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A review by sassyykassie
Just a Girl by Carrie Mesrobian
3.0
There was a lot about this book that I loved, and a lot about this book that I hated?? This book feels pretty raw and real and it reminded me a lot of an Ellen Hopkins novel in that we're following our main character that isn't the usual teen Main Character. Rianne parties, she has sex with multiple people in this book, and not everything goes the way a "traditional" or "good" person would want their life to go. The book is messy in that way and I really enjoyed that.
I also feel like some of what Rianne experienced should've been enlightened on from maybe a different perspective. There were a couple spots where this did happen, and I'm glad they did. But at the same time, even though we did see that other perception of the situation, nothing was ever resolved. It felt a little bit like this book was saying some of the situations were fine because our main character doesn't see the problem with them. That's a more spoilery discussion that I won't get into here.
Overall, I went with a 3/5 stars because I felt like the parts I loved and the parts I really disliked balanced each other out in a way that I'm not sure I'd ever recommend this book to anyone, but I did enjoy it while I was reading (although I also did NOT like the ending).
Trigger Warnings:
Unconsenual sex with a minor
underage drinking
undiagnosed mental health issues
violence (fist fighting)
dementia
large age difference relationships
cheating
I also feel like some of what Rianne experienced should've been enlightened on from maybe a different perspective. There were a couple spots where this did happen, and I'm glad they did. But at the same time, even though we did see that other perception of the situation, nothing was ever resolved. It felt a little bit like this book was saying some of the situations were fine because our main character doesn't see the problem with them. That's a more spoilery discussion that I won't get into here.
Overall, I went with a 3/5 stars because I felt like the parts I loved and the parts I really disliked balanced each other out in a way that I'm not sure I'd ever recommend this book to anyone, but I did enjoy it while I was reading (although I also did NOT like the ending).
Trigger Warnings:
Unconsenual sex with a minor
underage drinking
undiagnosed mental health issues
violence (fist fighting)
dementia
large age difference relationships
cheating