Reviews

I Am Not Okay With This by Charles Forsman

_reading_with_kate_'s review

I can't think of one person I'd recommend this to

waitingforthesecondstar's review against another edition

1.5

I'm very conflicted over this one, but I think I'm ultimately pretty dissatisfied with it. Very short and rather abrupt.

moonvers3's review

1.0

This was... not good.

dunkaccino's review against another edition

3.0

I want to go cry myself to sleep. Please, no one read this while listening to Radiohead's OK Computer, I made a mistake.

ash122's review

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Drug use, and Blood

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Pregnancy

smphillips's review

dark medium-paced

3.5

br3anna_'s review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

So I bought this book the other day in hopes of gaining more from the show.
However, it just gave me a diary of the wimpy kid (the art style), but perhaps young adult?
Not only that, I left this book with just mediocre thoughts.

Okay, okay, I get it, guys. She decided to kill herself at the end as if it were the best and easiest of all options. But seriously, can we talk about the pedophilia in this book as well?

I am, in fact, *okay* with this book. But I'd be better off not reading it.
The show is better. Seriously, don't waste your time, and thank me later.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Pedophilia

annauntitled's review

2.0

i read this book because i enjoyed the netflix version of it. let me tell you it was a huge disappointment, and i’m not even one typically to favor films/shows over the text. the characters felt like they had no substance and it was so incredibly short. i feel like the netflix adaptation did much better while still addressing what sydney was feeling. i feel like you barely even got to know sydney in the book and then she was just gone :(

thepetitepunk's review

1.0

Yikes. I read the reviews beforehand so I knew going into it that there was some not-so-great choices on the author's behalf. I still wanted to give it a shot though because I know people have liked the Netflix show (I can't remember if I've seen it??). There were some moments were I was like "wait a second, is this one of these angsty books that everyone hates because the angst is too angsty but I was an angsty kid who liked angst and now I'm going to like this angsty angst story?" but overall, I'm going to have to agree with the other reviews that state that this is not a graphic novel to recommend to others. There are some harmful scenes related to suicide and abuse that COULD have worked out--these are topics that are often in books!--but instead the author left me with some very strange feelings about what he was trying to accomplish with this story. Honestly, I don't mind if books accomplish literally nothing but giving me a way to spend my time, but I Am Not Okay With This felt dark and disturbing in ways I just couldn't get behind. Towards the beginning, I thought the main character's feelings and problems were going to take a satirical path with how they were written, but by the end, there was a cynical, unsettling feeling I couldn't shake.

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what was the point of this?? full rtc

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sarf's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0