Additionally, the book takes place over 4 years, but the characters don’t seem to mature or grow much. I’m not looking for an educational or school-approved book, but the secondary characters just felt surface level and how it handled difficult topics (depression, suicidal ideation, pregnancy, etc.) just seemed haphazard. It threw in a teenage pregnancy for fun and didn’t address the seriousness of that. Getting away from my want for a twist, this book felt too predictable. This didn’t mix well with Autumn’s character and it clearly isn’t a journal. felt very much like a journal (though immature choices for a teenage writer). The book started as if I was reading a journal, and the references to “The Mothers” and “The Office”, etc. I still think this is a fair rating though for the following reasons: I haven’t read a traditional YA book in a few years, so my harsh rating is part having the wrong expectations (I really wanted a good twist and mystery!) and part being out of touch with the YA style. For some reason, I swore this was a thriller or mystery, and I didn’t realize it was YA. This book has been sitting in my to-read pile for months (or years?), so when I picked it up less than 24 hours ago, I didn’t reread a summary or look at the Goodreads tags. What they do not know-the cause of the argument-is crucial. No one ever says what they were arguing about. And he and Sylvie were arguing as he drove down the slick road. If he had been with me everything would have been different…
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