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You Should See Me in a Crown
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bookshelves: contemporary, diverse, ya, eh, unpopular-opinion, reviewed, 2-and-a-half-stars, authors-of-color
Aug 04, 2020
bookshelves: contemporary, diverse, ya, eh, unpopular-opinion, reviewed, 2-and-a-half-stars, authors-of-color
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.
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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Aug 05, 2020 01:48PM
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thank you!! is anyone ever doing "well"
True. At least doing better?
True. At least doing better?"
i'm holding up thank you!!!
I'm so glad to hear 😍
I'm so glad to hear 😍"
<3
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.
the school in this book has a whole app!!! just for itself!!! as if facebook.com were just one school!!! makes no sense
it was okay as far as high schools go
thank you!!!
i could delete this whole review and replace it with these two sentences and be much more effective
this helps me too!!!!
i had trouble suspending my disbelief that's all i'll say
Anyway, how does it feel being the only person in the world who didn't like this book?
omg thank you!! i have few hobbies
:):) thank you!!
ugh...i still remember gabby
it had its moments!
hard pass seems appropriate
thank YOU so much
Anyway, how does it feel being the only person in the world who didn't like t..."
odd, to be honest!!
a pleasure
discombobulating to say the least
good call!!!
confused is right!! same
Seriously love your reviews even if I don't always agree.
Exactly!