Honestly, this sucked. I barely made it through and the second star is only because the representation was so well done and integrated into the story. The story doesn't read or feel realistic at all. When I was copying over the summary for this review I laughed at the line "utterly relateable" because nothing in this is relatable in the slightest.

But I would have liked way more to be done in terms of the plot (which was laughable and basically self-insert fanfiction...) and to develop the relationships. Sometimes with large casts like this in a contemporary setting, there isn't as much development for each character.

I think there was a start to a good representation and tackling of the abusive relationship aspect (both romantic and parental). But because there were so many other things going on and other characters to introduce, it got a bit lost in its way. My expectations were way higher for this one because lot of people I trust raved about it in their reviews. But it just didn't land with me. 

To be honest, most of the characters I could only identify by their "identity" rather than what drives them or what they want to do. Which also isn't great, but it's at least better than completely forgetting them. 

And since this book was supposed to be about music, there wasn't a whole lot of that either. Sure, we heard some snippets of songs, but it definitely wasn't about a "teen rockstar" in the way that I wanted it to be - or as it was advertised. I would have liked more time spent on getting ready for touring, coming up with set lists, etc. and not as much time on "Is TMZ going to get a picture of this."