Thalia @ Pictures in the Words

Since there is currently no cover, this is a post for Don't Even Think About It by Sarah Mlynowski.

So...right.

This could have been so much better. But it was just messy and immature, at best, instead. At first, I really hated the "we" point of view, but I guess it started to make more sense as the story progressed--however, it still mostly felt like an omniscient third person narration than anything else, so I guess it didn't really work the way it should have.

Supposedly, there were twenty-two students affected by the telepathy in this novel, but we paid attention to only the same five or six characters--and nearly everyone, except maybe Olivia, was completely insufferable. Especially Pi--because she wants to be the best! and she only cheated because it's so unfair that the smartest kid in school doesn't have to work as hard! and how dare her other classmates with ESP cheat off of her! that's totally wrong!

Ugh.

I especially couldn't get passed how spoiled these kids were. I mean, just the description of Mackenzie's "Sweet" (sweet sixteen party) made my senior prom pale in comparison. It was completely unrealistic and gross and I could barely focus on the story because I spent so much time rolling my eyes at how "hard" these kids' lives are. I mean, really? Her party booked out a hotel. She had an event planner. There was a bar ("for the adults"). There was a professional DJ. Everyone bought new, fancy clothes to go. (I understand the birthday girl buying a new dress for her party, but everyone who went?? Is this real life for anyone who isn't the child of a celebrity?)

Anyway. I just didn't like most of it. It wasn't one-star horrible, and some parts kept me engaged and interested, but overall--let's just pretend this book didn't happen.