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Punk 57
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Ok, so this book is a mix of Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink and the authors other book, Bully.
The blurb for this book makes you KNOW that the Hero has to be the bad guy. The A$$hole. The Bender. And he kind of is ... For very small moments.
But Ryen ... She is the mean girl. She is the bad guy. She is the one you will spend MOST of the book hating. I know I did.
Now, I say this AS the "popular girl" in High School which is odd to say. I was chubby yet "cool". I was not a Queen Bee, I was not rich or mean. I was not super intelligent, or a Nerd. You know what I was ... NICE. I gained my popularity as the year book photographer who was kind. I didn't take ugly pictures of people (before we could look at a screen and check them), I wasn't looking for anything (except maybe a cute boyfriend) but I can honestly say I hung out with all crowds.
Does that mean I wasn't picked on? I was - I was jumped in San Francisco after getting off a bus in the Mission. Climbing fences and backyards to get home in your bra and jeans teaches you something.
Back to the story ... I was getting concerned about this book and where it was going. I didn't enjoy all of Bully and had a hard time connecting with the cruelty of it all. But I pushed on ... I knew there HAD to be a reason. Ryen can't just be ... This??! She can't.
Her story isn't all that shocking ... Being in a room of people and feeling so alone. Being so popular that you actually don't have any friends ... The pressure of it all.
Misha/Masen ... That is where the twists and turns of the story go. Geez, I did not see THAT coming! At all.
Lastly, I have read others reviews and I agree - the sex was more mature than maybe it needed to be. Was it believable? I guess ... Would it happen in real life? I am unsure ... Would this book be GREAT without it and a YA version? Yes, I agree it would be.
I would have loved to have read a letter back from Delilah.
The blurb for this book makes you KNOW that the Hero has to be the bad guy. The A$$hole. The Bender. And he kind of is ... For very small moments.
But Ryen ... She is the mean girl. She is the bad guy. She is the one you will spend MOST of the book hating. I know I did.
Now, I say this AS the "popular girl" in High School which is odd to say. I was chubby yet "cool". I was not a Queen Bee, I was not rich or mean. I was not super intelligent, or a Nerd. You know what I was ... NICE. I gained my popularity as the year book photographer who was kind. I didn't take ugly pictures of people (before we could look at a screen and check them), I wasn't looking for anything (except maybe a cute boyfriend) but I can honestly say I hung out with all crowds.
Does that mean I wasn't picked on? I was - I was jumped in San Francisco after getting off a bus in the Mission. Climbing fences and backyards to get home in your bra and jeans teaches you something.
Back to the story ... I was getting concerned about this book and where it was going. I didn't enjoy all of Bully and had a hard time connecting with the cruelty of it all. But I pushed on ... I knew there HAD to be a reason. Ryen can't just be ... This??! She can't.
Her story isn't all that shocking ... Being in a room of people and feeling so alone. Being so popular that you actually don't have any friends ... The pressure of it all.
Misha/Masen ... That is where the twists and turns of the story go. Geez, I did not see THAT coming! At all.
Lastly, I have read others reviews and I agree - the sex was more mature than maybe it needed to be. Was it believable? I guess ... Would it happen in real life? I am unsure ... Would this book be GREAT without it and a YA version? Yes, I agree it would be.
I would have loved to have read a letter back from Delilah.
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Reading Progress
February 15, 2016
– Shelved
February 15, 2016
– Shelved as:
to-read
October 31, 2016
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Started Reading
October 31, 2016
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17.0%
""Then the tip of his tongue glides up my neck, and I’m frozen, breathing a mile a minute as heat races through my blood. Fuck. “But you?� His deep voice and hot breath fall over the skin of my neck. “You kind of taste like shit.�""
October 31, 2016
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21.0%
"This is feeling a lot like Bully (but different) and I am not liking it :( I guess that is the point ..."
November 1, 2016
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42.0%
""There were reasons I left, but now I worry that I have reasons to stay. And they’re not the reasons I came for. That’s the problem.""
November 1, 2016
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42.0%
""There were reasons I left, but now I worry that I have reasons to stay. And they’re not the reasons I came for. That’s the problem.""
November 1, 2016
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54.0%
"“Do you lie to him?� “Yes,� I reply honestly. “He gets the version of me I want to be.�"
November 1, 2016
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68.0%
"“I was the real me when I wrote you those letters,� she says quietly. “I was everything I wanted to be.�"
November 1, 2016
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74.0%
"“I told you, never let anyone see all your cards. Didn’t I say that? I’m a wolf in sheep’s clothing. They have no idea what I’m capable of until it’s too late.� I was wondering when the connection would be made!"
November 1, 2016
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Finished Reading
