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Grade: D

Former good girl Evelyn uses her kinda sorta boyfriend for sex. Now she's pregnant and has some decisions to make. Abortion? Adoption? Raising the baby? He has no interest in being a father and she, well, she'd rather have the baby disappear and not have to make any decisions. She's also juggling a cheating father, cold mother, narcissistic best friend.

Evelyn was a hard character to embrace. While I could easily see why she was withdrawn, noncommittal, unfriendly and sometimes unkind, I didn't feel particularly sympathetic to her plight. She had so many people who loved and wanted to support her. Yes, they were imperfection, but she didn't appreciate anyone or realize that others had feelings and a right to their reactions to her behavior. Caela Carter did make most of the characters multidimensional and avoided following back on stereotypes, but none of the characters were particularly memorable. I was glad to see Carter filled the novel with diverse characters.

Similarly, the writing was marginal, I didn't highlight any profound statements or feel wowed, but I also didn't roll my eyes wondering how ME, HIM, THEM, IT got published either. I never felt like Evelyn was really making a choice, or that Carter put any tension into that decision. I knew there was one choice she'd never make, in fact, Carter did a pretty half baked job making me believe Evelyn even considered that option, which, on my opinion, would have made for a much braver path to take.

Themes: teen pregnancy, birth control, sex, family, dysfunction, friendship, multicultural characters, lesbian families

ME, HIM, THEM, IT is a below average read, with some bright spots.


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Me Him Them and It Caela Carter Books Reviews

Since this is the internet, I might as well state it. This book made me, a 30 something year old male, cry. Not sobbing, mind you, but a real good, solid tear or 4. Here's why.

Yes, this is a book about a pregnant teenager. Some would believe you need to have 1st hand experience with teenage pregnancies in order to get anything out of this book. Not true at all.

This book is great because it makes one think about the infinite possibilities of happiness, joy, and love that can manifest themselves from the truly chaotic, crazy, but wonderful entity that is a family. The book makes you think about the relationships you have in your own life, and how precious and unique each one of them are, regardless of what type of situation you may find yourself.

"Me, Him, Them and It" helped me to remember that, regardless of what I may encounter in life, ultimately, family and friends can be a lifesaver. Sometimes people forget they do not need to be blessed with Herculean strength to get through life. This book reminded me that friends & family are willing and able to share in my struggle. And for that, I thank this book in the form of 5 stars.
This book was recommended to me by a friend, and I'll admit to being a little surprised. It often doesn't occur to me to read Young Adult literature, but if Me Him Them and It is any indication, I'll be revisiting this genre more often. Evie is perhaps the most maddening narrator I have ever encountered, but that's the point. If she weren't so well developed and true to life, I wouldn't want to reach through the pages and shake her. She is so fully developed that it's hard to keep in mind that she is a character. Her growth is marked by one step forward, two steps back, which is something I remember from my teenage years. I had no idea how the story would end, and I found myself simultaneously being excited and disappointed when the number of pages I still had to read were diminishing. I wanted to know what happened, but I didn't want the book to end. I could not put the book down. I would recommend this book to readers of any age. I look forward to future books from Ms. Carter.
We've all seen the teen pregnancy book before.

The one about the nice, smart, pretty girl who no one thought it would ever happen to. About the difficult decision she'd have to make that, really, could only go one of three ways Abortion. Adoption. Pre-mature motherhood.

But I have to say, not since reading Joyce Sweeney's WAITING FOR JUNE, have I read a pregnancy book that made me feel something fresh and raw, the way Caela Carter's debut novel, ME, HIM, THEM, and IT did. Immediately, I loved protagonist, Evelyn, and believed the pain she suffered while her parent's marriage turned from distant and vacant, to ugly. I sympathized with her need to shake her "good-girl" image just to make them see anything other the hate they hurled at each other. And I felt her sorrow, her rock-bottom feeling of helplessness, when her life went from bad, to way, way worse.

And when the unthinkable did happen, I felt pained over which road she should take I wanted her to keep the baby. I wanted her to give it to a loving family that couldn't have children of their own. I wanted her to just get rid of it and get her old life back and pretend it never happened in the first place.

For me, ME, HIM, THEM, and IT will always stand out in my mind as one of the most poignantly written stories about the power of choosing who we are, and who we want to become.
Grade D

Former good girl Evelyn uses her kinda sorta boyfriend for sex. Now she's pregnant and has some decisions to make. Abortion? Adoption? Raising the baby? He has no interest in being a father and she, well, she'd rather have the baby disappear and not have to make any decisions. She's also juggling a cheating father, cold mother, narcissistic best friend.

Evelyn was a hard character to embrace. While I could easily see why she was withdrawn, noncommittal, unfriendly and sometimes unkind, I didn't feel particularly sympathetic to her plight. She had so many people who loved and wanted to support her. Yes, they were imperfection, but she didn't appreciate anyone or realize that others had feelings and a right to their reactions to her behavior. Caela Carter did make most of the characters multidimensional and avoided following back on stereotypes, but none of the characters were particularly memorable. I was glad to see Carter filled the novel with diverse characters.

Similarly, the writing was marginal, I didn't highlight any profound statements or feel wowed, but I also didn't roll my eyes wondering how ME, HIM, THEM, IT got published either. I never felt like Evelyn was really making a choice, or that Carter put any tension into that decision. I knew there was one choice she'd never make, in fact, Carter did a pretty half baked job making me believe Evelyn even considered that option, which, on my opinion, would have made for a much braver path to take.

Themes teen pregnancy, birth control, sex, family, dysfunction, friendship, multicultural characters, lesbian families

ME, HIM, THEM, IT is a below average read, with some bright spots.