Emergency Contact

This is not the book for me.

I’m not sure if the biggest problem was the characters or the plot. On one hand, the cast is made of one self-deprecating loser who judges everything, one self-absorbed stuck-up popular girl, and some guy. They didn’t do anything. They sat around a coffee shop and basically introduced themselves to the audience. I got tired of nothing happening, not because the plot wouldn’t move forward, but because the characters wouldn’t move the plot i.e. no stakes. They’re like the girls you hated in high school. Neither introvert nor extrovert comes out unscathed.

The killer came for me when “some guy”‘s ex came back in the picture, one who he’d been talking about since the beginning, such a heartbreaker uber-bitch she was. She reappears and guess what? Cliche of all cliches, she’s pregnant. The plot has the substance of a Kid Rock song.

It’s trying to be a feel-good “fun” romantic comedy, but I didn’t have any fun. If I wasn’t waiting for a story, I was overwhelmed by the twee-ness of it. It reminded me of “You’ve Got Mail” where the characters have either no arcs or bad arcs.

I’m a 38-year-old white male software programmer, so no, I’m not the intended audience. But I think people who liked Fangirl or other Rainbow Rowell books might like this just fine.

i couldnt even finish reading this book. maybe ill try to give it another chance soon, but as of now its just sitting on my bookshelf ...

I was definitely not the target audience for this book. Personally I thought the beginning was very boring and bland, but I did eventually get invested……200 pages in.

As a 40-year-old woman, maybe this book is just far too immature for me. I was not a fan from the very first page. Penny was unlikeable from the start. I feel like the way it was written made it difficult to read. I found myself re-reading sentences to make sure I understood what was happening or being said. The dialogue came across as very immature; and the overuse of slang was ridiculous. Like I said, maybe in order to get something out of this book you need to be under the age of 25?or maybe even 20. I have read others from the YA fiction genre that haven’t made me feel this way. I read as much as I could and then had to put it down because it lost my interest.

Remember when you were a teen and you thought Twilight was the best book in the world? I kind of feel like that’s what this is. Except I’m not a teen anymore. And I’ve read enough books to know there’s better than this.

This book was so hard to get through; I say that even though I read 100 pages in one sitting. It’s an easy read but cringy as can be and I was really hoping it would get better. I craved reading a “new adult” book which explored life just right out of high school but I was kind of expecting this to be better than it was. I hated Penny though. She was a brat for no reason to literally everyone, and then suddenly “heart eyes emoji” to some dead looking stranger. And then add everyone else in the mix and it was just a book about all the people you hate. The only person I hadn’t hated was Jude and I wasn’t sure if that was going to ruined for me as I continued and I just decided nope, I’m done reading. Tbh if Jude did have a crush on Sam, I would’ve started rooting for them two than Penny and Sam, I hated Penny that much. She’s the type of loner that’s a loner not because everyone else is a bully but because she has the mentality that she’s better than everyone without saying it. As a introvert, it irks me so much!

Also why is this considered young adult??? Like are we at that point now where books with sex, rape, cursing, and talks of abortion are a norm in YA books? Gross. No one knows how to write a YA book anymore without someone getting it on.

This was so good, I loved it. I got sucked into it and read it in two days. It’s charming and weird and sweet!

The book came amazingly,no scratches or anything.

The story was cute (im older * not a teen* )and I enjoyed the book. I liked the relationship that developed. There’s some deviousness of course but it was cute! Some of the story just sucks though.

I don't usually read contemporary books like this but this one I actually ended up enjoying. Admittedly at first, I did not like Penny's point of view but as the story went on I grew to understand why she is the way she is and ended up liking it. I also loved the way Sam and her interacted with each other. They were just so wholesome. I do want to put in here that they do deal with some heavy topics such as: Addiction, rape, and miscarriage but the author writes it so tastefully that even though its heavy it doesn't darken the story at all. Overall a really cute and wholesome read.

Haven’t started the book yet, but my book came in with these finger prints that I can’t get off, it’s upsetting.