Review: Definitely Not My Favorite
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2014
I was really disappointed with the novella. For one thing, I wasn't that crazy about Weston. He was kinda wusy... It took him until senior year to grow a pair and stand up for Easter, after watching her be constantly ridiculed and picked on since grade school? Not only that, but he dated the main girl that was the most hateful to Easter, Alder. I was hoping for a hero like Travis, but he isn't even a 1/3 as good as him. Another thing I hated about the book was that we never find out why the two Erins picked on Easter so bad after being bffs with her up until 6th grade. No one understood it, and I'm still confused too! I feel like I missed something. It was such a major question throughout the story, I was hoping the author would reveal the answer.The whole flow of the story was pretty boring and slow, and then all of a sudden there is this major even that changes everything! It changes people's perception of Easter and her status in community. What bothered me about it, was that Easter seemed to not have much emotion! She didn't react to being picked on, she didn't cry when her mother didn't have anything to do with her, she pretty much went along with Weston and didn't even want him to break up with Alder because she didn't want to rock the boat, and she wasn't mad or indignant of all the parent's disgust with her because of her mother being trashy. Everything just sort of fell into place at the end, wrapped in a neat little bow. A modern day cinderella story, where she goes from being persecuted and looked at as low class to dating the perfect guy and having the perfect life. It just didn't make sense to me...