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Feb 08, 2020lunabookworm55 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I'm frustrated by this book. It has characters that one-dimensional and hypocritical all the time. One minute they'll say having sex with a guy doesn't make you a woman, it's not that serious, then the next second they'll say sex is "serious business". Also not once in this oddly sexually charged book which is supposed to be about accepting yourself based upon your own merit and how sexually attractive you may be, did they mention focusing on your personality or mind or anything less superficial instead on focusing on how you body looks and that's bull. Real bull. The characters are not well developed before getting into the body positivity message which just makes the characters look like they were just written to be pieces of meat. One gal has a relationship where all she talks about with Will regarding it is whether she can "do it" with him or not. The Will's relationship with Bo is pretty gross because he doesn't ask her out or tell her how she feels, and neither does she do those things, instead they start as friends and co-workers and then they find it okay to skip hand holding or getting to know each other by talking to each other, and instead make out in a parking lot together. It's merely physical and that sucks. Sure Will knows that Bo is cool because he's not weirded out by the fact that she's fat and he doesn't like jokes about PMS and defends her, but other than that they know little to nothing about each other and it doesn't seem like they want to get to know each other, they just want to use each other to satisfy physical needs, which is not empowering or romantic despite what the author wants me to believe. Will and El have no personality, I cannot tell them apart except one's fat and one isn't, and that's not "empowering" either. I am just disappointed and upset right now. Does Will have aspirations or hobbies? Not really, except for dating Bo. Does El have aspirations or hobbies? Nope, she just wants to get it on with her boyfriend. There's a moment that was unbearable because I wondered why Will even had a job, maybe it would be a great opportunity for character development, but it's never explained in the first half. And she gets asked about college, she says she wants to college, for no reason, and she hasn't decided on a future because she "can't imagine life after high school, and she can't plan what she can't even imagine". That's bull. Why is she just "not allowed" to have a personality outside of getting a boyfriend? Stupid.