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THE DRIVER'S NAME IS STAN.

Okay, I was wrong, this is not NA, this is a parody. Of what, I'm not quite sure though.

WHY NOT JUST CHANGE THE TITLE TO FSoG; the fanfic.

“Emilia, first of all, no one is perfect. But if anyone is as close to perfection…that would be you.”

It's her dad telling her this, not the hero, but still. SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE.

“I suppose I’m not like most girls.”

You don't say? What a horror that would've been, right?

“Don’t knock Cosmo, I learn a lot of useful information from that magazine.”

Yeah, you probably learn a lot from a magazine that on one page demands you learn to love yourself the way you are, and on the next explaining that you need to drop those last pounds and tells you just how. Can't imagine it not being worth doubting.

“Hey, just speaking the truth.” She smiles at me. “So, the top three things for guys are sex, sex, and more sex.” She giggles.

Oh my.

I'll admit; I did enjoy the emails in FSoG a bit. They were entertaining, at least. In this book, the emails come of strange since people under 25 generally don't use email apart from school/work/business, and they make it even clearer that the mcs have no chemistry (romantically or sexually), and they are devoid of humor. Instead they take up too much space of the book.

“He better treat you right. I probably shouldn’t say this but you know he has quite the reputation?” He says, antagonistically.

The list of adverbs authors should never use has a new addition: antagonistically.

There really is not much to say about this. A cheap knockoff FSoG, the YA/NA version. Downright bad writing, major issues with pacing, lack of coherent plot, no character development, slutshaming, no sensitivity in regards to heavy topics (sexual abuse and mental illness).

You know, I didn't care much for FSoG, imo that book is a disgrace to literature, but still, ripping it off completely is nevertheless wrong.