A review by literarywallflower
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn, David Levithan
3.0
The premise of this book is intriguing and makes you want to go out and strategically place your own notebook around town in hopes some cute boy picks it up. At the beginning I really liked this book. It was cute and witty, but as it continued it became more and more far-fetched.
First, I have decided that these are not normal sixteen year olds. I was sixteen a few years ago and felt that I was a bit more mature than either of them seemed to be, but they also over thought everything. I liked Dash from the start, but Lily got on my nerves. She seemed sort of whiny and babyish.
Dash’s ideas to do in a bookstore were really interesting. He claims that sometimes he goes to the bookstore and tackles a single letter by checking out all the authors that begin with that letter or a single section/genre or a certain color. I really want to try that one day when I have tons of time to kill.
Like I said, the characters were extremely interesting and not like anyone I have ever met in real life, but I do respect the term: frequaintance- which is a person who is somewhere between a friend and acquaintance. I am definitely going to be stealing this word.
I understand that the whole idea was far-fetched, but it just became more and more to the point that I grew bored with how unreasonable the story got. I didn’t really love the ending, but was glad to get there. Honestly, it was a cute book, but I am not quite sure I understood where all the hype was coming from. Perhaps if I was younger I would have liked it more.
First, I have decided that these are not normal sixteen year olds. I was sixteen a few years ago and felt that I was a bit more mature than either of them seemed to be, but they also over thought everything. I liked Dash from the start, but Lily got on my nerves. She seemed sort of whiny and babyish.
Dash’s ideas to do in a bookstore were really interesting. He claims that sometimes he goes to the bookstore and tackles a single letter by checking out all the authors that begin with that letter or a single section/genre or a certain color. I really want to try that one day when I have tons of time to kill.
Like I said, the characters were extremely interesting and not like anyone I have ever met in real life, but I do respect the term: frequaintance- which is a person who is somewhere between a friend and acquaintance. I am definitely going to be stealing this word.
I understand that the whole idea was far-fetched, but it just became more and more to the point that I grew bored with how unreasonable the story got. I didn’t really love the ending, but was glad to get there. Honestly, it was a cute book, but I am not quite sure I understood where all the hype was coming from. Perhaps if I was younger I would have liked it more.