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This book was amazing and led me through so many different emotions but, the main character,Natalie, is really unlike able. She is a slut shamer perfectionist and a man hater. She only gets better during the last few pages. This is a must read, but a little agrivating.
Spoilers ahead;
I hated how rude she was to Conner and Spencer. She just didn't understand how much effort they put into being her friend/boyfriend. I loved how emotional and realistic everything was but I couldn't get over the fact that I hated her so much.


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Not That Kind Of Girl Siobhan Vivian Books Reviews

Not That Kind of Girl has the look of a typical young adult romance, thanks to the cover design--however, it's truly a story about finding your identity in a world in which teens are categorized according to stereotypes and expectations of both their peers and adults. Natalie is a "good girl" at Ross Academy, and expects to achieve, achieve, achieve. This pressure is fed by a well-meaning teacher, Ms. Bee, who seems to be living vicariously through Natalie in a way that's kind of creepy, but also rather realistic (I had an English teach in high school who was much the same way). Natalie is extremely committed to living up to all of the internal and external expectations of her, and is, frankly, not particularly likable during parts of the book. The story of her secret relationship with Connor (involving sneaking out to his family's Christmas tree farm), is the main arch of book, but it's really and truly not a romance.

What I Liked
I actually really enjoyed reading the story of a character that I didn't like all that much quite a bit of the time. Despite that Natalie wasn't very likable at the beginning of the book, I was rooting for her to grow as a person and stop judging others and herself. Her valuing her personal toughness is really compelling and Connor's admiration of her toughness feels real and endearing. Natalie's obsession with what people think of her was an interesting juxtaposition with Connor's relative lack of concern about his peers' opinion of him, despite that he's the football team quarterback. The author handled the sexual situations in the book very, very honestly and tastefully--which is all too rare in young adult novels, even today (they're either trying to be too "edgy" or are too fade-to-black behind closed doors. The sub-plot related to Spencer, a freshman Natalie used to babysit is an interesting one, and I enjoyed it as much as the main story.

What I Didn't Like
I really didn't understand the private school setting. It didn't bother me, per se, but I wasn't sure why some of the students were there (heck, I didn't understand why Connor was at Ross Academy, since it appeared to be a prep school, and he and his parents didn't plan on his attending college). It felt like the setting was in the private school so that the plot setup involving the school uniforms could happen, rather than so it could contribute to the over-arching storyline. As in most YA contemporaries, I wished for more backstory for the male love interest. I wanted to know more about him than just that he and Natalie are vaguely different.

Finally
I see this as a book that could be important for a lot of teen girls to read. The realistic and frank discussion of sexuality and stereotypes is thoughtful and well-done. The hypocrisy of the adults in the story is something to which teens will relate and could be a good jumping off point for discussion.
Natalie is the girl who knows what she wants academic success, student council leadership, and avoidance of the male miscreants that run amok at her school and destroy girls' lives with one raucous laugh and joke. Her one friend was at the receiving end of one of these boys' cruelties in freshman year, and now, as seniors, Natalie has almost made it out home-free.

Until the entrance of two very different people into her life throws her into disarray. Spencer, her former babysitting charge, is now a one-woman force, unafraid to play up her sexuality and toy with the boys, much to Natalie's chagrin. And Connor Hughes, quarterback and supposedly the biggest jerk of them all, surprises her with a side of him that she's never known...and his interest in her.

Can Natalie deal with changing up her entire philosophy for success and feminism?

NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL, Siobhan Vivian's third novel, succeeds where few other contemporary YAs do it features a smart, determined, but not always nice or right female protagonist and a strong message of the different definitions of what female empowerment entails.

Natalie is not a straightforwardly sympathetic protagonist. She's smart and has obviously accomplished much, yes, and her narration is delightful for the "over-read" YA reader anguished and angsty, determined and stubborn, without being overly dramatic and annoying. However, we get the sense early on that, despite the seeming solidness of her feminist creed, she could stand to learn a lesson or two. Too often I feel like YA protagonists are always made out to either be ethically perfect in dealing with external problems, or else have an identity utterly wrapped up in a love interest. Thus, Natalie is a breath of fresh air--even if she may snap at you, and even slap you, for daring to objectify her as refreshing.

There are a gratifying number of strong females in this novel--even if not all of them are "strong" in the best ways--but Spencer is probably the most admirable character of them all. She is the type of girl Natalie fears, though for all the wrong reasons. Spencer is confident, strong-willed, feminine, and, to Natalie's horror, not afraid to play up her feminine appeal to get her way. Spencer and Natalie come from different schools of feminism, and while there is no clear answer as to which of them is more correct--Spencer gets hurt more, but she also lives--they are excellent examples of the different manifestations of feminism...with a hearty dose of entertainment in their shenanigans and interactions, too.

NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL focuses on the feminism aspect, on what it could mean for a female to be empowered, but it's hardly preachy, and not without a crackling romance as well (although Natalie's interactions with Connor was something I wish had been more fleshed out). Siobhan Vivian is a strong writer with a talent for character subtleties. This is my first book of hers, but it will certainly not be my last. Don't overlook this strong gem of a contemporary YA read!
This book was amazing and led me through so many different emotions but, the main character,Natalie, is really unlike able. She is a slut shamer perfectionist and a man hater. She only gets better during the last few pages. This is a must read, but a little agrivating.
Spoilers ahead;
I hated how rude she was to Conner and Spencer. She just didn't understand how much effort they put into being her friend/boyfriend. I loved how emotional and realistic everything was but I couldn't get over the fact that I hated her so much.