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Sophomore Switch (2009)

by Abby McDonald(Favorite Author)

3.52 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0763639362 (ISBN13: 9780763639365)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Candlewick Press

review 1: I have ISSUES with this book. It was fun- a quick one-day read and a nice intro to the idea of "new adult" fiction- but while I loved the quick and effortless characterization of Em and Tash (both felt pretty real), the author's end-of-story THIS IZ FEMINISM soapboxing was pretty shallow. If you want to bring up feminism, it's not just "I dress sexy because I feel desire", it's a million other reasons surrounding WHY "dressing sexy" is the only acceptable way to do that, why "hookup culture" is happening, and how do Em and Tash's decisions overall reflect feminist thinking and behavior? Listen, all feminists aren't bra-burning hardasses like Tash's professor, and we also aren't all flippy-skirted table-dancing sorority girls. We contain multitudes. (It's worth noting ... morethat the cast of this novel is definitely NOT intersectional or diverse, there's one off-hand mention of a guy named Ali.)
review 2: I loved this book. It did take a little long to get going, like a hundred pages but after that, It was smooth sailing! This book made me jump of joy, pump fist many times. This novel is as close to reality as it can get. There is love but it is about finding yourself and knowing how to deal with life. It's great. It wasn't too hard on my feelings and I love Abby McDonald for that. I don't need another extremely emotional book. less

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