Betzabe

Wtf was this book?! I honestly do not know what the end goal was, but it sure had me reading and reading! Even though it was extremely odd, it was a new read for me.

I really did enjoy this book. It was a light-hearted read about a teenage girl getting pregnant. Her mother, grandmother, and her best friend are her biggest supporters. As I mentioned, I enjoyed this book. However, at times, the language was very, very cringey; especially dialogue from the mother or grandmother, who are adults, who do NOT use such cringey language. For example, the mother would say “Oh crapsicles” or “turdlet.” Honestly, when I read “crapsicles” for the third or fourth time within 4 chapters, I wanted to stop reading. I just HATED the word. We all know no teen of this modern time, 2020, uses that term. Overall, the book was alright.

This is the type of book you read when you just want something quick. The story isn't hard to follow; it contains a teen girl and her best friend running away from their homes. To be honest, the book is alright, but I started to get annoyed as I neared the end. Literally half the book runs through Winona's and Lucille's road trip shenanigans. Once the conflict of the story was resolved, the ending was rushed and ended in, like, 4 pages. The entire premise of the book reminded me much of “Unpregnant” by Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan. As a 19-year-old, I can see how a younger female audience would love this book. It is full of cringy, outdated teen language if you get what I am saying. It's the type of book of adults/authors trying to act or write all “hip and cool.” Otherwise, yeah, I should have read something else.