Review: Just bad
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 10 10, 2013
I feel kind of bad giving this book one star, but I really just did not like it at all even though I wanted to.For starters, it seemed like the author watched Mean Girls and thought, "Huh, I think I'll write a book about an awkward girl who has never gone to real school, and who compares everything to things she has seen in the wild/in primitive cultures." Theoretically, this could have been a good concept, but the execution was not there at all.Tabitha was one of the most one-dimensional characters I have ever read. Her thoughts had one tone: superior. Even when she was supposedly happy and loving things, she just seemed so full of herself. She pretty much thought everyone was beneath her because she had been all over the world and understood the "real world" and assumed that American high school kids would be like what she had seen watching 90210. She was worried about other people judging her, but every thought she had was judgmental, even about her supposed best friend. Whenever she was supposedly crushing on Alex (that was his name right?), it never seemed sincere.Speaking of what's his name, that was like the worst relationship ever. As soon as she gets a boyfriend, Tabitha went from "how soon can I leave?" to "please, don't make me go!" I don't believe the L word was never used, for which I am glad, because I give them a week tops before Alex realizes that she is absolutely crazy and dumps her. He seems like he could potentially be a decent guy, and he definitely deserves better than her.Tabitha's whole family dynamic was awkward and terrible, and I am not going to tell you all the reasons it bothered me because it would take too long.Anyway, I thought this book had an okay concept, but the whole thing was forced and just not good to me.