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A review by pikasqueaks
Liars and Losers Like Us by Ami Allen-Vath
5.0
I really loved this book for a few simple reasons:
- Bree is half-Latina, she suffers from panic attacks, and her family is atypical. None of these are big deals, the story isn't about them, and the author manages to incorporate all of this seamlessly and wonderfully without disregarding any of it, but also without making a huge deal out of any of it.
- The characters, voice, and situations are all extremely young adult. They are teenagers. You can tell Bree is by her voice. The issue of the adult-looking-back-lens isn't here, and I appreciate it so much.
- This fits in the bevy of teen movies. This could have easily been written as a great, awesome Mean Girls, DUFF, Clueless type movie and I adore that so, so much.
I really liked this, and I feel like it set the bar for the rest of my year's YA reads pretty high in terms of entertainment value, among other things.
- Bree is half-Latina, she suffers from panic attacks, and her family is atypical. None of these are big deals, the story isn't about them, and the author manages to incorporate all of this seamlessly and wonderfully without disregarding any of it, but also without making a huge deal out of any of it.
- The characters, voice, and situations are all extremely young adult. They are teenagers. You can tell Bree is by her voice. The issue of the adult-looking-back-lens isn't here, and I appreciate it so much.
- This fits in the bevy of teen movies. This could have easily been written as a great, awesome Mean Girls, DUFF, Clueless type movie and I adore that so, so much.
I really liked this, and I feel like it set the bar for the rest of my year's YA reads pretty high in terms of entertainment value, among other things.