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A review by lawbooks600
The (Un)Popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez
2.0
Representation: Side Asian character
Trigger warnings: Anxiety, bullying
4/10, at the time I read this it was a new arrival at one of the libraries I go to and considering that this is a debut author and this also had a high rating I went in with lofty expectations however this book subverted them and I couldn't comprehend how frustrating it was to read this since I found so many issues so where do I even begin? For starters, it was very preachy (this book mentions every single issue under the sun) and it was very slow-paced. The main character wasn't someone I could root for, because once he was class president, he only listened to himself and didn't realise it, really? Why is he so narcissistic, like some characters said? At least the main character was complex enough, and at least he learns from his mistakes eventually, but what was that ending? He just becomes class president and that's it? Go read any other book other than this one.
P.S. "Mindbogglingly good?" More like "Mind-numbingly boring!"
Trigger warnings: Anxiety, bullying
4/10, at the time I read this it was a new arrival at one of the libraries I go to and considering that this is a debut author and this also had a high rating I went in with lofty expectations however this book subverted them and I couldn't comprehend how frustrating it was to read this since I found so many issues so where do I even begin? For starters, it was very preachy (this book mentions every single issue under the sun) and it was very slow-paced. The main character wasn't someone I could root for, because once he was class president, he only listened to himself and didn't realise it, really? Why is he so narcissistic, like some characters said? At least the main character was complex enough, and at least he learns from his mistakes eventually, but what was that ending? He just becomes class president and that's it? Go read any other book other than this one.
P.S. "Mindbogglingly good?" More like "Mind-numbingly boring!"