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We all know how Wattpad can be. Jaw-droppingly beautiful stories get less than a thousand reads while flaming piles of garbage riddled with cliches and contrivances that barely pass for plot reach into the millions and shoo...
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Title: The Prep's Diary: How the Prep became so Preppy
Author: Superwicked
Grade: 77% C
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Review:
Disclaimer: Excerpts from the story titled above do not belong to me. The one from "The Quimby Hotel" does. That's it this time :P
So, I have a very interesting set of mixed feelings about this story that can pretty much be summed up this way: I do not think it is outstandingly well-written, but I gleaned a great deal of personal enjoyment from it. That sounds like an oxymoron, but it makes sense if you think about it—there are extremely high-quality books that I don't enjoy reading simply because they aren't the type of book I like to read, and it only seems fair that there are books I have fun reading despite their numerous shortcomings. It's the reader's equivalent of a harmless, comfy movie that's objectively a bit cheesy and maybe has some shallow writing decisions but the characters are fun to follow and the story overall leaves you with a smile on your face. I find the same appeal in old chick-flicks or Adam Sandler movies.
Because I went through and read the whole book before sitting down to write this review, and because my thoughts are disorganized, I'm going to deviate from my usual method of judging the story chronologically and structure my review based on individual elements of it instead. (I've been listening to a lot of Friendly Space Ninja lately, and he does this, and it feels a lot less chaotic for my jumbled brain.) I'm trying something new, and if it works out, I might use this structure in future reviews as well.
