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Emergency Contact

Mary H.K. Choi

Start date: May 31, 2018

Finish date: June 20, 2018

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Mar 28, 2018 Melissa rated it it was amazing

I had been curious to read Emergency Contact, as I enjoy a good YA story every now and then and this one came highly recommended. When I first started it, I wasn't sure where things were going to go. However, once Sam and Penny met in person, the story really picked up. I enjoyed reading both their perspectives and seeing how they saw each other.

I love what this novel has to say about the way people connect with each other and the idea of being someone's person. I have that with some friends, w ...more

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Jul 30, 2018 Renata rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, ya, contemporary, we-need-diverse-books

This is maybe a 3.5 from me but I'm rounding up. It was a little slow to start and a little draggy throughout but some of that was kind of the charm of this look at the first year of college?

I think it's more NA than YA, but it's great to have more #ownvoices realistic contemporary stuff out there, and it confronts microaggressions and class-based struggles in an organic way that

I want to say also that I was confused by the premise/tagline because I was like "um this isn't how emergency contacts ...more

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May 23, 2020 Sarah rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: american-fiction, fiction, young-adult-fiction, asia-fiction, texas

CW: Anxiety-related issues; pregnancy; dysfunctional parents

I liked this book, but I wanted it to be better. I'd heard so much about it, and apparently, a lot of that was actually just inspired by the cover design, when it all came down to it. (And I have to admit the cover design is really good and well-linked to the story itself, especially in color choice.) The story is a romance between Penny, an introvert who's just moved away to college to escape her embarrassing mother who's more interest ...more

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