kstookley's review
2.0
This book should have been really hecking gay and it wasn't. It disappointed my closeted-even-to-myself-self way back in like 2007 and continues to disappoint the obnoxiously gay butterfly I have become now
amlagunas's review
5.0
Wow. I loved this book. seriously. i think every girl should read it. okay so its totally unrealistic, but wasn't that cinderella's claim to fame? I kinda think that maybe guys should read a book like this so they actually know what girls are all about. well maybe not...
anywho.. id recommend it to any girl (not really any girl but you know what i mean).
anywho.. id recommend it to any girl (not really any girl but you know what i mean).
aldersons's review
1.0
I couldn't even finish this book. Like others have said, the characters seemed flat and lifeless, and the best part of the book was the robot.
I didn't buy that Shelby was a geek, either.
I didn't buy that Shelby was a geek, either.
carmby's review
2.0
The ending was so rushed--I would have loved more of the dance and was bummed the bet ended so quickly . Shelby (?) was a brat. The robot was weird and annoying.
shaegeeksout's review
3.0
This was a standard YA Romance full of tropes. My favorite part about this book was the exploration of when an introvert becomes an extrovert, and what they go through emotionally.
stetstudionoah's review
1.0
I did a YouTube Review on this book which you can find at the following link. [https://youtu.be/wUpO-Lxvjgc]
Trigger Warnings:
Death Mention
Fatphobia
Homophobia
Nazi Mention
Sexual Assault
My Notes
**SPOILERS**
pg. 3- Nice, let's start out with some sexual assault
-there seems to be a lot of pop culture references, even just a few pages in.
pg. 7+8- Doing that damned describe your clothes and body thing.
-also, boob fixation
pg. 9- she admits that she thinks she's better than everyone else, iirc that was the whole lesson of the book (Note: Now that I've read the whole book I can say it was not the lesson, it was briefly mentioned by another character but never examined by anyone)
-looking for friends, she seems stuck up
pg. 10- Her first thought about the new girl is 'what a poser' & she links this to her being tall. Why??
-The only people who like to read for fun. feels like a callout to 'real' geek girls like is common for guys
pg. 15- oh of course 'lesbo' is used as an insult
pg. 22- oh joy, cultural appropriation
pg. 26- Let the girl have three pieces of pie robot!
pg. 28- I'm getting a lot of 'I'm not like other girls' vibes from hating shopping
pg. 29- we get it, you like MST2K
-Plan 9 from Outer Space terrified me as a tween
-There is a distracting amount of Shelby talking directly to the reader
pg. 301-31- This fatphobia is gross
pg. 39- C'mon y'all you can like shopping and still be geeks, I promise.
pg. 43- mall = 'huge concrete monument to stupidity'
pg. 44- Every time she says 'in my opinion' I assume it's also the author's
pg. 52-55- pretending to be an inspector to get free food sounds like a crime.
-don't be an ass to service workers
-all the teens in this book seem to be exaggerations/stereotypes
pg. 59- 'what if all of the geeks got together to use their powers for good' have you ever heard of the internet? I know it's 2006 but there are chat rooms and websites and stuff.
-she keeps mentioning how her school is unlike any other. We get it, you're rich.
This is where I stopped taking notes and just focused on finishing the book.
Trigger Warnings:
Death Mention
Fatphobia
Homophobia
Nazi Mention
Sexual Assault
My Notes
**SPOILERS**
pg. 3- Nice, let's start out with some sexual assault
-there seems to be a lot of pop culture references, even just a few pages in.
pg. 7+8- Doing that damned describe your clothes and body thing.
-also, boob fixation
pg. 9- she admits that she thinks she's better than everyone else, iirc that was the whole lesson of the book (Note: Now that I've read the whole book I can say it was not the lesson, it was briefly mentioned by another character but never examined by anyone)
-looking for friends, she seems stuck up
pg. 10- Her first thought about the new girl is 'what a poser' & she links this to her being tall. Why??
-The only people who like to read for fun. feels like a callout to 'real' geek girls like is common for guys
pg. 15- oh of course 'lesbo' is used as an insult
pg. 22- oh joy, cultural appropriation
pg. 26- Let the girl have three pieces of pie robot!
pg. 28- I'm getting a lot of 'I'm not like other girls' vibes from hating shopping
pg. 29- we get it, you like MST2K
-Plan 9 from Outer Space terrified me as a tween
-There is a distracting amount of Shelby talking directly to the reader
pg. 301-31- This fatphobia is gross
pg. 39- C'mon y'all you can like shopping and still be geeks, I promise.
pg. 43- mall = 'huge concrete monument to stupidity'
pg. 44- Every time she says 'in my opinion' I assume it's also the author's
pg. 52-55- pretending to be an inspector to get free food sounds like a crime.
-don't be an ass to service workers
-all the teens in this book seem to be exaggerations/stereotypes
pg. 59- 'what if all of the geeks got together to use their powers for good' have you ever heard of the internet? I know it's 2006 but there are chat rooms and websites and stuff.
-she keeps mentioning how her school is unlike any other. We get it, you're rich.
This is where I stopped taking notes and just focused on finishing the book.
jetamors's review
2.0
I really didn't care for this one. The main characters didn't seem particularly geeky, and their treatment of the more "popular" girls was, frankly, bullying.
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