THE DUFF: DESIGNATED FAT FRIEND BOOK REVIEW

Title: The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend

Author: Kody Keplinger [Twitter||Facebook]

Published: September 7, 2010

My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars 

                    Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper is cynical and loyal, and she doesn’t think she’s the prettiest of her friends by a long shot. She’s also way too smart to fall for the charms of man-slut and slimy school hottie Wesley Rush. In fact, Bianca hates him. And when he nicknames her “the Duff,” she throws her Coke in his face.

But things aren’t so great at home right now, and Bianca is desperate for a distraction. She ends up kissing Wesley. Worse, she likes it. Eager for escape, Bianca throws herself into a closeted enemies-with-benefits relationship with him.

Until it all goes horribly awry. It turns out Wesley isn’t such a bad listener, and his life is pretty screwed up, too. Suddenly Bianca realizes with absolute horror that she’s falling for the guy she thought she hated more than anyone.

       Review

“No matter where you go or what you do to distract yourself, reality catches up with you eventually.”

― Kody Keplinger

I fell in love with this book slowly then all at once (sorry for that reference) but I cannot get over on how it turned out in the end! It feels like my entire inside feels just exploded. Okay, let’s get started. The Duff is set in a modern world where teenagers are being teenagers in high school. Just kidding, let’s start with the characters.

So let’s talk about Bianca, wow I have never been so in love with a character, I know she is fictional but damn! I really like Bianca and her wittiness. I love how she’s being straight to the point, and her voice in the book was written eloquently. She’s a strong and lovable character at the same, there’s even a time when I almost wished she’s my girlfriend. *sigh*

And her friends; Casey and Jessica, they are the bomb! Casey is this sisterly type friend where she will always be there whenever you need help, even at the middle of midnight. Then we have Jessica, this sweet girl who reminds me the most of Lisa from Awkward (The TV series I am obsessed right now) but much more smart and sensitive. They are the type of friends you want to hang out with.  

Then here comes Wesley Rush, the man-whore which Bianca really really hate, she hate him more than I hate school. Yes, he is the man-whore who is actually attractive and can make any girls swoon at any moment. And last but not the least Toby Tucker, Bianca’s long time crush. She sees him as this guy who is nearly perfect.  

The storyline flowed so nicely, I didn’t even spotted any dull moments here. Though at some point I got irritated on Bianca because she’s being a total bit*h to her friends, but still I understand her ‘cause she’s undergoing a hard time with her family.

I didn’t expect to be hooked so hard in this book. My experience on reading this book is crazy! Every single time I read a line from Wesley and Bianca’s conversation makes me want to jump off a cliff. And when I came across with this line:

"Wesley Rush doesn't chase girls, but I'm chasing you."

All of my feels broke down. What the actual heck right?  I’ve read a lot of stories like this but this one is different, it felt real to me. She did good on emphasizing the true meaning of being a teenager. Miss Kody has written this so well, so thank you so much.