Status Updates From Some Boys

The house groaned and it was scary being her answers. Man I’d given her the biggest hug too.

Loved this scene

“he glares directly at Zach, but I shift and squirm because it feels like he’s talking to me.”

If the shoe fits

“Right in the solar plexus. I remembered last minute that he was probably wearing a cup so I just, you know, recalculated.” I smother a grin.“

Period, Queen.

This baby girl deserves so much better. No one should be this strong this is ridiculous

Nope. Dad is an ass.

They’re all the same

The dad laughing and agreeing all guys are jerks so matter of fact then asking again which ones specifically. Love a self aware dude

“ I’m invisible – unless you want sex. Then I’m low-hanging fruit.”

I’m suing

“I didn’t do anything wrong! Why do I always get punished?” Oh baby girl I’m sorry

“I rub the pain in my chest that’s been growing steadily for the past two weeks from all the people hacking at it with rusty blades. I wish I were home. I wish I could just blink or snap my fingers and be off the streets, where every sound is a threat.”

This page is intense. His acknowledging he’s a hypocrite and was shitty up until then. Personally it’s hard to forgive when someone’s been a shitty person to a certain caliber but I have to remember they’re still kids. He’s growing and learning.

Then his “ I pick up the can of cleanser and scrub lockers so hard they’d bleed if they were my friend’s skin.”

This is what I’m fucking talking about. Stand UP bro. Stand the FUCK UP

“I shift in my seat, pick my way over barbed wire words and explosive accusations.”

“there’s something about framing the perfect shot, something soothing, maybe even cathartic. It’s like your whole world gets reduced to just light and shadow, to whatever fits in the viewfinder.”

I like Brett

She’s such a badass

Love that she thinks about how it could cause him negative emotions and then does it anyway. Absolutely

“time hangs in the air, and it’s here, right here. A little bit of happy. I smile again, and he grins back,…”

I think it’s kind a lame if she was there

The author showing he’s close to his sisters to know what they like on clothes and makeup. That he’s a guy with sisters so he’ll come around to be on the right side of this all

I mean hey at least he checked her so there’s that

He’s weak

His dad is a good father and man. The author has Ian’s monologue making it sound like he’s a struck and mean father but it’s just thru the lense of a teenage boy. He’s concerned for his son’s health and argues for what’s right. So far at least

“and it’s amazing because I’m happy, I think. It’s been so long since I felt happy. I’m not entirely sure, but I think that’s what I am.”

Love how she talks about her mom’s laughter

Lol calling him a neurologist

“My signature is scrolled on the checkout card so many times now that we’re old friends. I know how this book smells – a little late cut grass. How it feels – the pages are thick and glossy. And even where everyone of his scars lives – the coffee ring on page 213, and the dog eared corner in chapter 11.”