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“Is it okay to hate a dead kid? Even if you loved him once? Even if he was my best friend? Is it okay to hate him for being dead?”
I've had this book and Everybody sees the ants (also by A.S King) on my to-read list for a LONG time and I never got them until now and I loved it. Turns out that everything Ariel from Arielbisset said about A.S king is true.
what I love most about this book is not the beautiful writing , the plot or the amazing quotes. What i love most is the characters! someone tell me how A.S king made such amazing characters every single character has a weak point that you should hate or at least dislike but even with them you can't hate them honestly I couldn't hate any of the characters and it's mainly because everyone of them has a back story as to why they have that bad quality so you end up with mixed feeling but nothing even close to disliking the characters.
I also loved how Vera may seem clueless in some way but then she does something that shows how clever she is and that she is not one of those intentionally stereotypical characters with the same problems. like when she said:
“I'm sorry, but I don't get it. If we're supposed to ignore everything that's wrong with our lives, then I can't see how we'll ever make things right.”
and
“I felt a mix of wanting to kill him and wanting to kiss him at the same time. When I thought of what true love must be like, I figured it must be like this, and not the stupid eighth grade infatuation most girls my age felt. True love includes an equal part of good and bad, but true sticks around and doesn't run off to Vegas with a podiatrist.”
and
“It seems the older people get, the more shit they ignore. Or, like Dad, they pay attention to stuff that distracts them from the more important things that they’re ignoring.”
and the list goes on and on.
All the other characters :
Charlie : Charlie is one of those characters that you want to hug and slap at the same time but the times you want to hug him outnumbers.
Jenny Flick : as for her the feeling of wanting to slap her was infinite and I don't think I want to hug her either but somehow i didn't hate her in the end.
Vera's dad !!!!!!!!! : I don't think I've ever loved any father in a novel as much as i loved Vera's dad. Vera kept complaining in the beginning about how much she hates him now but i knew from the start that he just hates himself. I'm a sucker for people who need someone to love them truly, to cure them from hating themselves i don't know why. I can't even count the times that i wanted to hug Vera's dad and also a lot of "aw"'s but not cute awww it's you-just-shattered-my-heart-to-pieces aw because he totally did.
so all in all, Please Ignore Vera Dietz is a great read with perfect realistic plot and characters and I can't wait to read Everybody Sees the Ants.
QOTD: what side character do you love from a novel that you've read?
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