Get a Life, Chloe Brown

Get a life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

Reviewed by Tanya
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I wasnā€™t sure how I felt about this book when I first finished but now a few weeks later, itā€™s not that bad. Not greatā€¦but not bad. It was quite an easy read and managed to whizz through it so quickly.

I picked this up at foyles in the YA section and I donā€™t know if Iā€™d class this as a YA book with all the sex scenes lol or maybe this is normal now? Idk. I remember sending a picture of a chapter to the girls saying ā€œI wouldnā€™t want my teenager reading this bookā€ šŸ¤£šŸ˜­

I found Chloe annoying tbh, I know she had chronic illness but she was just so abrupt. I didnā€™t feel connected to Red or Chloe. Their relationship just didnā€™t feel authentic or genuine.

I felt the book was more about Chloe and Redā€™s sexual fantasies about one another, rather than her illness. We didnā€™t even get much about her family who sheā€™s so close with. Theyā€™d make a random appearance here and there. Actually now thinking about itā€¦I found it all quite cringe lol. Safe to say I wouldnā€™t pick this book up again.

Tanya Ahmed

Soy Tanya. Iā€™m the youngest of the group...and I donā€™t really know what to say except that I find these things really awkward. When Linda first came to me with this idea of an online bookclub/review page I was 100% down, although I was a little worried and felt like backing out on many occasions as I felt like my reviews were awful - Iā€™m not good with words at all. If anyone was to ask me a year ago how I found a book, Iā€™d reply: ā€œgoodā€ - thatā€™s my review done. But being part of this club with such amazing girls has really made me a lot more confident and comfortable. So Iā€™ll forever be grateful. Itā€™s always a laugh when weā€™re together, we are guaranteed to get side-tracked but our meetings are always productive and a lot of fun. This is just the beginning for us. I like reading all kinds of books from different genres but prefer romance/YA. With work being full on I like feel-good books that are light and easy. Iā€™m currently in the middle of reading a few books lol but sticking to The Zanzibar Wife by Rebecca Rodriquez. Reading for me is a form of escapism, just getting away from the stress of real life and getting lost in book and falling in love with characters. I canā€™t list my top 5 or even top 10 so here are a few of my all-time favourites: The Sicilian by Mario Puzo To all the boys Iā€™ve loved before by Jenny Han, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hoseeini, The Forty Rules of Love by Shafa Kelif Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith and Moonlight Over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan.

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