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The Exact Opposite Of Okay by Laura Steven
May. 2nd, 2018 11:35 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Izzy O’Neill.
Impoverished orphan.
Aspiring comedian.
Slut extraordinaire – apparently …
Izzy never expected to be eighteen and internationally reviled. But when photos involving her, a politician’s son and a garden bench emerge, the trolls set out to take her apart.
Armed with best friend Ajita and a metric ton of nachos, she must figure out who’s behind the vicious website – while keeping her sanity intact.
Izzy is about to find out that the way the world treats girls is not okay.
It’s the Exact Opposite of Okay.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Laura Steven’s debut YA contemporary novel is a feminist polemic against toxic masculinity, revenge porn and slut-shaming but while I cheered its feminism and liked the fact that Izzy is not perfect and has real money worries, Ajita exists only so Izzy can learn from making mistakes at her expense while a disabled character exists solely to bolster Izzy’s self-esteem and the men are almost all creeps while the humour just didn’t work for me.
THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF OKAY was released in the United Kingdom on 8th March 2018. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
Impoverished orphan.
Aspiring comedian.
Slut extraordinaire – apparently …
Izzy never expected to be eighteen and internationally reviled. But when photos involving her, a politician’s son and a garden bench emerge, the trolls set out to take her apart.
Armed with best friend Ajita and a metric ton of nachos, she must figure out who’s behind the vicious website – while keeping her sanity intact.
Izzy is about to find out that the way the world treats girls is not okay.
It’s the Exact Opposite of Okay.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Laura Steven’s debut YA contemporary novel is a feminist polemic against toxic masculinity, revenge porn and slut-shaming but while I cheered its feminism and liked the fact that Izzy is not perfect and has real money worries, Ajita exists only so Izzy can learn from making mistakes at her expense while a disabled character exists solely to bolster Izzy’s self-esteem and the men are almost all creeps while the humour just didn’t work for me.
THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF OKAY was released in the United Kingdom on 8th March 2018. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
