Dear Manny Book Review

Dear Manny

By: Nic Stone

Publish Date: March 4, 2025

Publisher: Random House Children’s/Crown Books for Young Readers

Politics and Current Affairs/Teens and YA

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I would like to thank both NetGalley and Random House for allowing me to read and review this book. All opinions are my own.

Book Review:

I really enjoyed this book, and I gave it 4 stars. This is the third book in the Dear Martin series. I love how the author doesn’t shy away from tough topics. This book is about Jared. Jared is still learning himself in this book. In the past two books he still had somethings to figure out but now that he is in college, he is finally opening his eyes more. Is he perfect? No far from it and he is still scared to stand up for himself and his friends when it comes to his dad. He feels he needs to be somewhat quite because his dad is paying for his schooling and doesn’t want to rock the boat. This is causing him some inner debate with himself. I still like how his friends will stand by him even when he messes up and they will also call him out. I am not a fan of his dad or older brother. Jared is running for the junior class president at his college. He is up against two other people and has his work cut out for himself. He wants to make the campus a better place for all and isn’t sure how to put that into words. He also is trying to keep his GPA up and to help with his stress he is writing letters to his best friend Manny in his journal. I highly recommend this book because it makes you think and gives you some feelings to work through yourself.