![]() ![]() If Jola didn’t swear so fucking much I could see this as a YA book, though one where the breakthrough moment is subverted- if it happens at all- there’s no big before and after on which the book hangs, unless that’s the math test (it isn’t). A book about losing a dog and struggling with maths ends up about mostly neither. So Bark Bark Girl is not really the story you know. But Bark Bark Girl is also a true account of being even more overwhelmed than the regular always, and Michael Furler presents the experience with staggering accuracy. Don’t get me wrong, this is a silly goof of a book. ![]() Uh, second chances come and are lain to waste, she’s reaping what she’s sewn for sure, but her channeling emotional instability into self-sabotage level procrastination is relatable and watching a kid hit the wall, turn themselves off, and power through the rough shit, wow. You know the story, a real crisis arises, she loses her dog but has to cram for the exam, she doesn’t know how to handle it, she internalizes her unmanageable feelings instead of falling apart and, wait, what. Jola fakes crises to overcompensate for being a slacker. ![]()
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