Like It Never Happened

I chose this book because it seemed interesting. Unfortunately, it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to and was a bit disappointed by the book. I didn't connect with the story or the readers.

First of all, the name they give themselves is ‘The Essential Five'. It sounds pretentious and when reading the novel, I had the feeling that they thought too much of themselves, which is a trait I dislike in a character.

I did not connect with Rebecca. To me she was annoying, pretentious and thinks she can only be good at one thing. Truthfully, I did not connect with nearly any of the characters. Expect maybe Liane and Mary. The characters didn't mature during the novel and they weren't relatable.

Does Rebecca not have any other friends than ‘The Essential Five'? I had my small group of personal friends that I hung out with most of the times, but I sat with other friends from time to time. Even if she only has one extracurricular (like, hello, I also took Drama as a subject in high school. It doesn't take up that much time). I'm sure with her sparkling personality she could have made a few other friends who actually treat her better than her ‘supposed' friends do.

So, Tess doesn't acknowledge that she was friends with Rebecca before meeting the others, but feels free to make jokes relating to Rebecca's past? That makes Tess seem like a crap friend (which she turns out to be in the end-totally called that).

What makes me annoyed is that Rebecca and her friends might be the best in the Drama Club, but the teacher/director ought to give the main roles to others. It's seriously annoying if five people have the best parts all the time. The teacher is playing favourites and someone could report him for that.

Charlie and Rebecca's relationship does not seem real. They only kiss in secluded areas and don't talk about their relationship or go out on dates. I'm not the greatest with relationships, but I think a relationship might need more than this.

All in all, this novel was annoying, boring and difficult to get through. It had its good parts, but most of the novel was bad parts.