3.5 Review: This was a sweet story. It was confusing at first and in a few places, but altogether it was sweet. Olivia has all you need to know about her on her Facebook profile. Moving around because her father is an Army sergeant, is an only child, has acquired many skills, speaks three languages, and is a model. However, Olivia doesn't even exist. Jen is a grad student and your typical girl next door. She is a grad student working on a sociology project. Jen isn't really sure of who she is but knows how she would make things more exciting, which she ends up doing with her project. Olivia is actually Jen. Jen even has her sister Claire Photoshop her picture as she would like herself to look. So begins the journey of Claire helping Jen to become who she perceives herself to be. Claire helps Jen with her eating habits and has her join a gym. Jen meets Noah and Tom at the gym. Tom and Claire seem to know each other if you know what I mean. Olivia's Facebook page also gets a new friend, Sean from Jen's past. This is where things get to become funny and yet so complicated! Sean likes Olivia but he thinks Claire is Olivia. Noah likes Jen. Tom likes Claire but flirts heavily online with Olivia. Sean likes Jen just as friend, when he remembers who she is. This book is funny. It is truly about relationships and how people use the internet to be hypocrites. This book is written from a very different point of view. It begins with the sisters having a fight and mom stepping in to see what is happening. The rest of the book, is Jen telling the story of the mess she has gotten herself into. ~Jade I didn't really care for this book. It was a bit anticlimactic. If you have nothing to read and need to kill some time on a plane, this may be the book for you. The main character was a little whiny and immature. I kept forgetting that she was 27 because she kept acting like a teenager. There were quite a few editing problems that kept pulling me out of the story. Know instead of now, for example. I probably would have rated it lower, but when I started reading it I was just looking for a quick, mindless story to pass time.
What do You think about Socially Awkward (2012)?
Yes the book was free. But it was an easy summer beach read escape from reality kind of book.
—jenjace
It was alright, I had a hard time getting into it.
—nick
Who is really behind the Facebook profile?
—Laverne
