i hate to be mean because holmes is a published writer and i am just some no name reader, but these stories didn't move me like the blurbs on the books claimed would happen. i felt as if i was part of some writers workshop (see: hbo girls season four). in fact, it was as if holmes was hannah, basically just writing her life. don't get me wrong, i mean i get that all authors use their life as a basis for the life, but at least there seems to be some value other than just the story.
barbara the slut read like that one co-worker's random life stories, it was interesting to her, but you are wondering as you listen to the recounting, so what is the point of this story?!?? and i know this sounds harsh, but i just felt the stories lacked any real depth. it really felt like she just took incidents from her life and turned them into stories, which is fine, but just wasn't for me. i mean i have always thought of doing just that but always figured the stories that no one else would find them interesting.
i should also say that not all the stories are horrible, i did enjoy two of them. the title story "barbara the slut" should be required reading for high school girls, though maybe edit out barbara's logic about sleeping with a guy only once to have to not deal with trust issues. i should add that was a huge issue i had with the story, barbara was intelligent and a compassionate kid (she was helpful with her autistic brother), yet her logic about sex was horrible. anyway, i did appreciate its lesson on slut shaming, mean girls need to read this and realize they need to stop hating on other girls. and why can't they get that boys lie?!?! anyway, i felt bad for barbara, but luckily she was heading to college, so wouldn't have to deal with any of the pettiness of high school, though i hope she learned that sex with trust is a real thing.
another story, i was surprised that i really enjoyed was "my humans". i was surprised, because i do not like dogs, but i loved reading a story from the perspective of a dog. i thought that was very clever. way to go, holmes. i also loved that the dog discovered the cheating first, when jenna came home smelling different. i have to add once a cheater, always a cheater.
a couple of other thoughts, that kid in "jerks" was a real jerk. i also hate parents that are in denial about their kids being horrible. though the mother in that story was a jerk, so its only logical that she was raising one. i can add another horrible parent was the mom in "i will crawl to raleigh if i have to", trying to blame her child's stealing on another kid. really? i have to add most of these stories had bad mothers, wonder what holmes is trying to say there?
last but not least, i know i should have been all about "desert hearts", a lawyer that gives up the corporate world to work in a sex shop posing as lesbian. i mean i guess it could have been cool, but really i think the world has revolved enough that straight people can work in LGBT sex shops without it being an issue. i mean, this would have been a cool story if it was like the early 90s.
i hate to be a hater, but though enjoyable this book wasn't as exciting as it's front cover claimed it would be.
another story, i was surprised that i really enjoyed was "my humans". i was surprised, because i do not like dogs, but i loved reading a story from the perspective of a dog. i thought that was very clever. way to go, holmes. i also loved that the dog discovered the cheating first, when jenna came home smelling different. i have to add once a cheater, always a cheater.
a couple of other thoughts, that kid in "jerks" was a real jerk. i also hate parents that are in denial about their kids being horrible. though the mother in that story was a jerk, so its only logical that she was raising one. i can add another horrible parent was the mom in "i will crawl to raleigh if i have to", trying to blame her child's stealing on another kid. really? i have to add most of these stories had bad mothers, wonder what holmes is trying to say there?
last but not least, i know i should have been all about "desert hearts", a lawyer that gives up the corporate world to work in a sex shop posing as lesbian. i mean i guess it could have been cool, but really i think the world has revolved enough that straight people can work in LGBT sex shops without it being an issue. i mean, this would have been a cool story if it was like the early 90s.
i hate to be a hater, but though enjoyable this book wasn't as exciting as it's front cover claimed it would be.
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