2017 Reading Challenge discussion

I watched the movie first and I loved it, it was that funny and sweet chick flick that you can't help but swoon at the end. When I first started the book, I disliked book!Bianca a lot. She was self entitled, thinking herself above her classmates and even her friends just because she was nerdy and disliked high heels, techno music, talking about boys and going out. Which was totally hypocritical of her. But, along the book, she realized exactly that and her development was really good to see. Also, what I liked about the book far more than the movie was the complexity of the characters. There was so much more going on with them, there was depth. Also, the whole thing with Bianca's mom, her recovering alcoholic dad (which wasn't shown in the movie and it was a great loss, because the whole divorce and her father's relapse was a major turning point in the story and a major wake up call to Bianca) and the issue with Wesley's family added up a lot to the book. The only major complaint I have about it was the ending, I though everything was solved so quickly! I mean, everything wrapped up in a chapter! Anyways, I was really happy and surprised with the book! Glad I got around to read it!