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Chelsea
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Kelly Stuart
Relationships are complicated. And if they have any amount of depth to them, high school friendships are particularly complicated. I think in the end these two are good for one another because they know each other's strengths and flaws so well that they challenge each other in ways that other people don't or can't.
Scott Korin
One of the things I liked about the story was how earlier on, Aza talked about how some people saw people with OCD as narcissists. Daisy falls into that trap a little. But at the same time, Daisy does have a point -- Aza knows virtually nothing about Daisy. That comes through in the story, because we, as the reader, know very little about Daisy as well, until Aza is confronted about it.
Caitlin
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Shelby Lionberger
I definitely found myself flip-flopping A LOT about my feelings for Daisy. On the one hand, I think it was a little harsh for her to tell Aza she was being selfish. At the same time, I completely understand her point of view. I suffer from anxiety and depression, but have spent many years learning to cope with them on my own. My partner was recently diagnosed with OCD and is requiring a lot of support from me. There are times when I wish they would "get out of their head", "think of something/someone outside of them", and "recognize that their thoughts are illogical". Those are all things that I have said to them, by the way. It's hard to support someone with a mental illness/disorder, especially when you don't know what they're going through. I'm a psychology major with the knowledge and skills to react more appropriately, yet I still act like Daisy. It's certainly a part of myself I don't like and I'm working on every day, but when emotions get thrown into the mix, it's hard to say how we would or wouldn't react. Arguably, Aza went into their conversation looking for a fight because she was hurt and tired. Aza approached the conversation in a way, she surely knew would trigger and hurt Daisy. Thus, Daisy reacted accordingly. While you can argue that Daisy went too far, she also makes some very important points about what it's like to support someone that can't necessarily support you in return. Daisy's life is hard and she doesn't appreciate that Aza just expects her to be perfect. If the story were told from Daisy's point of view, I'd say that we might even see Aza as the one in the wrong. Overall, the girls share a deep friendship and understanding of one another that does ultimately make them a good pair. Relationships with any meaningful depth are hard, though.
ALEX KOON
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Lizzie
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Kevin Kern
Daisy is such a typical teenage girl and they fluctuate by the minute, but she stayed by Aza, through the good and bad. She was jealous because she had to work and Aza didn't, but even tho she worked, she took advantage of Aza's wealth, which wasn't not a lot more than hers. I was only really annoyed with her, when she thought they should forget about the younger brother's squish.
LeatheHatless
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Kathryn in FL
I wouldn't start a fan club for Daisy either. However, as Kelly Stuart points out high school friendships are complicated. While in the story they do balance each other out, I find that to be a reach. Daisy has her own flaws, she is so absorbed in her fan fiction that she isn't always their for Aza. The fact that she uses Aza as a character in her stories in negative contexts detracts from her character further.
Joley Keir
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Valerie
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Andie N
Yeah I didn't enjoy Daisy too much either, but my feelings keep changing. On the one hand, I can relate, because I've definitely had some of those thoughts that she told Aza before. On the other hand, I hated that I thought those things and would never say those things to my friend because I know how damaging it can be. Daisy is a realistic teen, but I can't say I loved her.
Sophie
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Adelaide
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kylee
I agree with you. From the beginning I had a cynical suspicion that Daisy was only Aza's friend for some selfish reason. Because Aza would listen to Daisy's numerous rants? Because Aza would give Daisy a ride to and from work everyday? I wasn't sure. Finding out that Daisy had written such nasty things about Aza-- WHILE AZA HAD NO CONTROL OVER HERSELF-- truly pissed me off. I hated that Daisy tried (and succeeded) to shift the blame onto Aza. As soon as Daisy was put under fire for criticizing her best friend, now it was Aza's fault. Maybe Aza would be able to retain personal information about Daisy if Daisy would shut her trap for a moment!
Arabella
I totally agree. I know people have different relationships and everything but this part just made me mad. She says that Aza doesn't even try to understand her but Daisy doesn't try to help Aza with her issues and downplays them, not even knowing what she really has to go through. On top of that she created a character after her "best friend" calling the character different names and called it coping.
bridget peach
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Katie
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Aza
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SKOORE
I dont thing the word is hate to not like the character Daisy. I think the book has the same taste of characters from all his books. When I read the Fault in Our Stars I dint like the author of the book she loves to read. She only wanted to know what happens after. So you see you have to see the bad in people to see the good in some one. I think what is important is that they care for each other and no matter what, they both feel guilty of who they are. So they apologize a hug and a kiss and everything is back to normal, and that is friendship.
Book Dragon
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Sarah
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Sally Earnshaw
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michelle
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Tabarak Ahmed
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stella
Daisy was right in some ways, but, yeah she shouldn't have turned her best friend into such a horrible character, she should have tried to understand her best friend better. She knew that Aza was rarely in a good place so yeah, she should have been more supportive.
Lisa
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Rad Oneza
i loved daisy. wish i have a friend like her. as hard as her, i guess.
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