Just For Clicks by Kara Mc Dowell
Book: Just For Clicks
Author: Kara McDowell
Publisher: Amberjack Publishing
Release date: 19th Feb 2019
Readership: Teens and YA
Links: Goodreads
Review:
The glow of a screen makes it easy to avoid thinking - Claire Dixon
Every time she talked about checking her phone reminded me of how we used open the fridge because we were bored before touch screens existed.
Claire Dixon daughter of Mommy Blogger Ashley Dixon and the twin sister of perfect Poppy Dixon is tired of not being in control of her life. Tired of not being in control of what she does and what people think.
Her only way out of it is going away for college but the idea soon becomes another impossible dream when her sister's dream comes true.
Just for Clicks by Kara McDowell is a book about social media, cyber bully, family, love and making the change you want and deserve.
I love the fact that the book is so much in sync with what is happening today, everyday. As a blogger myself I related to it as if it was my life, but I was Poppy.
Claire on the other hand is someone who would rather code and be behind the blog than braid her hair to be in front of it. Her strained relationship with her mom, sister and newly found friendship Raphael keeps you in the moment.
I did have some trouble at the start but I ended of reading half of the book in a night. Kara has a unique way of writing, she talks about the issues while also making you laugh. She looks through Claire's eyes even though the family wants best for her, she doesn't feel it and neither do you.
The story arc also takes a very satisfying turn by the end and I am so glad Kara ended the book the way that she did. (No Spoilers) It brakes a pattern and still gives you the truth and all the feels.
Verdict: Just For Clicks is refreshing and still manages to talk about all the unsettling situations in teen lives.
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This book sounds interesting, I like the fact that it features modern issues such as cyber bullying. I had to laugh at the comment about constantly looking in the fridge, I still do that now!
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