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What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know

Young Adult Fiction 247

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August 20, 2009

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4.0

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Reader reviewed by Yan

Verse novels are rare in the teen genre. And out of those I can only think of a few that stands out as being a master at it. Sonya Sones is definitely one of the few.

The reason why I abhor verse stories is because they are slightly ambiguous, detached, and well, not fun. School has left a scar when it comes to loving poetry. Endless symbolismwhat does this mean, what does that mean? Unforgiving teacherstry again kids. And Shakespeare that left an entire classroom frustrated beyond belief. So you can imagine why I avoid these type of books like a plague.

In this case, What My Girlfriend Doesnt Know is personal and profoundwell as profound as a 14 and three-quarters year old guy can be. We witness Sophies and Robins relationship jump from the high and the bottomless pit and back up along the rough edges. We read as we see the negative response to their closeness affect the one and the other. But most of all we come to love Robin as the loving boyfriend who fears that he might bet he downfall to his girlfriend, Sophie.

Personal. Engrossing. Powerful. And. Traumatizing. What do you expect from a teenage boy's mind?

I completely adore this book. The way it was set-up, the style of writing she uses, the format of some of the sentences she did. It came together like glue and paper. If I could I would kiss Sonya Soness brain, not head, brain.

I have some issues with the ending though. It did not seem complete.

Overall: *fawns over book*

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