Name: Briar's Reviews's review of I'm Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl by Gretchen McNeil
Item: I'm Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Rating: 4
Author: Briar's Reviews

Gretchen McNeil

From acclaimed author Gretchen McNeil comes her first realistic contemporary romance—perfect for fans of Kody Keplinger’s The Duff and Morgan Matson’s Since You've Been Gone. Beatrice Maria Estrella Giovannini has life all figured out. She's starting senior year at the top of her class, she’s a shoo-in for a scholarship to M.I.T., and she’s got a new boyfriend she’s crazy about. The only problem: All through high school Bea and her best friends Spencer and Gabe have been the targets of horrific bullying. So Bea uses her math skills to come up with The Formula, a 100% mathematically guaranteed path to social happiness in high school. Now Gabe is on his way to becoming Student Body President, and Spencer is finally getting his art noticed. But when her boyfriend Jesse dumps her for Toile, the quirky new girl at school, Bea realizes it's time to use The Formula for herself. She'll be reinvented as the eccentric and lovable Trixie—a quintessential manic pixie dream girl—in order to win Jesse back and beat new-girl Toile at her own game. Unfortunately, being a manic pixie dream girl isn't all it's cracked up to be, and “Trixie” is causing unexpected consequences for her friends. As The Formula begins to break down, can Bea find a way to reclaim her true identity and fix everything she's messed up? Or will the casualties of her manic pixie experiment go far deeper than she could possibly imagine?

I'm Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl

Briar's Reviews

I'm Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl by Gretchen McNeil brings back those old glamorous teen rom-coms to mind, like Mean Girls, John Tucker Must Die, She's the Man, and Easy A. 

This book is a delightful 2000s inspired rom-com-esque read that brought back all the nostalgia for me. It's fun, silly, comedic, packs the drama, and has a hint of romance. What do you do when some new manic pixie dream girl steals your man? Revenge! And if you're a nerd? With math! This book brings friendship, romance, and high school drama into one epic story. I definitely recommend!

Also, for.a 2016 book this is SUPER diverse and brings up the problems with stereotypes. 

Four out of five stars!

Caroline Lewicki

Woo, where to start? I don’t think I’ve ever disliked a protagonist more than I disliked Bea. This book is so painfully predictable. It’s cliche on top of overdone trope, on top of metaphor. As someone who’s not a math person, Bea’s whole MO is lost on me. I’m also flabbergasted that the premise is girl who has been going to school with the same kids for years cuts hair and changes wardrobe and suddenly people don’t know who she is? If high school were that easy and kids were that dumb, I’d have changed who I was twice a week!

Siobhán

My Thoughts
 When I first heard of this book I was intrigued. The title catch my eye straight away. I love the term Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Having only seen the characters in films I was excited to see how the author was going take that type of character and make her come alive on paper. However, while I thought the book was a quick read and funny in parts, it was way to immature for my personal taste. 

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