educated black woman.

I absolutely loved this book. I honestly would’ve finished it a lot sooner if I hadn’t gotten so caught up with family stuff and then the flu. All of the sub-plots were connected and I really loved the fact that something everyone thought would just be a simple class, turned into this life changing event for everyone directly, and indirectly, involved. It sounds cliche, I know, but there’s no other way to put it.

I thought certain characters were going to cause more problems than they did, but I think that sort of called attention to the fact that those who want you to think they have power, only have as much power as you give them.

Also, despite what a particular character did *no names and no spoilers lol* I still honestly felt a bit bad for her. She definitely made some horrible choices and I’m not excusing those bad decisions at all, but the manipulation and and abuse she was subjected to early on definitely played a role in her decision making and behavior.

4.5 definitely. THRILLING. That’s really the best and only way to describe No Exit. I knew I was in for a wild ride, but I had no idea it would be like this. Twists and turns all the way through the last page and I definitely wasn’t left disappointed.