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3.26 AVERAGE
3.26 AVERAGE
IM CRYING. IM SHEDDING ACTUAL TEARS. WHAT IS THIS. It's just...this book, you know? One minute it's super cute and fluffy and lighthearted and the next it's deep and dark and so brutally honest and your emotions are being pulled this way and that and you're trying so hard to keep the tears at bay but then you can't help it anymore and then holy crap there are actual teardrops flowing out of your tear ducts. So yeah, five stars.
It was okay but it was lacking something I couldn't connect to. The ending just seemed to drop off...
It did not take me long to finish this book, it was so beyond good, and a really relatable book. It was way sadder than I imagined and I can't remember the last book I cried this hard at. An absolutely amazing book, only gets 4 stars because I can't see myself rereading it with how hard I cried, but I may go back and change that later.
I found a lot of problems with this one, but I’ll start with the best part for me. I have bipolar disorder type 1 which means I do experience psychosis in mania and depression. I saw a lot of my younger self in how Gena dealt with her schizoaffective disorder (a cousin of bipolar)- especially letting the meds lapse the second it becomes difficult to get them. Oh boy, have I done that. I also appreciated that, at the same time, she was super resistant to going down on her medications- yep, been there too. I found those contradictions and fears so realistic that I searched if this representation is own voices, and it is. I do not have PTSD, so I can’t speak to that representation, but it definitely felt like bipolar depression (again, cousins with schizoaffective disorder). My point is, I appreciated the rep, though I can’t speak for all of it.
The rest of this book was ROUGH for me though. I felt zero chemistry between these characters. The formatting of this already very short book cut down dramatically on the number of words per page, and there just wasn’t room to flesh out Gena and Finn’s relationship. I was surprised when Gena brought up that maybe they were more than friends because I just didnt see that progression on the page- I thought that realization would be the climax at the very end of the book, instead of in the middle. (I do think that this is a common phenomenon in fandom worlds however- not knocking it, I just didn’t feel it here).
Then I found all three of the main characters to be just... not great people- especially Finn by the end, holy shit. I was.... horrified? Creeped out? The whole “relationship” was toxic and codependent. I especially hated how Finn became jealous of the boy Gena had met at support group because he “gets her” and she talks to him instead of to Finn.
And then Charlie. I thought there might be some polyamory vibes but that was not explored. I had a BIG problem with the flirtatious scavenger hunt they had, not because I worried about Charlie being unfaithful (lots of that going around), and not because I think it’s some highly shitty behavior on Gena’s part (she is very unwell and can’t be held totally accountable for her actions). It put a bad taste in my mouth because Charlie goes from being super jealous of this girl (her purely emotional involvement with Finn nearly ruins their long term relationship) to being physically affectionate and flirtatious in a very short period of time. Most importantly, he has only known her WHILE SHE WAS MENTALLY VERY UNSTABLE. Grossssssss.
Loved the formatting (that’s why I bought it)- I’ve read a lot of books with unusual formatting, and this one was done very well. That, and parts of the mental health rep, are why this one is getting two stars in stead of one.
The rest of this book was ROUGH for me though. I felt zero chemistry between these characters. The formatting of this already very short book cut down dramatically on the number of words per page, and there just wasn’t room to flesh out Gena and Finn’s relationship. I was surprised when Gena brought up that maybe they were more than friends because I just didnt see that progression on the page- I thought that realization would be the climax at the very end of the book, instead of in the middle. (I do think that this is a common phenomenon in fandom worlds however- not knocking it, I just didn’t feel it here).
Then I found all three of the main characters to be just... not great people- especially Finn by the end, holy shit. I was.... horrified? Creeped out? The whole “relationship” was toxic and codependent. I especially hated how Finn became jealous of the boy Gena had met at support group because he “gets her” and she talks to him instead of to Finn.
And then Charlie. I thought there might be some polyamory vibes but that was not explored. I had a BIG problem with the flirtatious scavenger hunt they had, not because I worried about Charlie being unfaithful (lots of that going around), and not because I think it’s some highly shitty behavior on Gena’s part (she is very unwell and can’t be held totally accountable for her actions). It put a bad taste in my mouth because Charlie goes from being super jealous of this girl (her purely emotional involvement with Finn nearly ruins their long term relationship) to being physically affectionate and flirtatious in a very short period of time. Most importantly, he has only known her WHILE SHE WAS MENTALLY VERY UNSTABLE. Grossssssss.
