BOOK REVIEW: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

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So I just finished reading this book last Friday and here's my review:

It's really cute but is it just me or the background image is not high resolution? I hate photos that aren't in high resolution. But it's pretty cute and I think the two people are supposed to be Frankie and Matthew and then there's Alpha by the side bugging them? Typical Alpha.

I honestly do not know what to feel about the book. It was well-written, I liked it but I didn't love it. The humor, pranks and topics were pretty interesting. It was slow paced but it got more interesting the more I read.

I found the third person point of view confusing at first, or maybe I got used to first person points of view too much. I loved how smart, stubborn and witty Frankie is, the idea of Cities, Art and Protest and the little plot twists like how Alpha was the boy from Jersey Shore, the oath was a puzzle written by Senior and there was a book called The Disreputable History of the Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds.

So I'll start with the boys that were involved with Frankie. First off is Porter Welsch. Porter was sweet and caring. He was concerned most of the time for Frankie and that was cute. But I guess he's just the typical I'm-cute-so-I-can-flirt-with-anyone-even-though-I-have-a-girlfriend kind of guy and he sucks for that. So Frankie + Porter = NOPE!

I think E. Lockhart wasn't able to explore Frankie and Alpha's relationship or connection or whatever they had much and I find it a bit frustrating. Upon reading page 160, I immediately thought "ALPHA LIKES FRANKIE". Like I think Alpha gave hints but I guess there were more relevant things to discuss. Plus, Alpha's jokes (The menstrual unit and disks of dough, in particular) were really funny and who doesn't love funny characters? AND AND AND Frankie thought she and Alpha were alike. So Frankie + Alpha = OTP THAT COULD HAVE BEEN! (for me anyway)

I found Frankie's relationship with Matthew cute but I think Frankie fell in love with his face. I personally don't like Matthew's attitude. He seemed like a rich, bratty teenage boy and more like an alpha than Alpha to me. I don't know. So Frankie + Matthew = NAH. (I think I'm being a little biased here because I absolutely love Alessandro Tesorieri but whatever.)

The Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds. I loved the idea of this boy club. It showed how much boys could be the best of friends just like girls. I loved the friendship-ish theme (at least how it looked like to Frankie sometimes). I found it really cute when Frankie hung out with the guys. So Frankie + The Bassets = BROTP!

So there are two things that happened while reading which I thought were crazy:

• While reading page 181, which is about halfway through the book, I just realized that they called each other "dog" because they were Bassets. I KNOW, DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT.
• Jeannie, Porter's sister, got depressed over Alpha. Like come on there's so much more than those dogs, right? I don't know maybe I just don't understand heartbreak enough. (Though from the books that I have read, I should know what that is now.)

Lastly, I find it sad that Frankie thought her friendship with the Bassets were irreparable. I mean someone's got to think that she was awesome despite of her wrongs right? Like dude her pranks were awesomeness level 999999. I really, really, really liked Frankie's relationship with the Bassets.

"It is better to be alone, she figures, than to be with someone who can't see who you are. It is better to lead than to follow. It is better to speak up than stay silent. It is better to open doors than to shut them on people."

This book was awesome, an "okay" read, not entirely mind-blowing but let's call it that anyway. So I give it:

Four stars. :)

P.S. I'll try to make reviews based on the contents and not on how it was written as much as possible. And this is my first review so please excuse me if it sucks.

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