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The Unwritten Rule

Young Adult Fiction 338

Hard to Connect

June 27, 2010

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5.0

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This book is the story of a girl who fell in love with her best friend's boyfriend, but it's also about so much more than that. It the story of best friends, and this truly unhealthy relationship they have. I did enjoy the premise of the story, and the writers voice but that's about it. Sarah has liked Ryan for years, but never says anything. When Ryan and her BFF Brianna are suddenly together, Sarah can't get Ryan out of head, or her heart. Brianna is really into Ryan, this is her first relationship that she's ever had last more than a week or two, and Sarah doesn't want to hurt her. Should she follow her heart?

As for the characters, I loved Sarah's Mom and Dad, they were a lot of fun, and just great loving parents. Brianna's Mom was horrid! She was hateful and did nothing but think of herself and drive her daughter down. I never did connect with the MC's. Sarah was so insecure and naive, she thought Brianna was being a great friend even when she was cutting her down. Brianna was just as horrid as her mother, just not as obviously so. She was always making snide remarks about how Sarah wasn't good enough, how much better she was than her, how she'd never find a boyfriend (maybe she should find a freshman who doesn't know any better...). I literally could not stand her, if I had known her in real life I would have knocked her out for treating people like that. After never being loved by her parents, she is one of those girls who want attention from guys, thinking that will take the place of the love she craves, but she always dumps them before she would chance herself getting attached and possibly hurt. I didn't connect with Ryan either, supposedly he always wanted Sarah, not Brianna, and yet it takes him 2 months to decide that he should let Brianna go?

I also felt like Sarah was always rambling on and on and on about how much she liked Ryan. It was a lot of her whining and tagging along with Brianna and Ryan and not a lot really going on in the relationships. Overall, this book just kinda feel flat for me. I had really high hopes for it and I think it had really good premise, but I really just needed at least one character that I could connect with and root for, and it just didn't happen.
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