Book Review: #16ThingsIThoughtWereTrue by Janet Gurtler

Title: #16ThingsIThoughtWereTrue

Author: Janet Gurtler

Series/Novel: Novel

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary

Pages: 278

Publisher: Source Books, Inc

Year Published: 2014

First Line: “1. Working in an amusement park should be amusing. #16thingsithoughtweretrue”

“Heart attacks happen to other people #thingsithoughtweretrue

When Morgan’s mom gets sick, it’s hard not to panic. Without her mother, she would have no one- until she finds out the dad who walked out on her as a baby isn’t as far away as she thought…

Adam is a stuck-up, uptight jerk #thingsithoughtweretrue

Now that they have a summer job together, Morgan’s getting to know the real adam, and he’s actually pretty sweet… in a nerdy-hot kind of way. He even offers to go with her to find her dad. Road trip, anyone?

5,000 Twitter followers are all the friends I need #thingsithoughtweretrue

With Adam in the back seat, a hyper chatterbox named Amy behind the wheel, and plenty of junk food to fuel their trip, Morgan feels ready for anything. She’s not expecting a flat tire, a missed ferry, a fake girlfriend… and that these two people she barely knew before the summer started will become the people she can’t imagine living without.”

My Rating: 3.5/5

So I finally finished a book! Yay! This book was ok, but not what I thought it would be. It did show how obsessed the world has become with things on the internet. I’ve never been a huge fan of Twitter, but I can definitely see the point of this book.

This book follows Morgan’s journey through life after embarrassing moments that found their way to the internet. As well how she finds her father.

Now, I’m not saying this book is bad, I’m saying it was ok. I just feel that it could be so much more. I didn’t feel very close to the characters. As well, the story just didn’t seem to be real enough for me. Everything that happened seemed obvious to me.

I did like the idea of deserting the internet for a while.

THANK YOU JANET GUTLER FOR SHOWING THAT THE INTERNET ISN’T THE ONLY PLACE TO HAVE FRIENDS!

Thanks for reading,

Love,

Spoiler: #16ThingsIThoughtWereTrue by Janet Gurtler

Hey guys! So this book follows Morgan’s journey through the summer before her senior year. It shows how she finds her father, makes real friends and deals with ‘haters’. I thought it was an interesting pull to young readers, but it just wasn’t for me. Twitter has never really held much for me. I don’t really find it interesting and I think it’s kind of creepy to be honest. I didn’t think it would ever become the thing for people to use, but slowly it has. I think the reason I didn’t really enjoy this book though was that all the events seemed obvious way before they happened.

Characters:

♥Morgan: She seemed to be really naïve about life. She thought that everything revolved around her and I admit having a video like hers posted online would make you think that, especially when people make fun of you at work. But if it wasn’t for the video she would have never met Amy, or talked to Adam so really that video helped her out. It’s awful that she had to go all the way to BC to find out that her dad didn’t know about her all along, actually it’s awful.

♥Adam: Ok, lying about a girlfriend is probably the worst thing to do in these scenarios. Seriously? I think that Adam fell for Morgan instantly after he saw the real her and that it scared the crap out of him. I loved that they ended up together, but it would make work more than a little bit awkward.

♥Amy: She was awesome. I liked that she just was who she was and didn’t try to be anything else. The only thing she really hid was that she had had cancer previously and do you blame her? You wouldn’t want someone to treat you different. I wasn’t all that surprised when she passed away though. It just seemed like the direction the book would take.

♥Morgan’s Mother: I can’t imagine hiding from your child that her father didn’t desert her but rather he had no idea she existed. That seems pretty harsh. I can see why she chose not to tell Bob but the least she could be was up front with Morgan as she got older.

♥Bob: I think he really missed the prime time he could have been in Morgan’s life. Not that it was his fault. But he also could have reacted better when he found out. It was completely rude to just literally run off like he did.

Moments to Remember:

♥Pg. 46

“’I guess you don’t have a future in medicine.’

‘Not unless I become a drug addict.’:

♥Pg. 82

“’How about we don’t want a bunch of male junk in the car?’ Never mind a room,’ I tell him.

‘My junk?’ He glances down at his crotch.

‘God. Not that junk. Gross. Just, you know, junk. Boy junk.’

‘I like boy junk,’ Amy says.”

♥Final Line: “And then I wiggle my ass.”

Thanks for reading,

Love,

Sidny xoxo