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You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah  Johnson
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It has come to my attention that I have exactly one brain cell and no heart.

I have had three conference calls today, and I have another big one tomorrow, and therefore the amount of a) work and b) small talk and c) fake smiling I have done has been the cause of death for the 17 brain cells I had previous to this cursed day.

I just don't have anything else to say about tropical storms, you know? On the spectrum of light pre-nitty gritty conversation they rank more interesting than whatever people's children are up to, but significantly less entertaining than any piece of gosssip I've ever heard.

Anyway.

The reason I know I have no heart is because this book, which everyone calls "adorable" and "so cute" and "fun" and "generally life-changing levels of wonderful," and which is populated with characters that people refer to with nonsense phrases like "cinnamon roll," made me feel nothing.

And I'm a huge fan of cinnamon rolls, so honestly I'm not sure what went wrong.

This just felt...so unrealistic to me??? Sometimes I don't have a hard time withholding my sense of reason, but those are the times I read fantasy. I don't read contemporaries about high schoolers when I'm feeling whimsical.

But I've read magical realism that made more sense to me than this book about a school with a million-dollar prom where professional celebrity photographers take the pictures. And also the school has its own social media platform.

And I went to a high school where the band kids were popular and it was uncool to be on the football team, so if anyone can believe fantastical high school plotlines it's me.

The romance also didn't hit for me?? It wasn't even the love-at-first-sight thing that bugged me, it was...that I didn't understand why these two characters liked each other.

Possibly because I didn't like either of them.

Otherwise...this was fine.

Bottom line: I'm the reading equivalent of the old man in cartoons who yells at kids to keep off his lawn.
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June 25, 2020 – Shelved
August 4, 2020 – Started Reading
August 4, 2020 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by Ele (new)

Ele Glad to see you're back! Hope you are doing well!


emma Ele wrote: "Glad to see you're back! Hope you are doing well!"

thank you!! is anyone ever doing "well"


message 3: by Ele (new)

Ele emma wrote: "thank you!! is anyone ever doing "well""

True. At least doing better?


emma Ele wrote: "emma wrote: "thank you!! is anyone ever doing "well""

True. At least doing better?"


i'm holding up thank you!!!


message 5: by Ele (new)

Ele emma wrote: "i'm holding up thank you!!!"

I'm so glad to hear 😍


emma Ele wrote: "emma wrote: "i'm holding up thank you!!!"

I'm so glad to hear 😍"


<3


message 7: by rose (new)

rose lol my school had an instagram page that some people thought was real but was actually just run by one of the student council members who when found out got in huge trouble for it because he was “making the school look bad” etc., since every single post was a passive aggressive dig about all the rules we have...
anyways i’ve never heard before of any school having an actual social media platform, besides maybe a facebook page that hasn’t been updated in 12 years oops.


Carol She's So Novel ꧁꧂ I think I would have liked your high school...


message 9: by Marina (new)

Marina Alachkar I live for your reviews 😂❤️❤️


Logan Agreed! I’m so happy for the author’s success and if this helps some people in some way, cool. But if I never had to read another book like it I’d be happy.


message 11: by emma (new) - rated it 3 stars

emma rose wrote: "lol my school had an instagram page that some people thought was real but was actually just run by one of the student council members who when found out got in huge trouble for it because he was “m..."

the school in this book has a whole app!!! just for itself!!! as if facebook.com were just one school!!! makes no sense


message 12: by emma (new) - rated it 3 stars

emma Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "I think I would have liked your high school..."

it was okay as far as high schools go


message 13: by emma (new) - rated it 3 stars

emma Marah wrote: "I live for your reviews 😂❤️❤️"

thank you!!!


message 14: by emma (new) - rated it 3 stars

emma Logan wrote: "Agreed! I’m so happy for the author’s success and if this helps some people in some way, cool. But if I never had to read another book like it I’d be happy."

i could delete this whole review and replace it with these two sentences and be much more effective


Nisha Menon OMG Thank you for this. I was convinced I read a different book to the one every 4 and 5 star review proclaims this one to be. I felt quite apologetic about the review I gave. This helps.


message 16: by Rea (new)

Rea K Your review popped up and it was the first time I'd heard of this book. I read your review and then read the book summary and I would like to question what kind of high school has a scholarship if you become prom queen.... that sounds completely unrelated to money for college, but okay.


message 17: by emma (new) - rated it 3 stars

emma Nisha wrote: "OMG Thank you for this. I was convinced I read a different book to the one every 4 and 5 star review proclaims this one to be. I felt quite apologetic about the review I gave. This helps."

this helps me too!!!!


message 18: by emma (new) - rated it 3 stars

emma Rea wrote: "Your review popped up and it was the first time I'd heard of this book. I read your review and then read the book summary and I would like to question what kind of high school has a scholarship if ..."

i had trouble suspending my disbelief that's all i'll say


an's littleforest of books It s hard to admit but I totally relate with your points, the story, especially the romance of it was like magic, it was not there, and then it was, and then it wasnt, im so confused =)))


message 20: by Cher (new)

Cher This helps me make my decision to ditch the book. I’m halfway thru and still saying Meh. Not seeing it and I’m dreading picking it up. Time to move on


Kelly And I finally found someone who felt the way I did about this book. I felt like I was in The Twilight Zone, reading all these wonderful reviews. Ugh.


