No Good Deed by Goldy Moldavsky
Published May 30th 2017
He’s not asking for much. All Gregor Maravilla wants to do is feed all of the starving children on the planet. So when he’s selected to join Camp Save the World, a special summer program for teenage activists from all over the country to champion their cause, Gregor’s sure he’s on the path to becoming Someone Great.
But then a prize is announced. It will be awarded at the end of summer to the activist who shows the most promise in their campaign. Gregor’s sure he has the prize in the bag, especially compared to some of the other campers’ campaigns. Like Eat Dirt, a preposterous campaign started by Ashley Woodstone, a famous young actor who most likely doesn’t even deserve to be at the camp. Everywhere Gregor goes, Ashley seems to show up ready to ruin things. Plus, the prize has an unforeseen side effect, turning a quiet summer into cutthroat warfare where campers stop focusing on their own campaigns and start sabotaging everyone else’s.
An ARC of this book was sent to me unsolicited by the publisher
I’ve seen a good amount of positive reviews for this book so maybe I’m the odd one out on this but I wasn’t into No Good Deed at all.
I thought the plot sounded really original and it had a lot of potential but the characters prevented this book from becoming likable for me. I was not a fan of the main character at all and because of that, I was never able to get into the book. The main character, Gregor, was so incredibly annoying to me. I also died a few times from second hand embarrassment from Gregor’s awkwardness and sometimes his inner monologue was very strange as well.
I really liked the idea of a teen activists camp but a majority of the kids had a social justice warriors persona and that was not for me.
I did really like how Gregor’s Mexican roots are mentioned early on and had a place in the story. Even if I didn’t really enjoy this book, I really appreciated the diversity.
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