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What the hell even happened here?
The story was not well put-together at all. The events were choppy, rushed, and so poorly-tied in with one another that I can't even remember when and how and in what sequence everything happened.
The plot itself started out interesting, but the execution was painfully dull. And worse than that, it's shallow. Like, the story just kept plowing on with little explanation (again, rushed) and I just kept shaking my head and thinking "Why are we here and how the hell did we get here because I don't understand how all of this shit is happening in under 150 pages with SO LITTLE EXPLANATION AS TO WHY."
Becky's characterization was two-dimensional at best. It wasn't that I disliked her- it's that there was no personality to dislike at all beyond her two defining character-traits, "plain jane made beautiful" and "small town girl making it big". Gregory was even worse- I don't even know what to say about him.
Which brings me to the romance: much like everything else in the book it was rushed as hell. Nice girl meets nice boy. Immediately and unrealistically falls in love ~against all odds~ and whathaveyou. The inclusion of stereotypical bitch-ex-girlfriend Jessalyn was just painfully cliche.
I don't know why this book was being hailed as 'funny'. The only character that came even close to amusing me was Rocher, who provided about 99% of the humor in this book, despite having a scant presence throughout it.
And see, the problem with that is that there are a lot of ridiculous parts of this book- one that stands out being Jate Mallow abruptly showing up and spiriting Becky away on his bike. Like... Where did that even come from? If the book were consistently funny and ridiculous (as promised), one might have said "oh okay that's supposed to be some weird outrageous thing that fits in with the book's theme."
But it's not. It's awkward and weird and downright stupid.
And the ending. The freaking ending. Where the HELL did that even come from?
The story was not well put-together at all. The events were choppy, rushed, and so poorly-tied in with one another that I can't even remember when and how and in what sequence everything happened.
The plot itself started out interesting, but the execution was painfully dull. And worse than that, it's shallow. Like, the story just kept plowing on with little explanation (again, rushed) and I just kept shaking my head and thinking "Why are we here and how the hell did we get here because I don't understand how all of this shit is happening in under 150 pages with SO LITTLE EXPLANATION AS TO WHY."
Becky's characterization was two-dimensional at best. It wasn't that I disliked her- it's that there was no personality to dislike at all beyond her two defining character-traits, "plain jane made beautiful" and "small town girl making it big". Gregory was even worse- I don't even know what to say about him.
Which brings me to the romance: much like everything else in the book it was rushed as hell. Nice girl meets nice boy. Immediately and unrealistically falls in love ~against all odds~ and whathaveyou. The inclusion of stereotypical bitch-ex-girlfriend Jessalyn was just painfully cliche.
I don't know why this book was being hailed as 'funny'. The only character that came even close to amusing me was Rocher, who provided about 99% of the humor in this book, despite having a scant presence throughout it.
And see, the problem with that is that there are a lot of ridiculous parts of this book- one that stands out being Jate Mallow abruptly showing up and spiriting Becky away on his bike. Like... Where did that even come from? If the book were consistently funny and ridiculous (as promised), one might have said "oh okay that's supposed to be some weird outrageous thing that fits in with the book's theme."
But it's not. It's awkward and weird and downright stupid.
And the ending. The freaking ending. Where the HELL did that even come from?