This is Not the Jess Show: Reasons Why You Should Read This Book

5 Reasons to Read This is Not the Jess Show

1) It's about a girl who knows something is wrong in her hometown because people are disappearing and the first iPhone appeared in 1998.

2) It's not only a contemporary read but also a thriller!
3) There are many plot twists that will keep you reading in one sitting!
4) It is a fast-paced book that is Black Mirror meets My So-Called Life

5) There is developing friendship and finding freedom!

This is Not the Jess Show: Mood Board

1) 1990s

2) Jess Flynn

3) normal life

4) people disappearing

5) Sara

6) iPhone in 1998

7) map

8) leaving

9) hiding

This is Not the Jess Show: Review

Rating: 4/5 stars

Review:  This book was such an amazing read and I loved the plot story to this. This is going to be a rough review because it's hard to write without spoiling the whole story. So this book is about Jess who lives in the 90s but does she really? She sees her friend drop a phone with an apple logo but there are still 9 more years until the iPhone releases. There is a whole world out there Jess doesn't know about but will she find out?

I loved the author's writing in this book. It was such an amazing story with amazing plot twists to it. It is unique and a never read before story which will keep you on your feet because it did for me. The book was easy to read and short. Even though the summary was completely different then what I thought in m head what the book was going to be about, I enjoyed this book.

I enjoyed the characters in this book especially Jess. She was such a fun and enjoyable character. It was fun reading her adventures and her discovering the mystery of her hometown. There were some romance in this book but it wasn't the key factor. The theme of this book was freedom which you will see why when you read this book.

The only problem I had with this book was the pacing. It was going at a good speed in the beginning until it started picking up the pace and felt a little rushed. Other than that I did enjoy the story. I thought the ending was a good turnout but there is a book 2. I will be reading it because I want to see what happens to Jess. I totally recommend this book!

Criteria:

Plot- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Main Character- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Other Characters- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Writing Style- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Pacing- ⭐⭐⭐⭐★

Ending- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Romance: kissing

Book Cover- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is Not the Jess Show: Welcome Post

This is Not the Jess Show by Anna Carey

Publisher: Quirk Books

Genre: YA Contemporary and Thriller

Age: 13+

Summary: A timely YA thriller about a teenage girl whose reality may not be what it seems, blending 90s nostalgia with a speculative hook that dissects our modern reality TV and influencer-obsessed culture.

Like many teens, sometimes it feels as though everything in Jess Flynn's life has been engineered for maximum drama--from her performance at the school talent show, to the reappearance of her childhood best friend and perennial crush Jeremy, to her friends trying to set her up with one of the hottest guys in school. It's almost as if everything might finally be going her way...until one day a tiny black phone with an apple logo on its screen falls out of her best friend's backpack and lands at Jess's feet.

The problem is, it's 1998, and the first iPhone isn't due out for another nine years.

Jess's friends refuse to acknowledge the strange device. Her sister Sara, on hospice care with a terminal blood disease, for once can't tell Jess what she should do. It's almost as if everyone is hiding something from her. Even her beloved dog Fuller seems different...like, literally different, because he definitely didn't have that same pattern of spots on his stomach last week...

Nothing in Jess Flynn's world is as it seems, and as the cracks begin to show, Jess will discover her entire life is nothing more than someone else's entertainment. Except in this reality, the outside world is no place anyone would want to escape to.

About the Author: Anna Carey has been a gift wrapper, face painter, nanny, horrific cocktail waitress, sofa saleswoman and children's book editor. She graduated from New York University and has an MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College. She currently lives in Los Angeles, where she can be found writing, reading, and referencing 90s pop culture.