The Museum of Heartbreak - Meg Leder
Book Synopsis: In this ode to all the things we gain and lose and gain again, seventeen-year-old Penelope Marx curates her own mini-museum to deal with all the heartbreaks of love, friendship, and growing up. Welcome to the Museum of Heartbreak. Well, actually, to Penelope Marx’s personal museum. The one she creates after coming face to face with the devastating, lonely-making butt-kicking phenomenon known as heartbreak. Heartbreak comes in all forms: There’s Keats, the charmingly handsome new guy who couldn’t be more perfect for her. There’s possibly the worst person in the world, Cherisse, whose mission in life is to make Penelope miserable. There’s Penelope’s increasingly distant best friend Audrey. And then there’s Penelope’s other best friend, the equal-parts-infuriating-and-yet-somehow-amazing Eph, who has been all kinds of confusing lately. But sometimes the biggest heartbreak of all is learning to let go of that wondrous time before you ever knew things could be broken.
I can easily sum up my feelings about this book in three words: I hated it.
There was something so immature about the writing, the development of the characters, and the overall plot of the story. Everything was too predictable, I knew what was going to happen from the very beginning.
All of the characters were terrible, but there was one saving grace.
Never fall in love with the idea of somebody. Seriously, that was it, wise words from the museum of heartbreak.
Although, I didn't particularly enjoy reading this book, I found it cute in some ways, and I will definitely be reading Meg Leder's other novels.
I was so disappointed with the ending, I wish it was longer and maybe then my rating would've been higher. So much for all the hype, and since I found this book through Instagram, I deeply regret it.
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