#boobitch

Disclaimer: SPOILERS AHEAD

Some parts were enjoyable but some parts were very cringey to me. After watching it I also felt like the negatives outweighed the positives. So here are the negatives.

1) I didn’t like how they portrayed high school as all all or nothing experience. You could either have a bad or a good experience and you could only have a good experience when you are popular and attend all the parties, which is complete bullshit. The best thing you could do in high school is to spend it with amazing people who love you for who you are and Erika had that from the very beginning. (I’ll come back to this point after I talk about the ending)

2) Erika Vu is the most unlikeable character in her own show for so many reasons.

a) She took her best friend, her ride or die, Gia for granted until the very end. She was horrible to her even after Gia revealed to her that she was the one that actually died and Erika only tried to make it up to her when she lost everything else and when she realized that Gia barely had any time left. Which makes her an asshole. Bonus asshole points for when she literally did not care when Gia told her that she was dead and for only caring about herself.

b) She harassed Devon way too much.

c) She was an asshole to her boyfriend, insulted him numerous times, gaslit him and never listened to him.

3) The way Erika’s transition from good person to asshole was too jarring and we still don’t understand the thought process behind this. Was she having an existential crisis over her death and so she wanted to try to make the most of the time she has left by emulating Riley (who she thinks has it all)? That wouldn’t work because Erika still remained the same after Gia revealed the truth. Maybe she was still in denial after hearing the truth? But that was never shown.

4)Jake was done so dirty. He hopped from one toxic relationship to another because he was scared of being alone and when he finally realized that and broke up with Erika, I was happy because you don’t see that type of character development in a lot of shows, especially not from the popular guy love interest. But then they had to ruin it by making him go to prom with Riley and then get back together with Erika. What??? So all that development in the episode prior didn’t matter.

5) The plot twist and the ending. I love a good plot twist but this one ruined the story in my opinion and if you knew that there was a plot twist that would be the first thing you think of. I thought this story was about Erika coming to terms with her death and making the most of her time left, so of course she was going to have complicated emotions and act out (which she did) but the end result should have been her realizing that this was bullshit and to find peace with who she is and then ascend, that would have been cathartic to watch as Erika’s arc in my opinion represents the typical Tragic Hero arc that is widely used in literature. Instead we get everyone instantly forgiving Erika and Erika partying with her classmates, her former bully and her ex who she treated like shit.

6) Gia and Gavin were done so dirty. Gia was the most selfless character on the show and she was taken for granted and ignored by almost everyone (except Gavin) and her best friend only started caring about her death in the last minute and Gavin lost someone he had a connection with. Honestly, they both got the short end of the stick.