Free College Admissions Essays: The Nevers List

This was an odd book for me. I had a lot of trouble getting into it and even at the midway point this book was only a 2-3 star book. But then towards the end it got much better and I ended up giving it four stars because the ending didn't go as I had expected it and I gave it major points for that.

This is a story about two best friends and their quest to not conform. These days it's so hard to not fit into some type of mold though. Julia and Dave are both aloof, cool, and walk down a different path than most of the kids at their school. They think high school is a cliche and that 99% of the kids at their school are cliches. I feel like a lot of this comes from Julia's and her issues with her mother. Julia's mother is a "free spirit", she roams the world, hopping from country to country, doing whatever she wants. She sadly doesn't spend that much time with her daughter, having left her in the care of her father and his partner, but Julia idolizes her mother's alternative lifestyle. And I think that a lot of the reason why Julia thinks the way she does is because of that.
As the summary explains, Dave and Julia start a pact (which they write down and title the "Nevers List") right before high school, swearing off participating in any of the "dreadful" high school cliches that were just bound to arise. Just some of these cliches