A review by kdecker1
If You, Then Me by Yvonne Woon
challenging
emotional
reflective
4.0
I loved this book. As an adult, I could tell the terrible issues Xia was about to get herself into from a mile away but I understood how she got in those situations from a 16 year olds perspective. But that made it a wonderful coming of age story where a teen learned how to navigate this digital world. I did not grow up in the digital world we have today where everyone is on multiple social media apps, so this book also helped me understand the bullying and social situations that teenagers face today from their point of view and it gives me better appreciation of their endurance in today's social media enhanced environment.
On top of that, I really enjoyed the unique love story aspects of this book and to be honest I would like to see a sequel or at least a blurb on where the future of those relationships go after this book, seeing as Xia is to move back to another state and possibly never see any of them in person again. I was a little disappointed in not figuring that out at the end. I would also like to see her app open to the public and their general reaction to Wiser, which we never found out by the end of the book.
On top of that, I really enjoyed the unique love story aspects of this book and to be honest I would like to see a sequel or at least a blurb on where the future of those relationships go after this book, seeing as Xia is to move back to another state and possibly never see any of them in person again. I was a little disappointed in not figuring that out at the end. I would also like to see her app open to the public and their general reaction to Wiser, which we never found out by the end of the book.