A review by tamaraniac
Beyond Clueless by Linas Alsenas
1.0
Beyond Clueless felt like it really tried but it was rather half baked.
The plot couldn’t seem to decide what it wanted to focus on. It was difficult to follow, and I didn’t really care at all. The characters blended into each other and weren’t particularly interesting.
Beyond that, there were some things in this book that really bothered me. Constant negativity from the main character, characters basing worth on relationships and constantly obsessing over them, and generally bad friendship dynamics. I think the main character was meant to learn at the end that these things were bad, but I don’t think it really worked.
Another thing is that the writing and point of view of Beyond Clueless felt like a middle grade/younger YA novel, but it has themes and language more characteristic of older YA.
Plain and simple, I just really didn’t like it.
The plot couldn’t seem to decide what it wanted to focus on. It was difficult to follow, and I didn’t really care at all. The characters blended into each other and weren’t particularly interesting.
Beyond that, there were some things in this book that really bothered me. Constant negativity from the main character, characters basing worth on relationships and constantly obsessing over them, and generally bad friendship dynamics. I think the main character was meant to learn at the end that these things were bad, but I don’t think it really worked.
Another thing is that the writing and point of view of Beyond Clueless felt like a middle grade/younger YA novel, but it has themes and language more characteristic of older YA.
Plain and simple, I just really didn’t like it.