Saturday, June 5, 2021

The Fragile Ordinary by Samantha Young

Rating: WARTY!

The fact that Kirkus Reviews claims this is a "powerful roller-coaster ride" tells me I should avoid it like the plague, since Kirkus is utterly clueless. The book description does nothing save confirm it. The main character's name is the barf-worthy Comet Caldwell, which is a definite 'no' from me, and it's an unimaginative chalk and cheese story that's already been done to death ad neauseam. She's a "painfully shy bookworm" who "meets Tobias King, a new student with a bad reputation." In short it's YA garbage that's been retreaded and recycled far too many times to count and the author should be ashamed of herself for even thinking of writing it. A definite warty on this one.