A review by cassidylynnereads
TMI by Patty Blount

2.0

This is another reread for me and this one is worse than I remembered, unfortunately. The characters are extremely annoying. Bailey is the typical dumb blonde bimbo who can’t think for herself and does everything to impress men. Sure, she realizes this and decides to change in the end, but I’m pretty sure after living that way for seventeen years it will be really hard to change her entire personality. I also can’t stand how big of a deal it is that she’s a girl gamer. This book is the definition of the “I’m so special because I’m a gamer and I’m so not like other girls because I’m beautiful too” stereotype that everyone hates. Meg is super annoying and I’m pretty sure if her mom knew that she blamed herself for her dad’s death she would have brought up therapy herself instead of waiting for Bailey to do it. I know she’s rarely home but there’s no way Meg’s emotional distance never came up before. Also if Meg is supposed to be the super logical smart one I’d think she would realize at some point that it was her dad’s choice to commit suicide, not her fault, and Bailey can’t be so stupid that she knew Meg blamed herself without pointing out how wrong that assumption is. Chase is also really annoying with his “waaaa waaa waa” you hurt my feewings every two seconds just to change his mind and go back to Meg again, and then change his mind again and try to get with her. The ending with Simon getting in legal trouble for having the fake Ryder profiles is not realistic at all. People lie about their indentities all the time online and unless they’re manipulating minors I’m pretty sure that’s not illegal, even if you do emotionally hurt someone because of it (I’d hardly call what he did cyberbullying compared to what went down between Bailey and Meg). Meg and Bailey are also super petty and annoying in how quickly they get angry over nothing and turn on each other. They’re supposed to be best friends since childhood, yet they fight at the drop of a hat. That’s not friendship, that’s just a toxic relationship. Sure they may have reconciled by “changing” in the end, but as someone who has had the same best friend since the second grade I will tell you right now that a healthy friendship, even over a span of many years, is nothing like Bailey and Meg’s. I’ve maybe fought twice with my best friend the entire time I’ve known her and never bad enough to drag her online like Meg and Bailey did to each other. None of the characters are relatable at all and their drama is just annoying.