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A review by evila_elf
Twelve Long Months by Brian Malloy
2.0
I had a hard time with this book. It should really have only taken me 3 days to read...it took me over 2 weeks. I just could not relate to the main character. She was so boring and I didn't care anything about here.
By the middle of the book, I could predict the storyline, though the surprise with Simon was a twist. Her friends drag her to a gay bad for fun. Shock, shock, she runs into Mark there, the boy she has been pining for. Can't there be a more creative way to find out someone is gay? The book did pick up a little bit after that, since I think the author was just writing to get to that point and 'the big reveal'.
Her friends were two dimensional. I had no idea why any of them would want to hang out.
It ended with the girl unlucky with love, pretty much. Okay...since we are reading it as the girl, since this is first person, how about giving us a good storyline? The boys seemed to be doing great.
I think this book would have been a lot better if it was done from the pov that the author really wanted to write about: The guy's view.
By the middle of the book, I could predict the storyline, though the surprise with Simon was a twist. Her friends drag her to a gay bad for fun. Shock, shock, she runs into Mark there, the boy she has been pining for. Can't there be a more creative way to find out someone is gay? The book did pick up a little bit after that, since I think the author was just writing to get to that point and 'the big reveal'.
Her friends were two dimensional. I had no idea why any of them would want to hang out.
It ended with the girl unlucky with love, pretty much. Okay...since we are reading it as the girl, since this is first person, how about giving us a good storyline? The boys seemed to be doing great.
I think this book would have been a lot better if it was done from the pov that the author really wanted to write about: The guy's view.