As one of the biggest fans of the movie which was inspired by this book I had really high expectations going into this. But whatever I expected it definitely wasn't this. Well, to be exact I thought this would be a light, breezy and easy-going comedy. I was very wrong, but once I got over the initial disappointment of not seeing my favourite movie being copied into a book I started loving this book very unexpectedly.

Normally I would hate this type of book. A girl and a boy having a lot of sex while trying not to develop any feelings and failing tremendously followed by falling into huge denial about having them. And then as a cherry on top just throwing in a love triangle. I know, sounds terrible. Despite all that, I have completely fallen for this book. The way it was written and performed was just genius and felt completely natural while reading. It was like watching someone's life.

I loved how the book itself compared her whole situation to at first to [b:The Scarlet Letter|12296|The Scarlet Letter|Nathaniel Hawthorne|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1404810944l/12296._SY75_.jpg|4925227] and then to [b:Wuthering Heights|6185|Wuthering Heights|Emily Brontë|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388212715l/6185._SY75_.jpg|1565818]. It kinda reminded me of my second most favourite movie Easy A where's just this one funny quote:

(Note: Well, if you watch the movie you'll find out that the second part of the gif isn't actually true, but I'll leave that to you.)

Anyway, back to The DUFF. I loved all the characters, they felt completely relatable. It felt like Bianca was actually describing my life (minus all that drama because my life is completely plain and boring, but I guess most of the readers have it same). Anyway it was so relatable I could imagine myself in her position (if I was in her situation). Sharing with friends is very important, but I get that sometimes you get that feeling you can't just share everything because the saying the words out loud would make the whole situation even more real. I wouldn't say this just from hearing about this book, but even in this moment I understood the main heroin and was rooting for her all the way. I even got her crush on Toby because just from the description he sounded really dreamy. Okay, maybe he wasn't the most attractive one, but his personality really got me <3. There was just this one moment I had to laugh really hard because of the differences between his book and movie portrayals. Just look at them!!!

This is the book Toby:

Toby Tucker. Aside from the tragic alliteration, he was perfect in every single way. He wasn’t a testosterone-loaded football player. He wasn’t an overly sensitive guitar-playing hippie. He didn’t write poetry or wear eyeliner. So he probably wouldn’t have been classified as the typical hottie, but that worked in my favor, right?

Meanwhile THIS is the one they used in the movie (I really can't stop laughing right now):

I mean, did the producers read that line from the book describing hippie guitar-player and just though: Wow, he sure sounds like the guy all the girls would be into. Let's put him there!
And just one last thing about the movie and I'll set you free. Did anyone else notice that most of the YA drama romances which go from book to movie adaptation didn't have "the main mean girl" in the written version, but on screen there's always one? And also despite the main girl being averagely popular (meaning nobody really cares that much, but she's still in the middle of things), she always becomes a complete outsider in the movies/TV shows. I don't get it. Does Hollywood think it will make the whole thing more relatable? Not everyone is the hated person on the bottom of the food chain and honestly, most of the schools don't even have that "popular mean girl". That's just a complete movie fantasy. Like just tell me did you ever met anyone the whole school was talking about? I didn't even know all the people from the parallel class so knowing and remembering half of the school sounds awfully difficult. I'm actually really interested in this topic so if you have anything interesting to add, don't be shy and write down in the comments, please…

Just one last thing. I really liked that this book also mentioned some of the alcoholism problems, but I think it wasn't really debated deep enough, but if it was I don't think it would really fit in this book. It was just solved so easily and unrealistically, but I guess good for Bianca. I wish it would work this easily in real life, but that's a discussion for another time.