I just didn’t like the way David’s at-first-unrequited love held him back from liking Gretchen. The romantic relationship that was attempted and pursued by David and Julia just felt wrong, like they were only full of desire for what could have happened between them, and failed to recognise how they actually felt. But only when he started to genuinely like another girl, Gretchen, who was a lovely, great character. If only David had told Julia how he felt, because, apparently, with no prior hint to this feeling, she liked him back. David loved her from the beginning, but having never acted on his feelings, let them become something that resembled infatuation instead of love.įor characters so desperate not to be cliches, I found myself being able to anticipate their actions pretty easily. She dyes her hair pink and refuses to wear shoes. Julia, in classic manic-pixie-dream-girl fashion, is quirky. Best friends like Simon and Clary, with the same kind of romantic attachment going on. Sounds promising right? Well, for me, this didn’t hit the mark.ĭavid and Julia. The premise is two friends, David and Julia, write a list of things they never want to be in high school. The whole list idea got me thinking this would like ‘Since You’ve Been Gone’ by Morgan Matson, but overall, I was disappointed with how this turned out. I think, for me, this was another case of misleading blurb.
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