Reviewed by Angie on
I liked Made You Up. Alex was a great narrator. She's definitely unreliable, but there are some scenes where you can tell it's one of her delusions. But for the most part, I was never really 100% sure anything was real. Even when Alex used her trusty "take a photo" method. It's obvious that someone in her life isn't real, and I honestly wasn't expecting it to be who it was. I was shocked, and then I was mad. Someone should have told her! Alex is struggling enough without people playing along.
The one thing that bothered me about Made You Up, was that it felt long. It is over 400 pages, which normally isn't a problem for me. It's just that there's random plot points that felt like filler, and had no connection to the overall story. It was almost as if the author wanted to throw extra stuff at us to confuse us even more about what's really happening. Well, it didn't confuse me other than me wondering what the point of it all was. It was just a bit silly and added nothing to the story for me.
Made You Up was still a very good read though. I enjoyed being part of Alex's world. She's very smart, as is Miles, so I adored all of their interactions. They go from antagonistic and playing pranks on each other, to playing silly guessing games, and finally a sweet romance blossoms. I do kind of wish that the focus had been more on Alex dealing with her schizophrenia and how that affects her graduating from high school, moving on to college, etc, rather than the story feeling like a guessing game of who's real and who's not.
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Reading updates
- Started reading
- 14 December, 2015: Finished reading
- 14 December, 2015: Reviewed