Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

Because I feel like talking about and I need a fellow writer.

Anyone? I loved it but... I had a few issues about how realistic it was for a YA contemp.

So please come in and discuss with me if you dare....

Becca C. said:

I did! I think Anna and the French Kiss is better, but Stephanie Perkins is one of my favourite writers right now.

What were your issues with it?

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Okay, so don't get me wrong because I think she's an amazing writer and I love the characters but I really feel like Cricket is kind of unrealistic as an 18 year old boy. I mean seriously??? And the part where he gets in bed with her and she has the maturity to stop him from kissing her? And then she has the maturity to say she wants to wait until she's healed from Max before going out with him? That seemed a little too mature for her character to me. Most teenagers can't even put off small things, nevermind an adorably cute boy who wants her.

That was it though. I loved her parents and all the great subplots.

Becca C. said:

I agree with you. I actually wasn't an enormous fan of Cricket. His personality was nowhere near as vivid as St. Clair, who I'm pretty much in love with. Cricket paled in comparison. I actually really liked Max, for all that he's a major douchebag. I know a lot of people like him, so it was cool to see a totally realistic jerk.

And yeah, I loved her parents. Soooo good to see totally normal same sex parents.

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I liked Max too!! Until he made that snipe about the girl in LA being a "woman". LOL. But yeah, I always did like the bad boys. ha ha. And he tried, coming to brunch and all.

Alright, I feel better now that someone else agrees with me about Cricket.