Who's That Girl

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

Review Date: January 8, 2018

Review

"Who's That Girl" by Blair Thornburgh is about a girl named Natalie, nicknamed "Nattie," who is a junior in high school and has a brief brush with fame. Now a graduated senior, Sebastian Delacroix met her once at a party and had an interesting interaction with her and then he left to form an indie band. She finds out that his band is coming to town and she has to go to his concert. The band plays "Natalie," an original song sung by Sebastian. It's pretty clearly about Nattie. She then has to come to terms with how she feels about Sebastian (or about another friend of hers) and how she's going to deal with the media spotlight. I didn't feel very invested in the characters, though I did like that Nattie had several LGBTQ friends, and the book seemed to drag a lot. It felt like forever before things started happening. Some teens may like it, as it is pretty funny, but I would not call it a must-buy. Reveiwed by Kate Radke.

Overall Book Score: good