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A review by kaylakaotik
Fall for Anything by Courtney Summers
2.0
I feel like the bad outweighs the good for this book. I just didn't enjoy it.
Here are the things I had an issue with:
- There's so many things about the story that I just don't get. Eddie let things with Culler go way too far. Yes, she was blinded by grief. Okay. I guess that was the reason things got so out of hand and she ended up stranded 14 hours from home. Oh, having nude pictures taken of her. Speaking of nude pictures, couple of things here: one, she's 17, that's child pornography and two, how does that add anything at all to this story? I just don't get it.
I feel like I missed something. Maybe I only feel like that because I read so many good reviews. I don't know. I just know that I don't get it. And if this book is supposed to be about how suicide doesn't make sense and just completely consumes the people it affects... okay, sure. Yeah, I can see that. I don't believe it was done well, but I can see that.
Here are the things I had an issue with:
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- The characters. I can't say I liked any of them. Eddie was nearly insufferable. Milo was the only one I could even find any redeeming qualities about, but he had his faults, too. Beth was pretty awful. Did she completely forget that Eddie, too, had just lost her father to suicide? Missy was a pretty pointless character. I don't see how she even played into this story at all. Culler was infuriating. I tried my best to keep in mind that these people were dealing with a tragedy, but it didn't help. I just couldn't connect with any of them.- There's so many things about the story that I just don't get. Eddie let things with Culler go way too far. Yes, she was blinded by grief. Okay. I guess that was the reason things got so out of hand and she ended up stranded 14 hours from home. Oh, having nude pictures taken of her. Speaking of nude pictures, couple of things here: one, she's 17, that's child pornography and two, how does that add anything at all to this story? I just don't get it.
I feel like I missed something. Maybe I only feel like that because I read so many good reviews. I don't know. I just know that I don't get it. And if this book is supposed to be about how suicide doesn't make sense and just completely consumes the people it affects... okay, sure. Yeah, I can see that. I don't believe it was done well, but I can see that.