5 Star Review for Peer Pressure by Chris Watt

Peer Pressure by Chris Watt

5 out of 5 Stars

Don’t let the title of the book confuse you; it has nothing to do with peer pressure. Let me change that, it has everything to do with Peer pressure. The main character of the book, Jodie, is a 17 year old girl kin her final year of school. She starts the first day of school and you almost immediately meet her best friend Laura, who is a little on the loud side, in more ways than one.

Upon entering her first period class, you meet Mr. Rob Peer, well you met him a little earlier in the book, but this is where you find out he is an English teacher at the school.

“Peer” Pressure? What is the author really getting at with that title? Well, fortunately for you I’m not going to talk about that in the review, but the name of the book throws a couple twists at you.

Jodie’s mom, Katy, is protective of her daughter and does everything she can to make sure she maintains a tight bond as a parent and a friend with Jodie. She struggles thru her own issues as a single mom who is only 15 years older than her daughter.

Then there is the new boy in school, and the new kid next door. Talk about another twist being added to the story.

Overall, the author did a great job in writing a story that leaves you wanting more as you turn through the pages. While looking at things from the female view as you follow Jodie and Katy, you cant tell that a man wrote the book. He goes even deeper into this by making sure from the dialogue that you can tell the distinct difference in maturity by the adults and the teenagers in the book. Well done by making sure each person in the book had their own distinct personality and depth.

There are a couple of sexual situations, but they are not graphic and in this book add to the complexity of the storyline and plot. Trust me, there are no “details” in the bedroom, just the passion and awkwardness that lead up to it.

Some profanity exists in the book but it seemed appropriate for this type of book. Ask yourself how many teenagers don’t ever use profanity? The language, though used seldom, did add to the personality of the characters in the book and helped me as a reader understand the personality of the characters.

There are minor technical errors for spelling and grammar that will go unnoticed by most readers. The only consistency issue I found was in Chapter Four where the author references the boxes in Rob’s apartment having been sitting in the hallway of his flat for the past three weeks, but several paragraphs later it states that he had only been in the place for two weeks. This one part caused me to go back to the previous section, but other than that one instance, the book is very consistent.

I would recommend this book for young adult and older readers due to some harsh language.

Definitely a 5 Star read.

Peer Pressure


Reviewed by: David at Indie Authors and Books
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