A review by laurenevlyn
All-American Girl by Meg Cabot

fast-paced

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

2.0

How is it possible that there is only one single character in this book that I liked. I DNFed halfway through but still. Sam was a narcissistic “pick-me,” Lucy was (respectfully) a massive bitch to her sister and a cheater, Rebecca was just weird and I feel like suffered from “genius written by a non-genius” syndrome, The housekeeper/nanny/assistant-I-guess was based on a racist stereotype, The parents did not care enough about their kids, and The art teacher was straight up mean. No legitimate teacher would blackmail a student into staying in their class (like what the hell?????)(Also why would Sam have to stay in the art class if she’s got all these new responsibilities and generally should be allowed reprieve from her punishment considering what happened to her?) (also also why is it just okay that she is so scared of people finding out she skipped class because Theresa would be mad) (Theresa literally hit her after she saved the President’s life because she “scared her” THATS NOT PARENTAL WORRY COMING OUT YOU JUST HIT HER FOR SOMETHING SHE HAD NO CONTROL OVER)Plus the President can’t just appoint a teenage girl to a national role in the UN without her permission. 

I DNFed this book mainly because (as you can see) it was pissing me off to read and I don’t want those vibes to stay for another 150 pages.