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A review by arcanewolf
The F- It List by Julie Halpern
5.0
I never expected for this book to give me a lot of feels but let me tell you, it did.
I loved the themes of forgiveness and second chances, about how the friendship between Becca and Alex was the main focus of the book, despite there being love interests. It really explored the ups and downs of being best friends with someone, even more drama added when Becca gets cancer. I also found Alex very relatable. She tries to hide the pain from the death of her dad and the news of Becca's cancer by being sarcastic and snarky and funny, when really she's dying inside. This sometimes makes her out to be a bit of a cold hearted bitch, but it just shows that it's just the way she copes with her pain.
At first, I thought I wasn't going to like Leo (Alex's love interest) as I thought he was going to be the typical jock that was just trying to get into Alex's pants, but there's so much more to him than meets the eye and I think that's what makes these characters relatable, in that your first judgements are almost always wrong because there's so much more hiding beneath the person.
This book also shows how everyone doesn't have forever to live. Stuff happens, sometimes tragic and your life can be taken away in the blink of an eye so live it to the fullest while you still can.
Or how others say it: YOLO
I loved the themes of forgiveness and second chances, about how the friendship between Becca and Alex was the main focus of the book, despite there being love interests. It really explored the ups and downs of being best friends with someone, even more drama added when Becca gets cancer. I also found Alex very relatable. She tries to hide the pain from the death of her dad and the news of Becca's cancer by being sarcastic and snarky and funny, when really she's dying inside. This sometimes makes her out to be a bit of a cold hearted bitch, but it just shows that it's just the way she copes with her pain.
At first, I thought I wasn't going to like Leo (Alex's love interest) as I thought he was going to be the typical jock that was just trying to get into Alex's pants, but there's so much more to him than meets the eye and I think that's what makes these characters relatable, in that your first judgements are almost always wrong because there's so much more hiding beneath the person.
This book also shows how everyone doesn't have forever to live. Stuff happens, sometimes tragic and your life can be taken away in the blink of an eye so live it to the fullest while you still can.
Or how others say it: YOLO