Loved the formatting (that’s why I bought it)- I’ve read a lot of books with unusual formatting, and this one was done very well. That, and parts of the mental health rep, are why this one is getting two stars in stead of one.
i can't rate it since it has a part of me...i really can't find the right words to say,but sometimes,it's okey ! it's okey not to say the right things,it's okey to feel like "weird in a weird way" tht simple book made me remember the way me nd Misan met,it reminded me of the bond we shared,the love we had (nd i still love her,i still care)..so yeah,i pretty get the relationship between Finn nd Gena, i do get why Charlie felt threatened by their relationship..anyway, at first i was like : seriously Emy? tht's wht u'r reading while u'r in a trip? but with events,with msgs exchanged,with my heart beating nd memory worked up by remembering nice/bad moments i had with Misan,i think it was a good choice..anyway,i'll zip it now :v (not like anyone is interested though ,but i dnt care,i'm just expressing my feelings cuz i need to)..this book is nice,cute,contemporary, i simply like it ! and Q for the author (not like she'll answer me :v) why Zach? of all the ppl :'( i mean,Finn had barely friends and opp,-2 !!!! (or even 3 !! : Zach/a bro nd Jake :'( ) :sniff sniff:
So the good thing is that I read this in one sitting. The first book in 2016 to be read in one sitting ...
The bad thing?
I didn't really like it.
I don't even know why I continued on reading it halfway through.
So I found this is the library today and since the format looked interresting I definitely wanted to read this! It was about online friendship ... I just guseed that I would love it.
But then it just dragged on and on and on ... It never stopped.
So with that aside, I just felt like the story didn't really had much to offer. Obviously we couldn't have a story only involving online-friends, we needed drama! And that's were Zach or how the hell his name is spelled came into play. It was sad he died, but the aftermatch and everything else felt so unnecessary.
And I couldn't even bring myself to wrap my head around how the story ended. I didn't get it. Was Genny in love with Finn, Steven, Zach?
And how did she end up dealing with her mental issues?
Non of it really made sense to me.
What about Finn's boyfriend? I can't even remember his name ... Why the hell did he just accept in the end what was happening between the two girls? Was it because he didn't see Genny as a threat anymore? Baaah.
Two stars because the concept was interresting, didn't really like anything else.
The bad thing?
I didn't really like it.
I don't even know why I continued on reading it halfway through.
So I found this is the library today and since the format looked interresting I definitely wanted to read this! It was about online friendship ... I just guseed that I would love it.
But then it just dragged on and on and on ... It never stopped.
Spoiler
So listen. I don't think that what the two girls had was love. It wasn't. I just think they wanted it to be love, since they both were in a difficult position in their lives. And then they both found someone, they could relate to, that understood them - each other. And they mistook it for love. That's how I see it. Because what I read was what I would consider friendship.So with that aside, I just felt like the story didn't really had much to offer. Obviously we couldn't have a story only involving online-friends, we needed drama! And that's were Zach or how the hell his name is spelled came into play. It was sad he died, but the aftermatch and everything else felt so unnecessary.
And I couldn't even bring myself to wrap my head around how the story ended. I didn't get it. Was Genny in love with Finn, Steven, Zach?
And how did she end up dealing with her mental issues?
Non of it really made sense to me.
What about Finn's boyfriend? I can't even remember his name ... Why the hell did he just accept in the end what was happening between the two girls? Was it because he didn't see Genny as a threat anymore? Baaah.
Two stars because the concept was interresting, didn't really like anything else.
this book is everything fangirl wanted to be but failed to deliver.
i was a little apprehensive to start because the other fandom books i've read weren't at all representative of my experience with fandom, and i expected this to be another one. HOWEVER. the characters in this are actually complex; they have interests and goals outside of just their fandom while still having their fandom be a big part of their life as a hobby and passion. i connected with both finn and gena; i knew the struggle of trying to find a place after college like finn, i got her confusion about her relationship with gena and charlie; i got gena's openness with her mental illness and how fandom was as much a cover for something much deeper in her life as it was an on-the-surface passion.
this is a good book. a weird and good book
i was a little apprehensive to start because the other fandom books i've read weren't at all representative of my experience with fandom, and i expected this to be another one. HOWEVER. the characters in this are actually complex; they have interests and goals outside of just their fandom while still having their fandom be a big part of their life as a hobby and passion. i connected with both finn and gena; i knew the struggle of trying to find a place after college like finn, i got her confusion about her relationship with gena and charlie; i got gena's openness with her mental illness and how fandom was as much a cover for something much deeper in her life as it was an on-the-surface passion.
this is a good book. a weird and good book
