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Watch me compare this book that has nothing to do with saiki K to saiki K with the power of brain rot.
First of, if you absolutely massacre the main character's personality this book is totally kusbosai. Like just look at these:
This one I feel is just Saiki in general.
I just really like this line:
#my reading pace is so slow cuz every five seconds i have to stop and take a picture#i hope this makes sense#saiki no psi nan#the disastrous life of saiki k.#the disaster of psi kusuo saiki#saiki k#kubosai#<- kind of ive just been teading a lot of fanfics lately so maybe its just that but i feel like this is very kubosai if you ignore the mc#oh yeah and the book is#Slingshot by mercedes helnwein#and i think if anyone read the book they would probably think im insane but oh well
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Title: Slingshot
Author: Mercedes Helnwein
Series or standalone: standalone
Publication year: 2021
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary, coming of age
Blurb: Grace Welles had resigned herself to the particular loneliness of being fifteen and stuck at a third-tier boarding school in the swamps of Florida...when she accidentally saves the new kid in her class from being beat up. With a single aim of a slingshot, the monotonous mathematics of her life are obliterated forever, because now, there is this boy she never asked for: Wade Scholfield. With Wade, Grace discovers a new way to exist. School rules are optional, life is bizarrely perfect, and conversations about wormholes can lead to make-out sessions that disrupt any logical stream of thought...so why does Grace crush Wade's heart into a million tiny pieces, and what are her options when she finally realises that the universe doesn't revolve around her and Wade has been hiding a dark secret? Is Grace the only person unhinged enough to save him?
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🗞“The person most intimately familiar with Mercedes Helnwein’s new book, 'Slingshot', is probably Jennifer Morrison. Jen will be directing the film version of the book & has been helping develop the screenplay over the last year”
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read my review of slingshot by mercedes helnwein here.
An exciting debut contemporary young adult novel perfect for fans of Rainbow Rowell and Mary H. K. Choi
Grace Welles had resigned herself to the particular loneliness of being fifteen and stuck at a third-tier boarding school in the swamps of Florida, when she accidentally saves the new kid in her class from being beat up. With a single aim of a slingshot, the monotonous mathematics of her life are obliterated forever…because now there is this boy she never asked for. Wade Scholfield.
With Wade, Grace discovers a new way to exist. School rules are optional, life is bizarrely perfect, and conversations about wormholes can lead to make-out sessions that disrupt any logical stream of thoughts.
So why does Grace crush Wade’s heart into a million tiny pieces? And what are her options when she finally realizes that 1. The universe doesn’t revolve around her, and 2. Wade has been hiding a dark secret. Is Grace the only person unhinged enough to save him?
Acidly funny and compulsively readable, Mercedes Helnwein’s debut novel Slingshot is a story about two people finding each other and then screwing it all up. See also: soulmate, friendship, stupidity, sex, bad poetry, and all the indignities of being in love for the first time.
my review:
Although I almost put this book down a dozen times in the first third, I’m really glad I pushed through and finished it because I actually ended up really enjoying it. Don’t get me wrong, there were so many moments I didn’t like (especially at the beginning). However, Slingshot accurately depicts the messiness of being a teenager and how much one can grow in such a short time.
Grace is resigned to hating everyone in her life and generally being someone who holds others at an arm’s length. Then she meets Wade. They get along so easily and quickly fall in love. However, she breaks his heart (and breaks her own in the meantime), and they both learn just how much first love can hurt.
Again, I really hated the beginning of this book. Like, I genuinely hated it, particularly because the protagonist wouldn’t shut up about how she and her teacher were meant to be (nothing happens between them, it’s entirely one-sided, but it was so irritating to read). I also thought that Grace alternately sounded like a fifteen-year-old and like a fifty-year-old because she would go on these really detailed psychological monologues. Don’t get me wrong, I know that teens contain multitudes but it was really hard for me to reconcile these two into one character. Add on her woe-is-me, “I’m not like other girls” attitude, and I couldn’t stand her.
I actually almost marked this dnf about a dozen times but I continued just because I wanted to see what happens. And I’m glad I did because I ended up really enjoying this book. It’s messy and melodramatic and angsty but it grows on you. So yeah, if you’re reading it and not liking it, I would suggest toughing it out because you may end up liking it like I did.
read my review here.
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Review: Slingshot by Mercedes Helnwein
Discovering new YA contemporary authors is always fun because the genre is often dominated by the big names. In fact, this one was billed as ‘for fans of Rainbow Rowell'. I never usually pay much attention to comparisons like this because I think every book deserves to be judged in its own light.
Grace is a bit of loner at her Florida boarding school but she’s OK with that. Then her trusty slingshot stops new kid Wade from being beaten up and now she has a handsome rulebreaker in her life. Before she knows it, Wade appears to have a deep hold over Grace and she has no idea what to do with that. But Wade appears to have a secret and Grace might just be able to save him.