Alessia Thanks.


message 23: by (new) - rated it 3 stars

Lê yes.


message 24: by lem◍nade (new)

lem◍nade Your coldhearted reviews are very entertaining though


message 25: by lem◍nade (new)

lem◍nade I didn't remember I ever even read this review and then I scroll through the comments and see I wrote something...eerie
Anyway, how does it feel being the only person in the world who didn't like this book?


message 26: by addison (new)

addison emma your reviews make me laugh hysterically. thank you so much :))))


message 27: by Barb (new) - added it

Barb Fabulous review! Think I’ll take a hard pass on this one.


message 28: by Emma (new)

Emma Wow as a band kid I wish I’d gone to your high school


message 29: by Lily (new) - rated it 3 stars

Lily IsAHater Completely agree with all of this. This book was just not for me. And gabby ticked me off lol


message 30: by Natasha (new)

Natasha Excellent review Emma... "I don't have a hard time withholding my sense of reason, but those are the times I read fantasy." Made me smile ☺️


message 31: by lydia ‧ ia (new)

lydia ‧ ia gosh emma all your reviews are so clever and well-written. HOW DO YOU DO ITTT XD


message 32: by emma (new) - rated it 3 stars

emma Lydia wrote: "gosh emma all your reviews are so clever and well-written. HOW DO YOU DO ITTT XD"

omg thank you!! i have few hobbies


message 33: by emma (new) - rated it 3 stars

emma Natasha wrote: "Excellent review Emma... "I don't have a hard time withholding my sense of reason, but those are the times I read fantasy." Made me smile ☺️"

:):) thank you!!


message 34: by emma (new) - rated it 3 stars

emma IdkIJustLikeBooks wrote: "Completely agree with all of this. This book was just not for me. And gabby ticked me off lol"

ugh...i still remember gabby


message 35: by emma (new) - rated it 3 stars

emma Emma wrote: "Wow as a band kid I wish I’d gone to your high school"

it had its moments!


message 36: by emma (new) - rated it 3 stars

emma Barb wrote: "Fabulous review! Think I’ll take a hard pass on this one."

hard pass seems appropriate


message 37: by emma (new) - rated it 3 stars

emma addison wrote: "emma your reviews make me laugh hysterically. thank you so much :))))"

thank YOU so much


message 38: by emma (new) - rated it 3 stars

emma Lem◍nade wrote: "I didn't remember I ever even read this review and then I scroll through the comments and see I wrote something...eerie
Anyway, how does it feel being the only person in the world who didn't like t..."


odd, to be honest!!


message 39: by emma (new) - rated it 3 stars

emma Leleu wrote: "yes."

!


message 40: by emma (new) - rated it 3 stars

emma Alessia wrote: "Thanks."

a pleasure


message 41: by emma (new) - rated it 3 stars

emma Kelly wrote: "And I finally found someone who felt the way I did about this book. I felt like I was in The Twilight Zone, reading all these wonderful reviews. Ugh."

discombobulating to say the least


message 42: by emma (new) - rated it 3 stars

emma Cher wrote: "This helps me make my decision to ditch the book. I’m halfway thru and still saying Meh. Not seeing it and I’m dreading picking it up. Time to move on"

good call!!!


message 43: by emma (new) - rated it 3 stars

emma an's littleforest wrote: "It s hard to admit but I totally relate with your points, the story, especially the romance of it was like magic, it was not there, and then it was, and then it wasnt, im so confused =)))"

confused is right!! same


Myles Patton "And I'm a huge fan of cinnamon rolls, so honestly I'm not sure what went wrong."

Seriously love your reviews even if I don't always agree.


Myles Patton Lem◍nade wrote: "Your coldhearted reviews are very entertaining though"

Exactly!


Cherrelle I'm reading your reviews on books and all I see is nothing but negative after negative. It's honestly almost like you don't enjoy reading or know what a good book is like. When it comes to the whole school has its own app thing, it's actually realistic. If you know what you're doing, how to code, etc you can easily build your own app. If you actually read what it said, it said that the app was created by A STUDENT. It wasn't just a normal app, the app was more like an app for students where they gossip, talk about things happening, etc.


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