Why We Broke Up

Why We Broke Up, written by Daniel Handler, is your typical Young Adult novel. Ed and Min have an, all too familiar, breakup. They are also a case of opposites attracting with Ed Slaterton being co-captain of the Hellman High varsity basketball team and Min being the weird, Artsy girl that she is. The story of their break-up consist of: two bottle caps, a movie ticket from Greta in the wild, a note, a box of matches, your protractor, Joan’s book, stolen sugar, a toy truck, earrings, a comb, a best friend, a mischievous ex-girlfriend and a simple cardboard box. These objects take the reader deep inside the love story that was Ed and Min’s heartbreaking break up. In retrospect, Why We Broke Up is a novel directed toward a female audience, hence the fact that it is written from a female’s perspective. Although, I must say I enjoyed the way the story was told in a series of flashbacks written in a letter. I enjoyed parts of Why We Broke Up, but as a whole it was easy to lose interest from time to time.  I would recommend, Why We Broke Up, to young adults whom are struggling with their own love story. In closing, Why We Broke Up was not the best choice of novel for me. Although, I think the book had both low and high points, like most novels do. This novel has a very select audience, in which I did not fit.