Character Clues

Character Analysis

Thoughts and Opinions

Okay, so since this book is Georgia's diary, it's kind of one long revelation of her thoughts and feelings. We never see Georgia through the eyes of anyone but herself, and we only know other characters through Georgia's eyes. This means that on the one hand, we have a really clear sense of Georgia—we know the inner-workings of her mind—but on the other, we really don't know her at all because we have nothing to measure her thoughts and opinions. This book is Georgia's word… and we'll have to take her word for it.

For instance, at one point Georgia gets mad at Jas and wants her other friends to pick sides. She writes:

Rosie, Ellen, and Jools are not taking sides in this, which I hate… how dare they be so fair-minded?

How dim and thick can you be? I'd stop speaking to them but then I wouldn't have anyone to talk to at all. (6.743-744)

We know exactly what Georgia thinks of this situation: She wants her friends to pick sides, and while she recognizes they're probably just being fair, she still wishes they wouldn't be (which reminds us that Georgia's not quite as mature as she fancies herself to be). Thing is, though, we have no idea what's really going on. Maybe they're secretly Team Jas and just keeping it on the down low, or maybe they're secretly Team Get Over It when it comes to the endless cycle of drama between Jas and Georgia. Unless they let Georgia know, we'll never know otherwise.

Speech and Dialogue

As much as this book is filled with Georgia's thoughts and opinions, one of the best ways we get to know other characters more clearly (think: not just through the lens of Georgia's mind) is from their dialogue. For instance, Mark, Georgia's short-term boyfriend, reveals his priorities pretty clearly when he says to her:

"Look, Georgia, this is not personal or anything, but er… I think you're too young for me. I'm going back out with Ella because she lets me do things to her. Sorry, see you later." (5.600)

Yup, dude wants to get physical and he wants to be with a girl who's on the same page, so goodbye, Georgia. What a blunt charmer.

While Mark's revelation might not seem that important—he's not a major player in the big picture, after all—other snippets of dialogue actually counteract some of Georgia's own thoughts and feelings. For instance, Jas is generally presented as a super confident and with it kind of girl (more on her in the "Characters" section). But when she says: "I don't think I'll ever get a boyfriend, no one asked me to dance even" (6.655), we understand that she's just as susceptible to insecurity as Georgia herself is.

In short, keep an eye on dialogue because it's an excellent chance to balance Georgia's assessments, particularly of people, with a bit of evidence from their own mouths.

Sex and Love

Georgia is quick to fall in love… or something like it, anyway. She is infatuated with Robbie from the moment she first sees him: "I was just about to tell him (even though in our plan it wasn't really his turn) […] when a Sex God came out of the back room" (2.221). If that's not falling hard at first sight, then we don't know what is. She wants to be with Robbie immediately, which shows she is driven by her heart, and the seriousness she places on this attraction lets us know she's pretty immature on the relationship front.

Georgia's not alone in her thoughts about love revealing her immaturity, though—in fact, we'd say that there isn't a teenage character who this isn't true about. Feel free to analyze them each and disagree with us, though. We love a good argument.