Status Updates From Love Is Love (Lorimer Real ...

There's something very questionable about how she's equating mental illness with abnormality, and then acting as though it's the preferred state of being because it's not...boring? Somebody tell me if I'm reading this wrong. I'm also unimpressed how her mother is just on the page long enough to act as a halfhearted foil to Emmy's nonexistent romance with Jude. SURE.

Are there any redeeming aspects to this story? If so, where? Jude can't carry this on his own. Emmy's a trainwreck! Paige is a paper doll. When will it end?

YIKES. There's nothing about this I don't dislike at this point. Emmy and Paige are both melodramatic and frankly not awesome people. I can't root for them. I can't even sympathize with them and I'm usually pretty good at that sort of thing. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to take any of this. (To
be fair, Emmy's actions aren't that bad, they're just kinda weird and obsessive? Eh...)

The 'I'm not like other girls/teenagers" is way too strong here. Kurt Cobain is not some alt trademark. Literally everyone has heard of Kurt Cobain, whether Nirvana is their musical thing or not. Paige is not a person, Paige is a foil and that makes it really hard to feel anything but annoyed when the MC is compared favorably to her. She only exists to be the bad alternative!

This would be better if more of the characters weren't flat stereotypes. There are 100 pages left, let's see if that changes.

This is a super quick read. I'll be done with it in one sitting. But ugh. I'm not connecting with any of the characters and the story is going too fast. It all feels very rushed.

GOD. that was a pain.

wow i love when a girl sees the need to lose weight to impress a dude. and when she obsesses over him. and both of them are Not Like Other Girls/Guys.

not as bad as i was expecting. i'm getting ready to bitch slap paige though.

*After the big kiss at the end of all YA romances*
"I used to think I was asexual," Jude whispered. "Not anymore"

Stoooop

I'm 65% in and this is the first we're hearing about Jude's process in transitioning :/

"[Her crush] wouldn't go away no matter how hard she tried."

It's been like three days :/

Stop. Misgendering. The. Trans. Character! Jude is a dude jfc

"Emmy thought she was the only person in the world who loved RuPaul"

Are you for real?

i'll be doing a reaction thread to this novel, in response to the fatphobia and deadnaming of a trans character in the blurb. you can find it here: https://twitter.com/bookdeviant/statu...