A review by howifeelaboutbooks
Loser/Queen by Jodi Lynn Anderson
3.0
Cammy has been teased throughout her school career over various embarrassing things that happened to her that couldn't be helped: in fifth grade, she threw up her ham sandwich and was called Hammy; her sophomore year, she got caught with her pants down and was called "Granny" due to her underwear style. She's used to being humiliated, but it still hurts. So when she gets a mysterious text message from someone who tells her how to get back at those who embarrassed her, she's intrigued. She's not told exactly what will happen, just what to do - like press play on a remote in Lit class, and a video starts up automatically. Since she doesn't have to think too much about her actions, Cammy just follows the instructions that are texted to her. The tasks aren't terribly mean, they just bring down the most popular kids just enough to make the rest of the school feel comfortable, and Cammy slowly becomes noticed and liked. But there always has to be a breaking point, and when Cammy refuses one of the instructions texted to her, the unknown "White Rabbit" threatens blackmail. Cammy has to decide if she will save herself or come clean.
I read this book about two years after the release, so I didn't know how it was written, but I looked it up and absolutely love this. Anderson posted the first four chapters of the book online, and then allowed readers to vote on what would happen next. She wrote the rest of the book like a serial, posting the new sections each week to allow voting for the next section. I think that's a really interesting way to write a young adult book, and makes what happens in the book even more interesting, knowing this is what teenagers wanted to happen.
I read this book about two years after the release, so I didn't know how it was written, but I looked it up and absolutely love this. Anderson posted the first four chapters of the book online, and then allowed readers to vote on what would happen next. She wrote the rest of the book like a serial, posting the new sections each week to allow voting for the next section. I think that's a really interesting way to write a young adult book, and makes what happens in the book even more interesting, knowing this is what teenagers wanted to happen.