Book Review: The Breakup Bible

The Breakup Bible
by Melissa Kantor
Rating- 5/5 Lily Pads
Hardcover Edition
Pages- 265
Would I recommend it?
Yes!!
This book was not sent to me for a review, I bought this book myself and this is my own opinion.
No Spoilers!!


Hi everyone! I am so sorry I haven't done a review in a long time. I've been so busy with my youtube channel and haven't been in the mood to write reviews. I am back today with a review for a book I really loved which is "The Breakup Bible" by one of my favorite authors, Melissa Kantor. Stay tuned for my review.

Okay everyone, first I am going to tell you guys what this book is about.

The Plot
Basically "The Breakup Bible" is about a teenage girl who is a Junior in High School. She is one of the editors for the school newspaper, "The Spectator"
Jen's life is perfect until her boyfriend says "I think it would be better if we were just friends". After Max dumps her, Jen's life turns upside down and she becomes depressed. She can't get over him no matter what, especially after she discovers, he already has a new girlfriend, Anya and Jen hates her more than ever. She visits her Nana and Nana gives her a little gift. It's a self-help book called "The Breakup Bible". In the book there are ten commandments to help get over a breakup. At first Jen doesn't care about the book or Dr. Emerson's advice. Later she starts to read the book and follow the commandments. Does the book help Jen finally get over Max? Will she be with the boy her dad wants her to be with, and will she give Eugene(Gene) a chance? You will have to read the book to find out. I am not giving you any spoilers. So now here's my opinion.

My Opinion

This book was just so good. First of all you  need to know that Melissa Kantor is one of my favorite contemporary authors. She is such a good writer and I love how her characters are so realistic and are so easy to relate to. I read two other books from her called "Confessions of a Not It Girl" and "If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?" and I loved those books. It's really sad that Melissa is such an underrated author. I haven't seen or heard anything about her in booktube. I guess it's up to me to rave about her, and get people to read her books. Her characters are just so likable and I could relate to all of them. Even though I've never had a boyfriend and never been dumped, I found this book really inspirational. I feel everyone who's been dumped can really relate to this book. I'm not trying to spoil anything but I'm glad Jen really got better and learned the breakup was for the better. I loved her two best friends Clara and Martha. They were really good friends and I enjoyed reading them. I loved Todd. Todd is friends with Jen and helps her with the school newspaper. They write an article about race and Todd was just such a great guy. He's black and I love how Jen and Todd tried to improve the school. I hated Max since the beginning of the book, and not just because he dumped Jen and put her through all her misery. Since the novel was about Jen and her breakup, Max wasn't really in the book that much. When he was in the book, he acted like a selfish jerk. I'm not gonna tell you why, you'll have to read the book yourself, because like I said before, I'm not spoiling anything. I didn't get what Jen saw in him, and I was waiting for her to finally get over him, especially because he started dating Anya right after the breakup. What I also liked about this book was, the author really gets you to feel what the narrator/Jen is feeling. I felt all her emotions. I really liked Jen and was so happy for her in the end. If you guys are wondering who Gene is, I'll explain. Basically after the breakup, Jen's dad wanted to set her up with Gene. At first she didn't want to because she was just dumped, and she still really loves Max. They go on one date and something happens. I really liked Gene. He was a good guy and he was so much better than stupid Max. The ending was so satisfying and I learned something from this book. Whenever something bad happens in your life, something good comes too. Usually when I have a bad day, something good happens to me at the end of the day and that's exactly what happened in this book. I love when books make you learn something. This book was just so meaningful and the idea was so clever. It's basically a fiction self-help book that everyone should read. If I ever get dumped in the future, I will read this book, and I know it will help me feel better. Do I recommend this book, of course I do! I think everyone should read this book, especially if you just got dumped or broke up with someone. This book has good tips in it. I say this book is worth a buy. I got this book for a dollar at a used book store, but this book is worth so much more than a dollar. If a book touches your soul, you know it's a keeper. Well, I guess this is the end of my review. I didn't think I would have this much to say. Whoever is reading this, go and buy this book now. You won't regret it, it will touch you and make you smile. And please go check out Melissa Kantor's other books. She is a wonderful author and I highly recommend her books. That's it for my review, I hope you liked this review. I will be filming a review for this book on my youtube channel so stay tuned. If you haven't already feel free to check out my channel on the top left of this blog. Thank you so much for reading this review, bye for now and stay tuned for more reviews soon to make up for the past months. Anyway love you all, bye!