An endearingly realistic protagonist makes this book worthwhile. If you enjoyed My Mad Fat Diary, this is like a "low fat" version of that in some ways.
Here we have a teenage main character who actually looks and thinks like a teenager, and not like a perfect supermodel 20-something, as is annoyingly common in stories that are supposed to be about the most awkward time in a person's life.
Briony is a girl who prefers fantasy to the ugliness of reality, and the story gets into interesting and emotional territory with her discovery of her own latent psychic abilities (this may turn off some readers, which is why I mention it).
Briony is delightfully daft in the way that only people who do not yet have fully formed brains can be, and she deals with all the usual aspects of teenagehood: crushes on local boy losers, friends who annoy you as much as amuse you, parents doing crazy, unfathomable parenty stuff.
The artwork is charming in a naive way, and looks just as if it could have originated in a teenager's notebook. This will be a relatable read for all the geeky girls out there.
3.5 stars.
Here we have a teenage main character who actually looks and thinks like a teenager, and not like a perfect supermodel 20-something, as is annoyingly common in stories that are supposed to be about the most awkward time in a person's life.
Briony is a girl who prefers fantasy to the ugliness of reality, and the story gets into interesting and emotional territory with her discovery of her own latent psychic abilities (this may turn off some readers, which is why I mention it).
Briony is delightfully daft in the way that only people who do not yet have fully formed brains can be, and she deals with all the usual aspects of teenagehood: crushes on local boy losers, friends who annoy you as much as amuse you, parents doing crazy, unfathomable parenty stuff.
The artwork is charming in a naive way, and looks just as if it could have originated in a teenager's notebook. This will be a relatable read for all the geeky girls out there.
3.5 stars.
