Dear Rachel Maddow: A Novel

The book is clearly aimed at a young teenage girl audience, and being so far out of that target demographic made the early chapters a bit rough going for me. But once the characters were introduced and the plot started rolling, I couldn't help but be sucked in, with flashbacks to reading Judy Blume books in my adolescence.
It's a very contemporary story (during the trump presidency), with Rachel Maddow serving as an off-stage guiding light and role model for a gay protagonist, tackling issues such as defying the patriarchy, voter suppression laws, ableism, journalistic integrity, opioid addiction, and the current divisive American political climate.

The biggest problem for me ended up being the unrealistic competence, integrity, and care show more of the principal, teachers, guidance counselors, and staff for the poorly performing kids in a public high school in a struggling Western Pennsylvania town. A school in which the quality of the school lunch vegetables seems to be the biggest crisis to be tackled. If only. show less

Brynne's life is unraveling. Her girlfriend, Sarah, broke up with her. Her brother died of an overdose. Her dad abandoned the family and her mother married Fart Weasel. As a result, she gave up. Her grades dropped and she was relegated to the blue classroom in the basement, a room that didn't even warrant a number.

Her teacher gave the class an assignment to write to a hero. Brynne chose Rachel Maddow. What ensues is a year of emails to Rachel, some sent, some not. It chronicles the ups and downs of Brynne's life, including running for s spot on the Superintendent selection committee and President of Student Government against a sure-fire winner slash slime ball Adam Graff.

Although a novel in emails is not new, Adrienne Kisner puts a show more nice new touch to it. Dear Racehl Maddow is quite entertaining. show less

This is a super cute book. Brynn writes an email to Rachel Maddow for a school project and then continues to write to Rachel without actually sending the emails off. Her emails are like journal entries which take you through the ups and downs of her teenage life.

I really enjoyed this book. I loved the main characters voice, and it made me laugh several times. However, I wished the other kids in the blue room had been more fleshed out. Overall, I would recommend it.

This book was so bloody good. I don't even know how to begin explaining how much I enjoyed listening to this in audiobook format. Just read it, okay? I promise you won't regret it! It was sweet and different and funny and had touching parts and aaahhh. Read it, read it right now.