Bookates’s Reviews > One Last Shot > Status Update

"The insides were lined with some kind of fur. Hopefully fake. I'd hate to think something had died just so I could stand in left field and fantasize about eating candy."

Malcolm T__T

"The sharp pain in my stomach was gone, but it had been replaced with something else, a heaviness, like cement just starting to harden."

I relate so much to him. Every pre-competition feels like your intestines were knotted to eo and then came the result -- losing, The disappointment is there but not for urself but for the people rooting for u
:< and that's where the cement-feels like kicks in haha.

"Duh-duh-duh-duhh!" I likeeee Aleck' sarcasm so much😭. I think he's my faveee "thought"😭🤭🙇‍♀️ . His thoughts are so fun to read🫶.

I love this entire wholesome convo between Malcolm and his mom🥹. IN SHORT, I LOVE HIS MOM'S CHARACTER SO MUCH. SHE'S TOO EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT AND DEF KNOWS THE RIGHT WORDS TO SAY AND WHAT TO ASKED TO HIS SON😩🥹🫶.

Bookcheating is when you start reading this random middle-grade book u borrowed from ur sister's and unexpectedly got hooked with the story that u eventually had to pause reading the other book u promised u'll finish reading this week. Def guilty😩🤚