Due to the title, I thought that the slingshot would feature a lot more than it did. I understand that it is down to the slingshot that Grace and Wade meet but I can’t pretend that I wasn’t craving at least some kind of clever circle-closing involving the slingshot at the end. I don’t think the slingshot was a big enough motif to warrant naming the book after it.
The book opens with Grace experiencing ‘heartbreak’ when she realises that she and her Biology teacher Mr Sorrentino won’t ever be together. Now, it’s probably reasonably common for teens to have crushes on their teachers but few will be as delusional about it as Grace is. She gets seriously angry and behaves awfully, as soon as she learns that he’s engaged. This kind of possibly psychopathic reaction is an immediate red flag and it becomes obvious why everyone appears to avoid her. Sadly, Grace isn’t friendless because she’s ‘a bit weird’ -she’s just plain not nice.
One of my favourite characters was Grace’s roommate Georgina. She is hopelessly uncool and Grace says that she feels sorry for her. However, I didn’t really see many reasons to feel sorry for Georgina. She is willing to try almost anything, is fantastic at being unintentionally funny and has a wonderfully endearing charm about her. She is probably a bit too weird to be accepted by the jocks and theatre kids but on the whole, this doesn’t really seem to bother Georgina too much. She also does her best to be friends with Grace, who appears to be wholly interested in her. I’m a big fan of awkward nerds!
Another of my favourite characters was Beth, an insanely cool, laid-back senior who takes on a kind of big sister role for Grace, although Grace clearly has a huge girl crush on her. Beth is incredibly casual about things that most people (certainly teens) take seriously and some readers may declare that it makes her read like an adult. I thought of Beth as being a little like Alaska Young in John Green’s Looking for Alaska -wild and reckless but fantastically good-hearted. If I’m honest, I was kind of hoping that Grace and Beth would catch feelings for each other and that would be the big endgame romance. I’ll tell you now that however much you wish for that to happen, it doesn’t.
Grace is thoroughly self-absorbed as a lot of teens are. In fact, she is so self-absorbed that she doesn’t even notice that Wade is great boyfriend material until someone else implies it. Because of this, I wasn’t really sure whether Grace really liked him or whether she just wanted him because someone else suggested that he was desirable. Therefore, it was quite hard to get on board with the relationship in general.
There is a thoroughly unsavoury character called Derek, who made me retch every time he popped up. I had trouble reading him as the senior that he is supposed to be because he seemed to be on a similar intellect level to Grace. This was actually a common problem throughout the book. Some characters read like teens and others like adults and it didn’t always correspond with the grade that they were supposed to be in.
A lot of the negative Goodreads reviews of this book suggest that it seems unrealistic for 15-year-olds to drink, smoke, swear and have casual sex. It has been a while since I was a teen but I know for a fact that although I didn’t do a lot of those things myself at 15, some of my classmates definitely did. I don’t know whether this is a UK/US difference or maybe even a millennial/Gen Z difference but from my own experience, I certainly wouldn’t say that it’s unrealistic for 15-year-olds to behave like Grace does.
If you don’t mind a thoroughly unlikeable protagonist who does very little to redeem herself, it might be worth giving Slingshot a go. There are some great side characters and a few funny exchanges but I can’t see this becoming a YA contemporary classic anytime soon.
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SLINGSHOT
by Mercedes Helnwein
(Wednesday Books, 4/27/21)
9781250253002
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Acidly funny and compulsively readable, Mercedes Helnwein's debut novel Slingshot is a story about two people finding each other and then screwing it all up. See also: soulmate, friendship, stupidity, sex, bad poetry, and all the indignities of being in love for the first time.Grace Welles had resigned herself to the particular loneliness of being fifteen and stuck at a third-tier boarding school in the swamps of Florida, when she accidentally saves the new kid in her class from being beat up. With a single aim of a slingshot, the monotonous mathematics of her life are obliterated forever...because now there is this boy she never asked for. Wade Scholfield. With Wade, Grace discovers a new way to exist. School rules are optional, life is bizarrely perfect, and conversations about wormholes can lead to make-out sessions that disrupt any logical stream of thoughts.So why does Grace crush Wade's heart into a million tiny pieces? And what are her options when she finally realizes that 1. The universe doesn't revolve around her, and 2. Wade has been hiding a dark secret. Is Grace the only person unhinged enough to save him?
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Book Review: Slingshot by Mercedes Helnwein
Book Review: Slingshot by Mercedes Helnwein
Just like the title, it was a slingshot that hit once and bounced off. What was this book all about? Relationship? Love? Teenage angst? coming of age story? motivational? I have serious doubts about the book justifying any of these categories because in my opinion it never sticks. The book contradicts itself at every turn. It seems I have suddenly struck bad luck with books because these books…
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New Standalones/First in a Series:
Between Perfect & Real by Ray Stoeve
Slingshot by Mercedes Helnwein
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Lycanthropy & Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O’Neal
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DNF Book Review: Slingshot
DNF Book Review: Slingshot by #MercedesHelnwein
1⭐️ // DNF @ 5%
By page 2 I was not interested – I do not like illegal relationships – even if they’re 100% one sided.
