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Wow wow wow. This book deserves all of the praise it’s receiving. I started this book and it took me a while to get into it. The beginning is so heavy, so heartbreaking, so raw that it just made me hurt for her. But then I sat down with it and basically kept reading it for 24 straight hours.
While I didn’t watch iCarly, my little sister did and read and loved this book. She recommended it to me and we have very similar reading taste. I devoured this. I hurt for her, for the childhood she was rob ...more
While I didn’t watch iCarly, my little sister did and read and loved this book. She recommended it to me and we have very similar reading taste. I devoured this. I hurt for her, for the childhood she was rob ...more

Every single “before” chapter of this book was a punch to the gut. Yep, I watched iCarly. Yep, Sam Puckett was my favorite character. And I now feel torn between nostalgia and shame. Jennette going through all of this off screen only makes her character seem ironic and, simply, sad. I feel guilty that I, too, only described her at first as “that girl from iCarly!”
This book is a strong reminder that not everything is as perfect as it seems. Even for celebrities. And here is yet another case of pa ...more
This book is a strong reminder that not everything is as perfect as it seems. Even for celebrities. And here is yet another case of pa ...more

This wasn't at all bad, don't get me wrong, but I just don't understand why this merited such rave reviews.
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