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Title: The Truth about Forever
Author: Sarah Dessen
Category: Fiction, Young Adult
Why I Read It: Because you told me to!

Summary: 16-year-old Macy just lost her father. Unlike her older sister, she didn’t let her grief show. She was the one who kept it all together. She has a safe boyfriend, a safe summer job, a safe life. So why would she trade all that in for a job with a chaotic catering company?

Stopped on Page: 82
Why I Stopped: I usually enjoy Dessen’s books. But after a string of books that nearly destroyed my will to write, I couldn’t get into this one.

Reasons I couldn’t get into this book:

  • You’re tellin’ me—I felt like I was getting told a whole lot without being able to see and discover things for myself.
  • Flashback whiplash—They made it hard to get into the here and now of Macy’s life.
  • Romantic let-down—When I started this book, I was expecting a good romance. But by page 82, Macy had just noticed a cute boy and they hadn’t had much real interaction. I wanted things to move a little faster in that department.

Still, I will probably go back to this one someday. The timing just wasn’t right this go-round.

Your Turn: Should I have kept going? Or was I right to stop?

Note: As an aspiring author, I respect the extraordinary amount of effort that goes into writing a book. I did not write this review in order to be unfair or negative about the book. My goal is simply to articulate why the book wasn’t for me.

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