Author: Lynn Painter
Ch: 18 plus epilogue
Pg: 368
Genre: YA Contemporary
Rating: 4.5 stars
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young readers
I'm not going to lie I love cheesy 80s and 90s Rom Coms
and some of the ones from the 2000s, and I blame my mom for my love of
them. And Better than the Movies is a book that I wish teenage me
had. Liz reminded me so much of my teenage self. I tend
to not like rom coms or books with the guy or girl next or with make overs in
them. However Better than the Movies didn't fall into to the stereotype even
though it used those tropes. Even though Wes was the boy next door it wasn't
friends to more which is a trope that I've never liked mainly because when I've
seen it played out in real life in high school or college it never ends good
and you lose a friendship. But I can't say it was enemies to more either. It's
wasn't really either one which is why I liked it. And the makeover wasn't so
much a makeover as just a way for a character to find their confidence
that had always been there just hidden.
Like I said where was this book when I was a teen
and why couldn't I get a book to movie adaption of this when I was a
teen. I know why because it was YA Rom Com that went against
stereotypical tropes or turned them on their head and made the
story unique and its own. YA needs more books like this.
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