A review by coolcatalycat
Penpal by Dathan Auerbach

3.0

3.5

my brother wanted me to read this so badly. it was actually enjoyable, although i picked it up at the worst possible time, the day before my bestfriend passed away. so i didn't read for this whole month and only decided to continue it yesterday and I got through it pretty quickly. its fucking weird though how this is the book I picked up and its literally about the main character's childhood bestfriend dying.

there was nothing necessarily wrong with this book, it was pretty fast paced, with some slow moments but it was just a little underwhelming for me. maybe because my brother kept telling me I would be shocked by the ending. but it honestly didn't surprise me. its just about a stalker, right?

i don't know but I like that this story focuses a lot on how one moment, action or decision can change your life forever. its something i've been thinking a lot about recently.

Anyways, this was probably the worst month of my life and i'm sad i didn't push myself to read much this month because it is extremely therapeutic. but i'm look forward to picking it up again, i feel my escapism coming back out.