Lucky Girl - Completed

'I wish I could be like that, but I’m cursed with shyness and a terror of taking up too much space.' Oof, what a mood. I'll be honest, I relate a lot to the main character in that sense, and also in the sense that she feels like an outsider a bit in her friend group. I've felt that way a lot of the time and know how much it absolutely sucks. But also in the sense that she seems to think being a background character can sometimes be a good thing; I agree with her, wanting to be well-known is something I don't always understand either. Sometimes it's better to just...exist : P

It's actually a really nice surprise to have the rich, made-up girl who always looks exactly as she wants be the genuinely kind sort as well. The making the most of the summer feeling here actually feels more sad for me as a reader than anything? Probably because they're teenagers, and it's only a few years before adulthood swallows all their fun time so it feels like this might be one of the last times they can really have time to have these heart to hearts by the beach. I really love the descriptions of this, and how much she takes in all of her scenery but without it being over-descriptive.