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A review by ren_96
My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
5.0
Holy mother of God i love it!! This was a great read, seriously. The characters were great but i obviously have stuff to say about them.
Jase was so adorable, i absolutely adored him. I only wish i had someone like him <3. At first i liked him but noted that it was different with him than with other main guy characters from other books. Normally for me i go crazy for them and get pretty obsessed, but with Jase it was a gradual thing. By the end i was so gone for him it wasn't just instant. That's not to say i loved him any less :D.
I enjoyed Samantha but when the whole incident happened i was a little disappointed with her because she didn't tell the truth. She waited so long with such significant information. It was purely selfish reasons for withholding the truth. Being honest and truthful can be hard but its always the right thing no matter what the circumstances are or the consequences. But she did do the right thing in the end so that counts for something.
Oh and as for Nan, what a little hussy! Generally i love the best friend but i was suss as about Nan from the beginning and then BAM it all comes to an end. I just knew she was a sour, jealous, immature little girl. Well tough Nan, SOUR EFFING GRAPES! And what kind of name is Nan? Nanny, Nano, just NO. Ok im just angry at her and am picking at anything. But still, so what if your "best friend" has a better life than you, get over it! Be a supportive friend and deal with what you have! She was so dishonest as well, it was so wrong for her to go up and say that speech and do all those tests and accept good marks when she knows it wasn't honestly achieved. I can truthfully say I've cheated on one and only one test in about year 8 or 9 in Japanese and i felt terrible afterwards. How can someone do that for practically everything? Why wouldn't you want to get something honestly for yourself knowing that you've done the hard work to get where you are? To me that was just sad.
Now as for her mother -_-. She was a horrible, weak, self centered, discriminate, judging, sheep of a woman. Let's be honest here people, she was a bitch. What on EARTH possessed her to listen to every goddamn word this random Clay guy said? Why would she let this leech into their lives? How low can her self esteem be if she was willingly going out with him knowing full well that this asshole would drop her straight up if she lost or slipped up or anything. How is that a good example for her children when shes going out with this flaky as dude with no real permanency to their relationship? She was so manipulative and controlling and an uppity bitch. Who is she to judge the Garrett's for their lifestyle choice or how many children they have? That's just so wrong i cant even stand it. I have a family of 6 which isn't anywhere near the Garrett's and we are happy the way we are. Its not anyone else's business what they do and how many kids they have. She was SO up herself thinking that she knew it all. Get over yourself. Okay and how could she even TRY to justify what she did?!? When i read that i was just thinking you have got to be kidding me. What kind of person does that? Evil people that's who. Its an evil act. For me its just unfathomable for someone, a mother no less, to do something so wrong like that. There are serious consequences! He could have died! Mr. Garrett is such a god man to :(.
Okay so was anyone else seriously annoyed with the ending? I was sitting in my room and had to say aloud is this for real?! Like, WHAT. You find out jack all about Mr. Garrett and you don't even really know where they are headed. It would have been fine if there was an epilogue or something to wrap it up because i just felt that it was almost unfinished.
Oh well, i still really enjoyed My Life Next Door and i seriously recommend it!
Jase was so adorable, i absolutely adored him. I only wish i had someone like him <3. At first i liked him but noted that it was different with him than with other main guy characters from other books. Normally for me i go crazy for them and get pretty obsessed, but with Jase it was a gradual thing. By the end i was so gone for him it wasn't just instant. That's not to say i loved him any less :D.
I enjoyed Samantha but when the whole incident happened i was a little disappointed with her because she didn't tell the truth. She waited so long with such significant information. It was purely selfish reasons for withholding the truth. Being honest and truthful can be hard but its always the right thing no matter what the circumstances are or the consequences. But she did do the right thing in the end so that counts for something.
Oh and as for Nan, what a little hussy! Generally i love the best friend but i was suss as about Nan from the beginning and then BAM it all comes to an end. I just knew she was a sour, jealous, immature little girl. Well tough Nan, SOUR EFFING GRAPES! And what kind of name is Nan? Nanny, Nano, just NO. Ok im just angry at her and am picking at anything. But still, so what if your "best friend" has a better life than you, get over it! Be a supportive friend and deal with what you have! She was so dishonest as well, it was so wrong for her to go up and say that speech and do all those tests and accept good marks when she knows it wasn't honestly achieved. I can truthfully say I've cheated on one and only one test in about year 8 or 9 in Japanese and i felt terrible afterwards. How can someone do that for practically everything? Why wouldn't you want to get something honestly for yourself knowing that you've done the hard work to get where you are? To me that was just sad.
Now as for her mother -_-. She was a horrible, weak, self centered, discriminate, judging, sheep of a woman. Let's be honest here people, she was a bitch. What on EARTH possessed her to listen to every goddamn word this random Clay guy said? Why would she let this leech into their lives? How low can her self esteem be if she was willingly going out with him knowing full well that this asshole would drop her straight up if she lost or slipped up or anything. How is that a good example for her children when shes going out with this flaky as dude with no real permanency to their relationship? She was so manipulative and controlling and an uppity bitch. Who is she to judge the Garrett's for their lifestyle choice or how many children they have? That's just so wrong i cant even stand it. I have a family of 6 which isn't anywhere near the Garrett's and we are happy the way we are. Its not anyone else's business what they do and how many kids they have. She was SO up herself thinking that she knew it all. Get over yourself. Okay and how could she even TRY to justify what she did?!? When i read that i was just thinking you have got to be kidding me. What kind of person does that? Evil people that's who. Its an evil act. For me its just unfathomable for someone, a mother no less, to do something so wrong like that. There are serious consequences! He could have died! Mr. Garrett is such a god man to :(.
Okay so was anyone else seriously annoyed with the ending? I was sitting in my room and had to say aloud is this for real?! Like, WHAT. You find out jack all about Mr. Garrett and you don't even really know where they are headed. It would have been fine if there was an epilogue or something to wrap it up because i just felt that it was almost unfinished.
Oh well, i still really enjoyed My Life Next Door and i seriously recommend it!