“You are carrying so many heavy feelings. There just isn’t enough room for them all.”

And I carry so many negative thoughts about this book but there isn't enough room on this blog post for that many words.

Ahh honestly I feel bad for disliking this because it talks about a very difficult topic - a death of a parent - and it's something that should be talked about, but I don't think this is the way to do it. This book felt like one of those John Green books that takes something serious (illness or death) and makes it something poetic, something ultra smart and deep teens talk about.

I'm not saying it was all bad. There were moments where I could see Tiger's pain but most of the time, I thought the author was just shoving it in my face, instead of letting me see it for myself. It's basically what book reviewers always say - showing instead of telling. The readers aren't dumb, we can understand what the character is going through without you constantly reminding us about what happened.

Now here are some specific things I disliked:

- Tiger saying she's "girl bug" approximately 102949873 times per a chapter - I mean we get it, you're this super deep girl who uses metaphors to describe her emotions



- other teens being "deep" as well and talking about intense topics in a too serious manner - half of the time I thought to myself "no one talks like this!!!"

- unrealistic side characters - there's this too cliche popular girl Lupe, and of course dark and mysterious guy Thaddeus (who luckily didn't become a love interest because that would be just too much) who offered "great life advice"

- rushed plot lines - the friendship with Thaddeus and (SPOILERS AHEAD) the whole plotline with the stepsister felt too rushed

- the names - please tell me if I'm crazy but I thought these names were ridiculous: Tiger, Cake, Thaddeus, Crash, Lupe, Shayna

All of the things above, but especially the names and "pretencious teen talk," make it seem like the author is screaming "my book is SO QUIRKY and so NOT like other books!!"

Ahh I have to stop being so negative....



Look, once you start a rant, you just can't stop