Girl Online by Zoe Sugg

I actually love Zoe's videos and I have been watching them for quite some time. When she announced she was writing a book, I was intrigued by it. All of the other people with book deals on Youtube were writing non fiction books, and Zoe's was to be a novel, fiction that is. So I became quite excited to read it. So I got it as a present, and when I started it I really wanted to like. I truly did. But, unfortunately, that wasn't the case. 

The writing was a bit shaky, and unconsistent at times. It screamed "unexpirienced writing". At least for me. The dialogue was really awkward at times. 

But, all in all, the writing itself wasn't all that bad. 

The problem is the whole thing is so cliché. From the characters to the plot. It is so predictable. Annoyingly so. I just couldn't deal with it at times. The gay best friend who has an impecable sense of fashion? The snarky bitchy girl best friend? The mysterious boy with touseled hair and a guitar? My eyes almost popped out of my head from rolling. 

Of course, the grand problem is the instant love between Penny and Noah. They've known each other for 2 hours and already, Penny declared their pieces were slotting in together. He was her soulmate after just a day together. And she is fifteen. Fifteen! I get how a girl can get excited about a boy, but it was so blown out of proportions. And unrealistic. Some teenage girl will read that and she will think this is how it's supposed to happen. I was so put off by that. It was too much. 

The book had it's bright moments. I thought Noah's sister was cute, and I liked the whole "inciting incident" thing a lot. That would've been an awesome quote if they hadn't known each other for about 4 hours when they said it. 

In the end the book fell short for me. I am very sad to be giving it a 2/5 stars (Goodreads), but it is what it is.