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A review by nocilantroextraolives
The Avery Shaw Experiment by Kelly Oram
2.0
So I liked the premise of this book, but the execution was not my favorite.
There were some hilarious parts where the two personalities clash and create some great moments, but the back parts outweigh the good.
First of all, the whole idea of a science fair is the hard sciences. I have never heard of a science fair admitting social science projects. Thus, a project about mending a broken heart would never be admitted in.
Second, every major conversation that happens in the book, happens with a huge audience. Whether it's her friends or the parents, or the other students at the school, all their painfully intimate moment are unenjoyable because the whole time they are happening you can't forget that EVERYONE is watching.
I get wanting someone to witness all the things that happen in the book, but you already have a built in audience - the reader. No other audience is necessary to say that something happened.
Despite all that, I found the characters were really nuances and likeable. I loved how no character fit into a stereotype. Her best friend, whose name escapes me at the moment, made every scene she was in.
And despite her eligibility for too-stupid-to-live status, the main character felt and acted like a real person.
There were some hilarious parts where the two personalities clash and create some great moments, but the back parts outweigh the good.
First of all, the whole idea of a science fair is the hard sciences. I have never heard of a science fair admitting social science projects. Thus, a project about mending a broken heart would never be admitted in.
Second, every major conversation that happens in the book, happens with a huge audience. Whether it's her friends or the parents, or the other students at the school, all their painfully intimate moment are unenjoyable because the whole time they are happening you can't forget that EVERYONE is watching.
I get wanting someone to witness all the things that happen in the book, but you already have a built in audience - the reader. No other audience is necessary to say that something happened.
Despite all that, I found the characters were really nuances and likeable. I loved how no character fit into a stereotype. Her best friend, whose name escapes me at the moment, made every scene she was in.
And despite her eligibility for too-stupid-to-live status, the main character felt and acted like a real person.