Rereads: A Game Worth Watching by Samantha Gudger

Source: Goodreads

Hey!

I'm doing this thing where I'm re-reading a bunch of books that I've read and loved this year, but failed to review out of shear laziness. So here goes!

A Game Worth Watching was awesome. I really really enjoyed this book. The storyline itself is not original but it was executed so well that I didn't care. I was there right along with the protagonist Emma. I felt her fears, her hopelessness, her insecurities. I felt it all. And the thing is, my love of this book is purely a testament to Gudger's writing ability, because Emma's character has a couple of traits that I normally can't stand. She snaps at people that try to get close to her for one and she sees herself as completely worthless. But Gudger just did such a great job of providing an in depth look at her both her home situation and her inner dialogue/ thought process, that I was sympathetic. Sure I didn't always agree with her opinions or her actions but I was rooting for her. I was rooting for her to break free from the poison that she had internalised and when she did I actually fist-pumped and yelled "YESSS!!"

So to summarise, it completely drew me in.
Note: Squeaky clean, 4.25 stars