danys_reads's review against another edition
2.0
A quick (re)read to reset my brain. Not sure I buy the 'we're not really our Instagram comments,' has a very Cady-Heron-breaks-the-prom-queen-crown-for-everyone vibe
suzanna_gg's review against another edition
2.0
Ok I was really excited at first because I didn’t care about any of the chars so I could enjoy the chaos but by the end I just hated everyone which was annoying.
ALSO no teenager talks like they do in the book and I’m kind of mad about it
ALSO no teenager talks like they do in the book and I’m kind of mad about it
sc104906's review against another edition
2.0
Anna has learned to cope with her Social Anxiety Disorder, but everything is thrown into disarray when secrets are being made public. Anna had the perfect senior year ready, she had a great boyfriend and was part of the popular crowd. However, he broke up with her over winter break and now Anna is trying to get back into the good graces of her old friends, who she stepped on to get to the top. As a hacker is releasing all of the popular student's text messages and phone information, the school becomes a dangerous place.
I really wanted to like this book, but found it lacking. I thought the characters could have been better developed. I felt that the main character's reactions to the events around her did not seem to match what I expected. I wasn't really connected to any of the characters and didn't really care what happened to them. I think there is potential here, the book just didn't work for me.
I really wanted to like this book, but found it lacking. I thought the characters could have been better developed. I felt that the main character's reactions to the events around her did not seem to match what I expected. I wasn't really connected to any of the characters and didn't really care what happened to them. I think there is potential here, the book just didn't work for me.
storytimed's review against another edition
2.0
Don't know how they made a voyeuristic teen drama novel where you get to see everyone's secrets and messages and the times they talked shit about each other so bland. Protagonist was inherently frustrating to me.
plaidpladd's review against another edition
3.0
The premise of this book is good--Pretty Little Liars meets wikileaks--but the execution was kind of meh, especially the ending.
emldavis01's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book except for the fact that they didn't say who the hackers we're. Maybe I missed it, but I don't think I did. Tell me who the hackers are and it goes up to 5 stars.
meks17's review
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
picsnbooks18's review against another edition
4.0
Here is another book I cry because of the ending. I think this book is important to read because it talks about bullying online, the be careful what you say online, and mental health. The reason I giving this a 4 and not a 5 I did not like the wording at the beginning of the book other than that the book was perfect.
michelle_pink_polka_dot's review against another edition
4.0
It started off a little slow-- and honestly, I wasn't the biggest Anna fan in the beginning either. BUT- this book got GOOD about 100 pages in. It was a voyeurs wet dream at times-- and then it was stomach-turning. It turns out, there IS a such thing as knowing too much about people. I think I'll be happy to know what people want me to know about them from now on!!
Antisocial is not a boring book. I mean, every five minutes someone's deepest, darkest secret is being exposed. It was almost something that I wanted to look away from, but couldn't. It's definitely a cautionary tale to teens and young adults, telling them that some personal things are better to be left off of digital devices.
At first, I wasn't sure about Anna. I didn't really like her, and I didn't like the way she presented Social Anxiety Disorder. I don't have SAD, so I can't speak to the authenticity of the portrayal, but for having spent time in an in-patient treatment center and now going through an EXTREMELY stressful situation (without the help of any drugs), she seemed oddly non-anxious.
Once the phone leaks started happening though, this book got GOOD. It was one bombshell secret after another, to the point where I was cringing every time a new one was dropped. I'd be lying if I didn't say that I like reading about the drama-- but at some point I realized there IS a thing as knowing too much about people. At some point I wanted to scream "no more!!".
There aren't very many likable characters in this book. I didn't care for Anna's personality and her friends weren't much better. Radhika (Anna's former bestie) was a character I thought could have been my favorite-- but it turned out she never she never turned that corner for me. She was just another mean girl in a book full of them.
The one character that pissed me off more than any of them was a dude named Timmy Tepper. He capitalized off of the leaks by podcasting every lurid detail, making sure no one missed one juicy secret of his classmates. Every time he made an appearance, my blood pressure went up. Pure disgust.
I do have to say I felt like as terrible as the things that got exposed in this book were-- the characters were extremely lucky that it was happening to everybody. Not saying that it still wouldn't hurt and be humiliating, but the fact that everyone was having their secrets splashed around had to be better than being singled out. I was sort of relieved for them in a weird way.
The ending was-- okay. I felt like the mystery aspect of this book was just MEH. Very anti-climactic. The person who did it isn't a surprise, and there's not a big twist or gotcha moment. Many things are left undone and unanswered. I wanted more.
OVERALL: I liked this book despite not really loving the main character. The best part of this book is the DRAMA and the "don't want to look, but can't look away" secrets that are revealed about EVERYBODY. Seriously, every single person in this book suffers from too much exposure. It was sad, but also OMG so salacious.
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Antisocial is not a boring book. I mean, every five minutes someone's deepest, darkest secret is being exposed. It was almost something that I wanted to look away from, but couldn't. It's definitely a cautionary tale to teens and young adults, telling them that some personal things are better to be left off of digital devices.
At first, I wasn't sure about Anna. I didn't really like her, and I didn't like the way she presented Social Anxiety Disorder. I don't have SAD, so I can't speak to the authenticity of the portrayal, but for having spent time in an in-patient treatment center and now going through an EXTREMELY stressful situation (without the help of any drugs), she seemed oddly non-anxious.
Once the phone leaks started happening though, this book got GOOD. It was one bombshell secret after another, to the point where I was cringing every time a new one was dropped. I'd be lying if I didn't say that I like reading about the drama-- but at some point I realized there IS a thing as knowing too much about people. At some point I wanted to scream "no more!!".
There aren't very many likable characters in this book. I didn't care for Anna's personality and her friends weren't much better. Radhika (Anna's former bestie) was a character I thought could have been my favorite-- but it turned out she never she never turned that corner for me. She was just another mean girl in a book full of them.
The one character that pissed me off more than any of them was a dude named Timmy Tepper. He capitalized off of the leaks by podcasting every lurid detail, making sure no one missed one juicy secret of his classmates. Every time he made an appearance, my blood pressure went up. Pure disgust.
I do have to say I felt like as terrible as the things that got exposed in this book were-- the characters were extremely lucky that it was happening to everybody. Not saying that it still wouldn't hurt and be humiliating, but the fact that everyone was having their secrets splashed around had to be better than being singled out. I was sort of relieved for them in a weird way.
The ending was-- okay. I felt like the mystery aspect of this book was just MEH. Very anti-climactic. The person who did it isn't a surprise, and there's not a big twist or gotcha moment. Many things are left undone and unanswered. I wanted more.
OVERALL: I liked this book despite not really loving the main character. The best part of this book is the DRAMA and the "don't want to look, but can't look away" secrets that are revealed about EVERYBODY. Seriously, every single person in this book suffers from too much exposure. It was sad, but also OMG so salacious.
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seirenour's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5