But if you're specifically looking for a self-acceptance novel with non-Caucasian involved problems, then you should consider this book.Book #1: Ten Things I Hate About Me by Randa Abdel-Fattah So do I recommend it? Not really, because it was boring for me.
I really don't have much against it, and I agree that it has a very good theme. I was bored and it didn't spark my interest. See, as I mentioned before, the main problem I had was that I couldn't bring myself to care much about the book. In fact, I wish there were more details in general about everything. Timothy was a great person, and I wish he was in the book more often, but seeing that it's mostly centered around Jamilah's life, Timothy took a back seat. She improved a lot by the end, and her weak traits were probably done on purpose, but I still didn't enjoy reading it. There were several times when I didn't even like Jamilah for her being meek and selfish. Only a select few I liked, including Timothy and Amy. The majority of the characters I either felt ambiguous to or disliked them. The book is about Jamilah's journey to accept herself in all places. She feels oppressed by her widower father who is extremely strict. Especially when she meets guys in school and online who encourage her to be true to herself. However, due to certain events in tenth grade, she's constantly thinking about this matter and worrying about it. Jamilah has never exposed her Lebanese and Muslim heritage to her classmates at school in fear of ridicule. I wasn't expecting to love it when I picked it up though, and my feelings are still the same as my expectations before I read it. But I pushed myself to finish it, and I'm glad to say that the last few chapters were more interesting than the rest. So yes, this did bore me.I found myself not caring enough about the story and characters to want to keep reading. There's just something about contemporary books that I find boring, especially when compared to fantasy.
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