Don't Ever Change

Reviewed by: Kara Reiman - Walker Memorial Library, Westbrook, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 7, 2016

Review

Eva is a recent high school grad and hopeful writer trying to follow her teacher's advice of writing what she knows. In order to do that, she needs to have some new experiences. She spends the summer as a camp counselor, messing up her job and her life right and left. Eva is a thoroughly unlikable character as written. She’s selfish and dense and refuses to change even though she knows she's pushing people away. She goes through no change and yet, somehow gets a happy ending anyway. The author writes in a very simplistic way, which makes it feel more like a screenplay (which she also writes) than a novel. Not recommended.

Overall Book Score: fair