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Title: Slingshot
Author: Mercedes Helnwein
Pub. Date: April 27, 2021
Pages: 352
Pub: Wednesday Books
Genre: YA Contemporary Romance
Rating: DNF @ 5% / ⭐️
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An exciting debut contemporary young adult novel perfect for fans of Rainbow Rowell and Mary H. K. ChoiGrace Welles had resigned herself to the particular loneliness of being fifteen and stuck at a third-tier boarding school in the…
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Slingshot By Mercedes Helnwein
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An exciting debut contemporary young adult novel perfect for fans of Rainbow Rowell and Mary H. K. Choi Grace Welles had resigned herself to the particular loneliness of being fifteen and stuck at a third-tier boarding school in the swamps of Florida, when she accidentally saves the new kid in her class from being beat up. With a single aim of a slingshot, the monotonous mathematics of her life are obliterated forever?because now there is this boy she never asked for. Wade Scholfield.With Wade, Grace discovers a new way to exist. School rules are optional, life is bizarrely perfect, and conversations about wormholes can lead to make-out sessions that disrupt any logical stream of thoughts. So why does Grace crush Wade?s heart into a million tiny pieces? And what are her options when she finally realizes that 1. The universe doesn?t revolve around her, and 2. Wade has been hiding a dark secret. Is Grace the only person unhinged enough to save him?Acidly funny and compulsively
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Slingshot was entertaining and funny with its fresh story and characters. It’s a remarkable YA debut novel for contemporary YA readers.
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Title: Slingshot | By: Mercedes Helnwein
Expected Publication: 27 April 2021
By: Wednesday Books ( St. Martin’s Press )
Standalone | Genre: YA Contemporary Romance
Pace: Fast | Pages: 352 | Age: 13+
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Slingshot by Mercedes Helnwein
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A Non-Spoilery Review by The Nature of Pages
Genre: YA Contemporary
Synopsis:
Grace Welles had resigned herself to the particular loneliness of being fifteen and stuck at a third-tier boarding school in the swamps of Florida, when she accidentally saves the new kid in her class from being beat up. With a single aim of a slingshot, the monotonous mathematics of her life are obliterated forever…because now there is this boy she never asked for. Wade Scholfield.
With Wade, Grace discovers a new way to exist. School rules are optional, life is bizarrely perfect, and conversations about wormholes can lead to make-out sessions that disrupt any logical stream of thoughts.
So why does Grace crush Wade’s heart into a million tiny pieces? And what are her options when she finally realizes that 1. The universe doesn’t revolve around her, and 2. Wade has been hiding a dark secret. Is Grace the only person unhinged enough to save him?
Rating: 1 Star
Rating: 1 out of 5.
What Made This Book Unique:
The boarding school setting! I thought that Mercedes Helnwein did a great job with establishing the setting and environmental tones. It really centered the book and helped the story with pacing.
I really, really wanted to like this book. It had all the elements that I usually love – boarding school setting, a good love interest that genuinely felt three dimensional, and a strong MC narrator. I had hopes for this book going in, and was pretty disappointed in what I found.
First off, we’re introduced to the MC and narrator, Gracie. It’s immediately established from page 1 that this fifteen/sixteen year old girl (I was stunned to find out later she’s only 15 at the beginning) is “in love” with her biology teacher. The voice seemed immature and condescending to all the other students, calling them a “raging hormonal bloodbath that was the majority of life at school”. Now, I’ve never been to a boarding school, but I was recently a teenager, and I definitely wouldn’t call it that. Another time she says she considers the students “juvenile and moronic in their pursuit of amusement,” which sounds especially harsher when you realize she’s simply talking about the dormitory common room crowded with students. Gracie seemed to take the “I’m not like other girls” trope to the extremes. She trashes on girls who eat more than salads and talks about “always eating the wrong meal.” Basically, it felt like reading some giant high school stereotype.
We’re supposed to root for her and the love interest, but I just could not get behind her decisions. I won’t spoil anything, but the choices she makes had me so annoyed I almost felt that the love interest deserved someone more respectful of his time.
NOW, this being said, I did read the entire book because the love interest, Wade, was written very well. He had a tragic backstory that slowly revealed and seemed like a genuine person that I was rooting for more than the actual MC. I loved his character and needed to find out what happened in the end.
Overall, I feel like the synopsis of this story was a tad misleading. Some of the events mentioned are glossed over, and a big part of the synopsis only happens at the very end. I was let down by the ending and felt slightly betrayed in where it had been leading to. The witty banter and Wade’s character were the key points of this novel, thus my 1 star.
Slingshot hit the shelves on April 27th, 2021!
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