ARC Review: Top Ten Clues You’re Clueless

Title/Author: Top Ten Clues You’re Clueless by Liz Czukas

Publication Date/Publisher: December 9, 2014/Harper Teen

Series: No

Source and Format: I received this book for free from the publisher via Edelweiss. This in no way affected my opinion of the book, or the content of my review.

Rating: 2 stars

From Goodreads:

Top Five Things That Are Ruining Chloe’s Day

5) Working the 6:30 a.m. shift at GoodFoods Market

4) Crashing a cart into a customer’s car right in front of her snarky coworker Sammi

3) Trying to rock the “drowned rat” look after being caught in a snowstorm

2) Making zero progress with her crush, Tyson (see #3)

1) Being accused—along with her fellow teenage employees—of stealing upwards of $10,000

Chloe would rather be anywhere than locked in work jail (aka the break room) with five of her coworkers . . . even if one of them is Tyson. But if they can band together to clear their names, what looks like a total disaster might just make Chloe’s list of Top Ten Best Moments.

1. Reads VERY YOUNG – I would guess the characters are 13-14 not 16-18.

2. Very The Breakfast Club-y. Teens are detained (detention) and they are The Brain, The Jock, The Princess, The Weirdo, etc.

3. Predictable – saw it coming from a mile away.

4. Diabetes was an interesting touch, but I thought it went a little overboard. I mean, my cat is diabetic, so I know what I’m talking about.

5. That was a joke, but my cat really is diabetic.

6. This is now a list about cats instead of a book I didn’t really like.

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But seriously – at least Top Ten Clues You’re Clueless was a quick read.