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Loading... Ask Me How I Got Hereby Christine Heppermann
   No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) Trisha_Thomas | Nov 14, 2024 |  Score: Four points out of ten. I don't get how this novel was even published since I like poetry, but I gave this one two stars. That was surprising. There were a lot of mature themes within the book, but I think it didn't have enough pages to delve into them. They weren't that explored, and the plot is disjointed and messy. The main character, Addie, wasn't great since she showed her recklessness when she hooked up with her boyfriend and got pregnant. She aborted her baby when she was six months pregnant, and later, she cheated on her boyfriend with another girl called Juliana. None of the characters were fleshed out or developed, and I don't know why the author made this a poetry novel since it didn't work out; maybe if it were written in prose, it would have been better, though I would dislike it. Sometimes, the themes were a bit too much, but without them, it is just Addie living her life with nothing much happening; the ending felt incomplete and fizzled out, leaving me so many unanswered questions. If you like verse novels, don't read this and pick another one. (  ) Law_Books600 | Nov 3, 2023 | Shochstettler | Aug 23, 2023 |  ) Dendy | Jan 20, 2021 | ) abanmally | Feb 6, 2018 | no reviews | add a review
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HTML: How do you define yourself? By your friends? Your family? Your boyfriend? Your grades? Your trophies? Your choices? By a single choice? From the author of the acclaimed Poisoned Apples comes a novel in verse about a young woman and the aftermath of a life-altering decision. Fans of Laurie Halse Anderson and Ellen Hopkins will find the powerful questions, the difficult truths, and the inner strength that speak to them in Ask Me How I Got Here. Addie has always known what she was running toward, whether in cross country, in her all-girls Catholic school, or in love. Until she and her boyfriend—her sensitive, good-guy boyfriend—are careless one night, and she gets pregnant. Addie makes the difficult choice to have an abortion. And after that—even though she knows it was the right decision for her—nothing is the same. She doesn't want anyone besides her parents and her boyfriend to know what happened; she doesn't want to run cross country anymore; she can't bring herself to be excited about anything. Until she reconnects with Juliana, a former teammate who's going through her own dark places. Once again, Christine Heppermann writes with an unflinching honesty and a deep sensitivity about the complexities of being a teenager, being a woman. Her free verse poems are moving, provocative, and often full of wry humor and a sharp wit. .No library descriptions found. |
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