Just something to lighten up my mood.Īimee Friedman had me hooked in the first chapter of A Novel Idea!įirst of all I hated high school like Norah does. I watch them, have a laugh at the predictabilty of the plot and the insanity of characters, and never take it too seriously. It's funny and it's was like how I regard rom-com movies. I breezed through the book without having to discern deeper meanings and just take the story as it is. Though I am annoyed with the characters in the book, I think it served its purpose.

I guess I really did learn things in life. People are actually more complicated that their facades. How snob is that? Like, we shouldn't judge others because they are different from us or that they have varying interests. Not only that, but the character, even being when she is a self-declared bookworm, judge other readers by the book they read and look down on them if she finds the book they are reading as shallow and uninteresting. It comes off as slut-shaming, predjudice-driven, and counter-bullying to me.

Now, when I encounter this kind of personality, I can't help but cringe. You know, the I'm-not-like-the-other-girls-because-I-enjoy-books-and-I-am-simple-and-natural-and-I-hate-dresses-and-makeup-because-that's-shallow-and-fake type. I used to relate to these kinds of characters when I was younger. Simon Pulse rom-com teen books used to be my favorite back when I was in highschool and I enjoyed the stupid, hilarious and light-heartedness of each book.Īnyway, I guess it's because I'm 21 now and I have read a lot of other books-both YA and adult-but I really had a hard time not rolling my eyes at the main character in this book. I picked this book up because I want a break from high fantasy & too emotional contemporary novels.

A Novel Idea by Aimee Friedman