I have some pretty mixed feelings about this book. I liked it in the beginning but it went downhill from there.
99 Days
Katie Cotugno
Balzer + Bray
400 pages
July 26th 2016
Molly Barlow is facing one long, hot summer—99 days—with the boy whose heart she broke and the boy she broke it for . . . his brother.
Day 1: Julia Donnelly eggs my house my first night back in Star Lake, and that’s how I know everyone still remembers everything. She has every right to hate me, of course: I broke Patrick Donnelly’s heart the night everything happened with his brother, Gabe. Now I’m serving out my summer like a jail sentence: Just ninety-nine days till I can leave for college and be done.
Day 4: A nasty note on my windshield makes it clear Julia isn’t finished. I’m expecting a fight when someone taps me on the shoulder, but it’s just Gabe, home from college and actually happy to see me. “For what it’s worth, Molly Barlow,” he says, “I’m really glad you’re back.”
Day 12: Gabe wouldn’t quit till he got me to come to this party, and I’m surprised to find I’m actually having fun. I think he’s about to kiss me—and that’s when I see Patrick. My Patrick, who’s supposed to be clear across the country. My Patrick, who’s never going to forgive me.
I had pretty high hopes for 99 Days, especially when I read the first few chapters. Unfortunately it went downhill from there. This was the first time I have ever actually thrown book across the room. I was so annoyed and frustrated with it! There was a huge double standard going on and while I realize that it happens, it was to significant in 99 Days. One of the big reasons that I gave this book a higher rating than I really wanted to was that the writing was really great. Katie Cotungo’s writing style was something that I really enjoyed. I really enjoyed the way this book was structured. The chapters were counting the days until the end of summer and I loved that idea! The one thing that I hated more than anything was that Molly made the exact same mistake as before. I get making it once but you are supposed to learn from your mistakes not continue to do the same thing over and over again. As a reader it felt like Molly thought she was justified in her actions. The characters were just so annoying and they didn’t even see it. I became so tired of Molly and so disgusted by her and her ability to easily swing from one boy to the other claiming love. I hated how she never questioned what the hell she was doing and when she did. If I rated it just on the characters and the storyline then it would have been maybe 1% but I took into account the writing style, pacing, and the fact that I completely hate the book as a whole.
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