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A review by bunny_herondale
Boys I Know by Anna Gracia
5.0
First of all, huge thanks to NetGalley and Peachtree Teen for giving me an e-arc in exchange of a honest review. All thoughts are on my own.
This book felt so real I was annoyed many times at the characters. Because humans are annoying, teenagers fuck up, parents and their high expectations are stressful and the world is full of jerks that have no affective responsibility.
I think I enjoy reading books with Asian representation not only because I enjoy learning of new cultures, but also because I like to find things in common with my own experience and culture, to see how even though we're not from the same culture we struggle with similar things, and I think every teenager in the world should read this book, it's a must read.
We see June grow as a person, how she tries to fit in somewhere, be who she is and try find love and affection, especially when she doesn't find it at home with her parents, sadly, the guys she ends up liking are not a good option at all, and the next one is even worse than the one before.
We also see her struggling with college, her relationship with her friends, her family and herself, and I loved to read this, this has officially become one of my favorite books of the year.
Trigger warnings: minor pregnancy scare, a very uncomfortable first time mild-explicit sex scene (it's the only explicit sex scene though), mention to an adult dating a teenager, cheating (one guy was cheating on his girlfriend with the FMC but she didn't know this until later), underage drinking, mention of drugs.
This book felt so real I was annoyed many times at the characters. Because humans are annoying, teenagers fuck up, parents and their high expectations are stressful and the world is full of jerks that have no affective responsibility.
I think I enjoy reading books with Asian representation not only because I enjoy learning of new cultures, but also because I like to find things in common with my own experience and culture, to see how even though we're not from the same culture we struggle with similar things, and I think every teenager in the world should read this book, it's a must read.
We see June grow as a person, how she tries to fit in somewhere, be who she is and try find love and affection, especially when she doesn't find it at home with her parents, sadly, the guys she ends up liking are not a good option at all, and the next one is even worse than the one before.
We also see her struggling with college, her relationship with her friends, her family and herself, and I loved to read this, this has officially become one of my favorite books of the year.
Trigger warnings: minor pregnancy scare, a very uncomfortable first time mild-explicit sex scene (it's the only explicit sex scene though), mention to an adult dating a teenager, cheating (one guy was cheating on his girlfriend with the FMC but she didn't know this until later), underage drinking, mention of drugs.