Review: A Story About Making Mistakes - Can't Decide If I Liked The Hero
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 7, 2014
THE STORY:Livie has her whole life planned out. She's going to Princeton, just like her late father, and going on to Medical school to become a children's oncologist. At not point do college parties or a sexy rowing captain factor into her plans. But her sister Kacey has other ideas. Kacey is worried Livie is too focussed on her studies and is missing out on having fun. She enlists the help of her psychiatrist, Dr. Stayner, to talk to Livie and encourage her to embrace to entire college experience. After Livie tears herself away from the books one night and lets loose, she sets off a series of events that cause her to question her future for the first time in her life.THE CHARACTER:Livie starts out as this quite and thoughtful girl. We see her grow and make mistakes as she truly discovers who she is. I would have liked to of seen her stand up to her therapist a bit more. I felt like she just did exactly whatever he told her to, even though she didn't want to. And although she did grow a lot throughout the book, she never really did challenge him.I wanted to like Ashton I really did, but some of his behaviour just made me a little frustrated. On the one hand I was mad at the way he treated his girlfriend, but on the other hand, I could understand his reasons and I felt for him and everything that he'd gone through. So I think the jury is still out on my feelings for him.THE ROMANCE:This is the second book I've read is as many weeks that has involved cheating as a major theme. And again is has affected my overall feeling towards the characters. I loved Livie and Ashton together - he brought her out of her shell and showed her how to embrace life. But all the while knowing that he has a girlfriend (a sweet and oblivious girlfriend no less) really tainted their romance. I just can't condone his behaviour and lost a little respect for Livie, since she knew she wasn't the first girl that he'd cheated with. Minus the cheating, their romance was really sweet.THE WRITING:I really enjoyed the fact that there was some humor in the story. While some NA books take on heavy subjects and can sometimes feel depressing, the humor and witty dialogue gave the book a much lighter feeling, which was excellent.FINAL WORD:One Tiny Lie is a story of making mistakes and learning that you can't plan everything in life. I will certainly be continuing with this series.CONTENT:Sexuality: medium / sex sceneViolence: noneLanguage: medium / several f wordsDrugs & alcohol: medium-strong / main character gets extremely drunk