How to Break a Boy - Laurie Devore
11.05.2018 - 20.05.2018 (see my review on goodreads)
2 stars out of 5
Olivia is a Mean Girl. But she isn’t THE Mean Girl. She’s basically her southern town’s equivalent to Regina George’s best friend. And she has a tragic backstory™️: her dad died when she was very young, her mom freaked and moved her and her brother to a small town in the South of the US. Then, after she became a mean girl, her alcoholic brother died. So, on top of being already quite bitchy and not very likeable, she becomes even more closed of. Then her best fried, Adrienne (THE Mean Girl), sleeps with her boyfriend. All hell breaks loose in Olivia’s mind. She manages to get the resident Golden boy to prentend to date her and schemes.
As you can probably tell from my summary (and the rating), I’m not a big fan of this book. The first 100 pages were a pain to get through for some reason. I probably think it’s because I can’t find a single thing I have in common with Olivia that would make me empathize with her, and that resulted in me not liking her AT ALL. And not liking the protagonist of a novel written in first person narrative is not good.
However, I loved the way it was written. Laurie Devore’s writing is what made me decide to push through despite me not really enjoying the story. After I got over me not liking Olivia at all, the words seemed like they were flowing just right.
All in all, if you like mean girls, are into high school popularity stories and all that kind of stuff, this book is just right for you. However, if you don’t like that type of thing, many pick something else.
