![]() The romance blossoms almost exclusively by text messaging, which could spark another good conversation with teens about why the characters feel freer communicating that way, and what your family's values and guidelines are for interacting via text message. College student Jayne Baek majors in marketing at an unnamed New York City fashion school and strives to belong to in-crowds even as her first-person narrative voice delivers searing appraisals of artifice and curated personae contrived to attract attention and adoration. Penny's buried feelings about it and her inability to take action at the time could lead to a discussion about the importance of consent. A young woman struggles with body image, sexuality, identity issues, and her place in the world. Very little violence except telling about someone who kept going after Penny had said no to sex other than the nonconsensual act itself, there was no other violence like beating or struggling. Underage Penny drinks a few times, but not to excess. Strong language includes "d-k," "s-t," "bitch," "a-hole," and references to the "F" word in abbreviations such as "GTFO" and "MILF." Sam is in recovery from alcohol abuse, although he doesn't participate in any structured sobriety method. There are a few kisses and making out, and Penny and Sam sleep in the same bed with clothes on. There's a pregnancy scare, and abortion is briefly discussed. The older teens and young adults make a lot of sexual references and talk about birth control, UTIs, periods, condoms, and more. Choi's Emergency Contact is a romance between college freshman Penny and 21-year-old Sam. Reading Challenge: 6/96 (Yes… my goal changed.Parents need to know that Mary H.K. And through it all, they stayed true to themselves. Seeing their struggles helped me to feel less alone. I loved cheering on Sam and Penny as they found their own ways out, something I’m personally still working on. Sometimes we get so stuck in our own worlds that we don’t notice the struggles going on around us. It doesn't make me feel any less lonely, because life is lonely, but it makes me feel a lot less alone.”īut really… I think I fell in love with Emergency Contact because of the characters. That’s where the real fun comes in.Īnd did I mention there wasn’t that much insta love? You read this book for the text messages. The plot is entirely character driven with the ending slightly anticlimactic. For all the words inside, there really isn’t too much there. If you’re looking for a meaty story, you might want to find another book. Some side plots exist, but they’re watered down and lacking oomph. I wouldn’t say this is solely a romance story and I wouldn't say it isn’t either. Everything precious was also vulnerable.” You never knew what would happen to them out there in the world. I think this is a great message in our current social climate of online media. They’re finally seen for their true selves and are no longer hiding behind the screen they’re showing the world. And in doing so, they find what’s really important. ![]() The cover is designed by the brilliant gg. Choi, Emergency Contact tags: emergency-contact, loveing, precious, the-world, traumatizing, vulnerable 108 likes Like I like knowing that you exist. In the end, they have to save themselves. Bio Contact (non-emergency) New Page You Had Meat Hello (Bio) HUllo. You never knew what would happen to them out there in the world. Neither one of them swoops in to save the day. But guess what… they’re not there to fix each other. Now, most books would have one of the characters try to fix the other one, preferable the girl trying to save the guy. It’s the reason that they become each other’s emergency contacts. They’re both running away from something, which is where the premise of the book comes in. Penny and Sam are pretty messed up in the book. They were normal people thrown into life and trying to swim to the surface, with just enough of a dusting of darkness for my soul to love. No nerd, no jock, no goth kid just trying to fit in. They didn’t fit into these overly caricature derived boxes. The characters were not your typical run of the mill YA contemporary characters - though people will argue with me on that. Looking past all of my issues with the genre placement, I most definitely enjoyed the book. “It's piles and piles of emotional homework forever if you ever want to qualify as a grown-up” Ignoring that, Sam alone is 21 years old. YA is supposed to end the summer before college. But the characters are most definitely outside of the age limits set by SCBWI. There isn’t even a sex scene - sorry if that gives too much away - and the only reason it would be rated PG-13 in movie form is because of sexual context. There’s nothing graphic about Emergency Contact. Let’s start with the very obvious topic that I always harp on… “Fiction was fine, but real life was the true freak show.” Rating: 4 out of 5 Genre: Contemporary, 4 Stars, YA, Romance People who should read this: If you like stories with uncommon characters, hard topics, and fighting the odds.
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