Nothing by Annie Barrows

Synopsis:

Nothing ever happens to Charlotte and Frankie. Their lives are nothing like the lives of the girls they read about in their YA novels. They don’t have flowing red hair and hot romantic encounters never happen—let alone meeting a true soul mate. They just go to high school and live at home with their parents, who are pretty normal, all things considered. But when Charlotte decides to write down everything that happens during their sophomore year to prove that nothing happens and there is no plot or character development in real life, she’s surprised to find that being fifteen isn’t as boring as she thought. It’s weird, heartbreaking, silly, and complicated. And maybe, just perfect.

My Opinion:

I tried hard to like this book but it wasn’t for me. A lot of the times when I don’t like books I read other people’s review to get an aspect of what they thought and sometimes it changes my mind to see the novel from their point of view and it did. I’m not too sure which review it was but the reviewer had the analogy of a novel either being a ‘window’ book or ‘mirror’ book. A window book is one where you are on the sidelines watching, never experiencing. A ‘mirror’ book is the type that you live or the events that happen in the book can 99.9% chance happen in your life. So Nothing by Annie Barrows is a ‘mirror’ book.

As much as I hate to say it, I don’t like my life all too much, it is bland and not much happens, much like Nothing. I will always want to read a ‘window’ book because that is what reading is all about, being able to transport your real life to a fantasy you can pretend to live it, to give hope for all of our lost souls.

The plot was bland and it didn’t have any high points but the ending was good. I found the book to be extremely cringy and embarrassing. I didn’t enjoy it and the characters were bad in general. Then again it is a mirror book and my life is a cringe-fest, yet I could not relate to this book which was strange but I could see girls in my grade acting like the characters in this book. It was kind of train wreck.

To summarise, I didn’t like it but I finished it and if you are looking for a mirror book, give it a try.

1.5/5

Book Details

ISBN:0062668234

Format: Hardcover

Category: Contemporary, fiction, teen fiction, Young Adult

Imprint: Greenwillow Books

Pub Date: 05/09/17

Pages: 212

Book read via NetGalley.