This modern day read could leave you
feeling confused, conflicted or rather bemusedly unimpressed but in my case
slightly envious that I didn't write it myself.
Don't be
fooled by the title, Bye Bye Virginity is not the teen answer to Fifty Shades
Of Grey and thank God for that; I think the world of fiction has
become inundated with authors trying to match the not so critical acclaim
Fifty Shades received.
Yet again
t'was the wonderful world of Wattpad that led me to this story so now I want to
share my two cents of it with you.
The novel
does appear to be a bit of a cliche in the sense that a "shy, quiet
teenage girl" [talk about a YA archetypal character] who just happens to
be loner falls in love with her brother's best friend who also just happens to
be the "hottest" guy in school. [Obviously not
predictable at all]
As light and
fluffy as the novel appears it does cover very important issues that concern
many teenagers and young adults which is sex and virginity; two things that
many girls and boys view as a monumental moment in life. Something that Krissy
Snifeld does well is she conveys the importance of what Stasee goes, Snifeld
could have easily swept the Statsee's emotions and feelings away and focused on
the romance. Instead Snifeld chose to emphasise the confusion Stasee felt.
The novel
touches a lot of mature issues: love, sex, heartbreak, coming out, alcohol
misuse and gun crime. Just a typica/ not-so-typical American Teenage life [that
I can't be too sure of but I’m happy to assume].
Something
that sets Bye Bye Virginity aside from any other YA novels, it is written in
such a mature way, yet it still reader friendly. The way that Snifeld can write
about very "straight" guys coming out in a conservative environment,
was commendable.
The novel
may have one main plot but it also branches off into many other sub plots which
adds to the complexity of what could have been a very straight forward novel.
As much as I
somewhat enjoyed the story, with an oh so promising summary I feel like the
pace of the story was far too rushed, I would have preferred if the pace had
slowed down to fully explore all possible avenues. Personally for me the plot
transition is way to fast and character development could be better executed.
I wasn't too
keen on the spelling of "Stasee" but that could just be down to
personal preference. The spelling of “Stasee” really irked me, I could have
dealt with a Staci but the double e was just so abstract for me to get my head
around. Although this book is not a work of non fiction I feel it lacks realism
with the way Stasee's change the time frame was just oh so random. Just no.
Although I
had a maybe more than a few nuances with the way Bye Bye Virginity was written
who am I criticise a book that is loved by so many.
So ...
I say you
read it and make your own judgement.
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