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A review by mischief_in_the_library
16thingsithoughtweretrue by Janet Gurtler
2.0
Hmm. Well, if you can get past the first chapter, it was a pretty alright read. But apart from not being able to feel the characters at all, a lot of it was just plain unbelievable. Casually discussing a stranger's crush with her the first time you meet her? A wannabe doctor who seems to know everything about medicine - the jargon, the statistics, not to mention the likely methods of diagnosing this particular disorder? A very convenient, yet unlikely, line of questioning that revealed that Morgan didn't know who her father was? ("So, what's your father's favourite restaurant?" asked the stranger who she had known for five minutes.)
Not to mention: '"I didn't mean that. I'm a self-centred jerk. I didn't mean it." No one contradicts me.' Not surprising. She gets mad at this boy she hardly knows for not returning her call, despite not leaving a message or texting to ask him to call back, just...for ringing and not catching him.
Look, it wasn't terrible, but I didn't really connect enough to enjoy the book. Not one for me.
Not to mention: '"I didn't mean that. I'm a self-centred jerk. I didn't mean it." No one contradicts me.' Not surprising. She gets mad at this boy she hardly knows for not returning her call, despite not leaving a message or texting to ask him to call back, just...for ringing and not catching him.
Spoiler
After her father reacts with quite understandable shock at finding out he has an 18 year old daughter, she decides she doesn't want to have anything else to do with him. (To be fair, she does change her mind.)Look, it wasn't terrible, but I didn't really connect enough to enjoy the book. Not one for me.