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A review by miaricks
Great by Sara Benincasa
4.0
I received this book as a pre-publication giveaway.
This is a great book, and a well-done retelling of a classic. It is a timeless story, and works well in a modern setting with teens as the main characters. For those who are more conservative in their reading tastes, yes it does include homosexuality, drug use, and underage drinking. For me, I felt the story could not have been told without the drug use and underage drinking, and the homosexuality was a well-executed twist on the classic. It was a quick read that sucked me in and left me happy to read it. It also left me wanting to read the classic again.
This is a great book, and a well-done retelling of a classic. It is a timeless story, and works well in a modern setting with teens as the main characters. For those who are more conservative in their reading tastes, yes it does include homosexuality, drug use, and underage drinking. For me, I felt the story could not have been told without the drug use and underage drinking, and the homosexuality was a well-executed twist on the classic. It was a quick read that sucked me in and left me happy to read it. It also left me wanting to read the classic again.