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This is one that I was super excited for because I was riding on the hype for The Hate U Give and was ready to read alllll of the books on the same (or similar) subject matter. Unfortunately I didn’t really like it. SORRY. Please don’t shout at me. Or do. Whatever.
My main issue with Dear Martin is that it was far too short. It’s a measly 210 pages. This meant that the story jumped around from point to point without connecting anything. This was either a result of heavy editing (why?!) or poor writing. Or both. I feel like everything could have done with being more developed.
I also really didn’t like the author’s use of transcripts in place of actual descriptions of scenes and dialogue. There were so many of them, and the switch between “normal” writing and these transcripts threw me off. It came across as really lazy and poor writing.
All that said, I really liked the main character, Justyce. He was adorable, and reading about him was a great experience, despite the poor writing. I adored his friendship with Manny as well <3
Obviously the book tackles a very important subject matter, and I would recommend reading it for that, if not for anything else. I’m really disappointed that I didn’t love this.
ahh, thanks for the heads up. I was able to grab a copy of this for free. I’ll definitely keep your thoughts in mind. Great review, Amber 🙂
I’d heard really good things about this one so it’s a little upsetting to see a slightly less stellar review. I still think I’ll try and get a hold of a copy at some point because there are important issues in it. I will prepare myself for the writing style and shortness, though.