Alex, Approximately

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Anyway, what unfolds is a cute story of a girl learning to trust in other people and being more honest with herself. Not only does this novel emphasize the importance of communication and trust in all types of relationships, but it also contains subplots about striving (and sometimes failing) to rid yourself the flaws that harm your relationships. Only Bailey is a lot more cautious than that so she doesn’t actually tell Alex she’s moving to his hometown, despite his invitation to meet him at the annual film festival at the end of the summer. I think there’s notion that bringing yourself to pleasure is sinful, especially for young women, so it was refreshing to have a YA book show it positively. Even if I found some parts predictable, the book still made me cheer, sigh, and celebrate with the characters.

So, yes, it’s not hard to see where Alex, Approximately is going and readers spend the majority of the novel waiting for Bailey and Porter to catch up and make the connection for themselves, which can prove to be frustrating. As might be expected, Bailey's and Porter's fiery retorts soon kindle passion, and the two start dating despite Bailey's guilt about keeping him a secret from her online pal. On top of this sort of mind-boggling, makes-me-wanna-claw-my-eyes-out stupidity, this book was also so pretentious and made me cringe so often. Oh, and she has that cute little notion that there are different kinds of stalking and that everything is about intent and hmm that's not how it works?It fills your heart with something akin to true love- believable true love-and you can't quite let it go. the last ten pages in which we finally get to see what I'd been waiting for during the whole thing, yes yes yes despite the stupid drama, I enjoyed it, at least something HAPPENED, god.

this was a fun lil enemies to lovers fix, i’m obsessed with summer and i wanted a good summer read and this book was perfect for that.And as the summer months go by, Bailey must choose whether to cling to a dreamy online fantasy in Alex or take a risk on an imperfect reality with Porter. Here you’ll find anything and everything friendship, bookish and gay, with maybe some writing and film reviews thrown in. If you like Rainbow Rowell , Jandy Nelson and John Green , then you are going to want to check out Jenn Bennett . You've Got Mail gets a teenaged spin in this story of Bailey, classic film buff and product of divorce, who moves across the country to live in a California surfing town with her dad. It also has some great depictions of conversations with the love interest on what she's willing/wanting to do, and the role model boyfriend response that you should get to that in a heterosexual relationship - again, healthy reading material for teenage girls thinking about how to approach sex with male partners.

I don’t have much experience with a die-hard love of films, but I kind of imagine it’s like my die-hard love of books. But after Bailey settles in and starts a job at a quirky local museum, her mission to find her "film-buff soul mate" is sidelined as she becomes absorbed in a love-hate relationship with Porter, her arrogant, surfer coworker. Underneath the snark is a family-oriented, vulnerable boy who needs to know that someone truly cares for him and will stand by his side. But the worst bit of all is what Porter says to Bailey about his supposed best friend, who is addicted to maybe the worst drug out there. Alex, Approximately provides a perfect mixture of romance, comedy, and realistic drama that doesn’t revolve around the main relationship, simultaneously tackling important subjects that everyone can learn from.

There is some of the most delicious banter ever written, swoons, heartbreak, laughs, and maybe a bit of betrayal. Sure, he does shitty things and I'm not saying that he should be let off the hook, BUT I was shocked at the amount of victim blaming going on there. And you’re giving him an awful lot of looks that say I’d like to jump on you with my mighty roller-derby strength.

The one guy Bailey Rydell can’t stand is actually the boy of her dreams—she just doesn’t know it yet. At first, he comes off like a jerk, but Bennett tries to redeem him when she reveals the details of his homelife. Even though it was her choice to start this new life in California, Bailey approaches it with a hesitation that is almost comical. I don’t like smut much in the first place, but when it’s a first-person seventeen-year-old girl talking about her daydreams and fantasies and masturbation habits and what I can only describe as a passion for getting fingered. Turns out there might exist a heart under this tough stone cold exterior that hands out lit matches to every other book she reads.

Bailey's been swapping movie facts with online pal Alex, a boy who happens to live in that same California town. And then I read the first 20 pages and cringed unbearably and put it to the side for, presumably, ever. As it's too often the case, important issues are completely thrown off a cliff for the sake of the romance, and I'm not here for that : in Alex, Approximately, we have Davy, Porter's ex-best friend, who's got chronic pain since a surfing injuring and who starts doing drugs. There were some seriously swoony moments in the book, but the scenes I loved the best were the ones of the two of them talking and emotionally connecting with each other. The reason for the restriction to four stars is just that although the gender depictions are great for the main characters, the depictions of Grace, the black best friend, and another gay character felt tokenistic.