The Girl You Thought I Was

by Rebecca Phillips

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The Girl You Thought I Was, was a book I went into not knowing what to expect at all. We have Morgan who is a shoplifter and while it's obvious from the beginning she is going to get caught and have to deal with that, I wasn't sure in what direction the story was going to go after that. I liked how the story went through and the direction Phillips took it in. Morgan not only has to deal with the shoplifting problem, and has to do community service for it, she also has to deal with things that have been happening at home that caused her to start shoplifting. Now of course that doesn't all happen right away as she instead tries to distract herself with other things and ignore the problem (as we all do with certain things), this eventually ends up backfiring in multiple ways.

Overall I enjoyed this story. It was a quick read for me and one that I didn't want to put down because I need to know how it was all going to be resolved and if Morgan was going to have any parts of her old life back. I liked the type of community service she did and how she actually learned something from it and didn't complain about it. I felt like we got to see her be herself for a little while and not have to deal with all the other problems she was facing. I did find myself getting annoyed with her friends at times because of how certain things happened and how they just kind of abandoned her it felt like (while understandable to a certain extent, it was also just a bit much). Her family situation is one that is sadly common and I did feel for her in that regard because of how things had ended up happening (just be honest with your kids). This book was a fun read for me and exactly what I needed at the time with all the heavy books I was having to read for school.