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The Goodbye Summer (2019) 27 eksemplarer
Any Place But Here (2021) 19 eksemplarer
These Bodies Between Us (2024) 4 eksemplarer
Any Place But Here (2021) 3 eksemplarer

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Onward, Drake! (2015) — Bidragyder — 39 eksemplarer

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Susz13 | Jul 18, 2022 |
June is 'asked to leave' her North Carolina high school after being drunk during a school dance. Her best friend, Jess, is also asked to leave but when her parents make a substantial donation, she is allowed back. June is sent to live with her grandmother in Virginia and attend an all girls school.

She soon makes friends with lesbian couple, Claire and Kitty and Claire's cousin Sam. All the while, she is thinking about Jess and her feelings towards her. Jess, however, is absolutely straight and in a relationship with Patrick. June can't screw up. That's not an option.

As she gets closer to Claire and Kitty and Sam, she feels her connection with Jess slipping away. Is that the way it should be? Have they both changed so much or has one changed and one not?

Any Place But Here is an enjoyable exploration of friendship, love, high school and family.
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EdGoldberg | 1 anden anmeldelse | Jun 24, 2021 |
I’ve vowed to read more teen & young adult fiction this year, and this book was sublime. It started out strong and kept that momentum throughout. The author has crafted realistic characters, and I enjoyed the dynamic between everyone. There are also vivid descriptions of the surrounding scenery, so you’re able to perfectly imagine the sparkling river that June is looking at. Also, is Harold’s diner a real place? Because it sounds amazing!
The friendship between June and Jess might have been toxic, but it was also so utterly real. I have been involved in friendships like that in my teens and as an adult. I saw so much of myself in June, and I know other readers will too. As you journey with June on her road to self discovery, you’re aware of how far she has come and how much stronger she is, and you’re rooting for her the entire time.… (mere)
 
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brookiexlicious | 1 anden anmeldelse | May 2, 2021 |
https://iwriteinbooks.wordpress.com/2019/01/20/the-goodbye-summer-sarah-van-name...

It’s the summer before senior year and 16-year-old Caroline has some big decisions to make. Her nineteen-year-old boyfriend, a grocery bagger at the local market, has plans of running off into the sunset at the end of the summer. Her parents, oblivious to this ridiculous plan, would obviously prefer she finish school and go to college in a year. And her brand-new work friend, overachiever and perpetually peppy Georgia, would just like Caroline to slow her roll. Caroline has some decisions to make and, for a few of those choices, she’s running out of time.

Y’all, I did not love this book and I can tell you a few reasons why.

First of all, there are some very questionable statutory/consent issues with a fifteen-year-old dating an eighteen-year-old (and for the majority of the book, they’re both a year older, but still). I know that in many states, that’s technically ok, but it still made me really uncomfortable for so much of the book.

The eighteen-year-old in question is also a major deadbeat with no aspirations and a serious case of Peter Pan syndrome. He just wasn’t likable. Because the protagonist was likable, this made her dude of choice that much more infuriating because I just wanted to scream “Why are you with him? I don’t even get it!” for the bulk of the story. He’s immature, despite being several years older than she is. He’s also jealous, petty, and kind of manipulative. And, again, not even age-related, there are some pretty hardline consent issues happening.

Maybe it’s just my line of work but there are so many red flags waving in the wind, I could barely see the story.

And, kind of a bit further down the list, there is the discomfort of priorities. Mr. Peter Pan runs this nonstop campaign for Caroline to ditch college and live on a farm. Which is fine, but there’s also a lot of manipulation in it. I know not everyone goes to college. Not everyone can, nor does everyone have the desire to. Again, it’s the older, directionless person pressuring the younger, conflicted person that working in a coffee shop and living with said boyfriend’s dad is a perfectly good alternative to even finishing high school.

I also know that many people would look at the story and say “Oh, sixteen-year-olds are confused and they don’t know what they want.” Listen. I was sixteen, once, and I didn’t once dream of running off with an eighteen-year-old grocery bagger, thinking that we would live happily ever after. There was just a lot of suspension of disbelief necessary to really make the story work.

That said, there are some redeeming moments in the book and while I didn’t love it, I also didn’t hate it. I think that if I’d maybe had some different experiences as a teenager, this entire plot would have felt nostalgic, rather than creepy. You’ll have to make the decision for yourself when the book comes out, this May.
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iwriteinbooks | Jan 20, 2019 |

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