magnetgrrl's review
4.0
My best friend from high school mailed this to me after I went through my first college breakup. At the time I thought it was hilarious and life-changing. I recently went through the most difficult split of my life (I would say "to date" but I'm certainly hoping I never have to go through this experience again) and pulled this from my shelves to re-read it. I thought it would be like comfort food but also a callback to a person I was before, which would be interesting.
It's not as funny as I remember. It's super hetero-normative. I like that between chapters there are little quizzes, as fake as they are there's a HINT of realism and truth in them, and then, like, if you only get 1/3 or 2/3 "right" on the quizzes, it basically says "You're not really ready to move onto the next chapter yet" in some comical way. Like, it's actually leading you through a process.
In that case... I probably should still be re-reading the first 2-3 chapters obsessively but, whatever. I read this (again) this year. It was OK but not as great as I remembered. I hope I never have cause to read it again. The end.
It's not as funny as I remember. It's super hetero-normative. I like that between chapters there are little quizzes, as fake as they are there's a HINT of realism and truth in them, and then, like, if you only get 1/3 or 2/3 "right" on the quizzes, it basically says "You're not really ready to move onto the next chapter yet" in some comical way. Like, it's actually leading you through a process.
In that case... I probably should still be re-reading the first 2-3 chapters obsessively but, whatever. I read this (again) this year. It was OK but not as great as I remembered. I hope I never have cause to read it again. The end.
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