Also, though, moving from an online to in-person relationship is not without its challenges especially when things are romantic (I would assume) and I wish we could have explored their struggles a little more as well. I mean their strictly online relationship was good in the sense that yes, when things are online it’s a lot easier to be yourself without feeling like you have to change. It also felt like we saw more of Sam’s relationship with his ex than him and Penny sooooo,that did not help their case 🙃 I liked Penny and Sam’s characters individually, but together it just didn’t make much sense. I really doubted the plausibility of them together and think they would have worked better as platonic friends. Everything they had was based on texts and they didn’t have many in person encounters. Choi, Emergency ContactĪs far as romantic relationships go, Sam and Penny were not my favorite.

You’d say it ‘fit your heart exactly.’ Sam fit her heart exactly. Penny thought of this Korean saying for when you really, really liked something.

But as a character, I just felt very meh about him and wish he would’ve had more personality. We also saw snippets of him with his mom (it’s complicated) and of course his relationship with Penny. Like, we knew about his ex-girlfriend Lorraine, and how he interacted with her.

I honestly wish we could have gotten to know Sam more as a person outside of his relationship with other people. He was similar to Penny in that he was cynical and glum at times. Then we have Sam, a 21 year old baker and aspiring filmmaker. SO ALL THAT BEING SAID, Penny may not be the most likable character but she’s young and represented what I think was an accurate representation of what goes on inside the heads of so many people. I loved this friendship, and Jude was probably my favorite character (she should also totally get her own spin-off book pls and thank u). But, as the story goes on, they all become better friends. Based off Penny’s inner thoughts she makes it clear that she doesn’t want to spend time with Jude or Mallory, despite both girls making an effort to include her in their plans. Penny’s roommate, Jude, and her other friend, Mallory, are both really different from Penny in that they like to go to parties, are a lot louder and more outspoken, etc. Based off the writing of her character, it is pretty obvious that these characteristics of Penny are meant to be intentional and shows the complexity of teenagers. We’ve all been there, and even though it’s hard to admit now, I used to be that person too. And you know what? Like it or not, that is completely realistic. Penny, the main character, is 18 years old, very cynical, snarky, judgemental and totally radiates ‘i’m not like other girls’ energy. OKAY, there’s a lot to get into, so let’s start with something I did like: the relatability of the characters. Goodreads | Amazon US | Book Depository | Indigo Publisher / Published: March 27th 2018 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Still, they swap numbers and stay in touch-via text-and soon become digitally inseparable, sharing their deepest anxieties and secret dreams without the humiliating weirdness of having to see each other. When Sam and Penny cross paths it’s less meet-cute and more a collision of unbearable awkwardness. He knows that this is the god-awful chapter of his life that will serve as inspiration for when he’s a famous movie director but right this second the seventeen bucks in his checking account and his dying laptop are really testing him. He works at a café and sleeps there too, on a mattress on the floor of an empty storage room upstairs. Literally, figuratively, emotionally, financially. When Penny heads to college in Austin, Texas, to learn how to become a writer, it’s seventy-nine miles and a zillion light years away from everything she can’t wait to leave behind. Her friends were okay, her grades were fine, and while she somehow managed to land a boyfriend, he doesn’t actually know anything about her. For Penny Lee high school was a total nonevent.

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