Week 34 Review: Your Own Worst Enemy

From Goodreads:
Three candidates, three platforms, and a whirlwind of social media, gaffes, and protests makes for a ridiculous and hilarious political circus in Gordon Jack's second highly satirical novel. Perfect for fans of Andrew Smith and Frank Portman.

They say that with great power comes great responsibility. Unless you're student body president at Lincoln High School. Then you get all the responsibility but none of the power. And the three candidates running for president know all about that.

Stacey Wynn is the front-runner, but she didn't count on Julia Romero entering this race. Julia is challenging Stacey for the title while also putting the moves on Stacey's campaign adviser and only friend, Brian. And then there is Tony Guo, the way outsider. Tony is usually oblivious to the school's political campaigning, as he's oblivious to anything that isn't about getting high and drinking all the Space Cow chocolate milk he can stomach. But when his favorite beverage is banned at school, a freshman political "mastermind" convinces Tony to become the voice of the little guy. But what kind of voice is that, really?

If this were an ordinary high school election, the winner would be whichever candidate was the most popular. But this year, each candidate may have to sink to a new low to win an election that could change the course of...very little. 

My Review:
Man, this book was just hilarious! It was over the top and the way it started off with a a lot of dramatics with a golf cart and being brought to the principal. Just how seriously some of these characters were taking a school election was just fun to read!

We did follow a few of the students, all somehow connected to the election, be it that they were running, or they where helping someone run. And they had various reasons for wanting to take part, some more serious than others, or had more serious issues as to why they were running.

There were a lot of secrets, like Julia and why she's at the school. I love how these stories interwove, how the different actions impacted the other students and the school. How some serious issues came up, though they were tempered by some of the little things that Tony did. Sure, the freshmans should have a voice, but they didn't care about anything that was really important.

That ending was really satisfying, how everything worked out. A few characters were really tricky, with some interesting maneuvers that occurred. It just came together really well, the funny, the outraging, the ridiculous. I had a great time reading it!

I had a great time reading this book, and I'd love to read more by Gordon Jack! 

Author: Gordon Jack
Read: August 20th, 2020
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2020 Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: November 13th 2018

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