What did I think? What did I think?! 
 I think WOW! That's what I think!. Well not "WOW, I've been blown away!" but more like a "Wow, that was SO amazingly good." 
 Three amazing things (in broad) to love about this book: 
 1) (a mon avi) Best girl meets boy story ever. 
 2) feminism...through the eyes of young people and also mentions of feminist authors. 
 3) a not-so-happy ending that I can handle. 
 To have a crush on an older is one scary thing but to be 15 and the guy be 21 is unimaginable. And some how after reading Good Oil I feel as if I once experienced this strange and awful thing. Amelia Hayes is like the ultimate 15year old. Old beyond her age. Fancies a bit of reality unlike most teens. But like all 15 year olds full of hormones and self-loathing she happens to have the biggest crush on the "older" guy at work. Yeah the "older guy" by like 6 years. Crikey! 
 I don't know id I'm just not as worldly as I think I am or that I don't pick up on things as quickly as other people but I was very confused about the location of this story. At first, like all books I read, I started off thinking it was in America. Then when I saw the mention of Donna's mother moving to America I thought "Oh, well England then!" soon to have all dreams crushed and realising it was written about Australia. Good ole Aussie! Never read one from there before. 
 Anyways. Chris. Ah...Chris. 21 and still writing in a journal diary. It's super cute. And he's struggling with getting over his "one true love" Michaela and hiss on and off again crush on Kathy from Woolies, also feelings he can't act on for aforementioned Amelia who he refers to as the "Youngster". It's really amazing the way Ms Buzo captured the true essence of the story. (I sounded like a complete stick saying that). it was really great. It me as the reader really feel, you know. Understand what Chris as struggling with, what Amelia was trying to deal with. Even the little side stories about Penny's parents and Chris' sister were fun to read. 
 Once I found myself in the right location things really worked out great in my head. It was fun and cute and all the conversations about feminism that Chris and said Youngster have are really knowledgeable. Loved how she opened his eyes to things going on in his house the way she saw in hers. And I feel encouraged to read some of the book they discussed, just because of the way they described them. 
 Lastly to end with after the actual "pashing" (Aussie thing that sounds more sexual than it actually is) of Chris and the Youngster and he acknowledges his feelings AND the fact that nothing can come out of them, as long as she is 15, he does something tolerable (not saying) and gets out of the way so she can grieve and whatever. Nice ending. Great point of views. I like when authors can do the POV switcheroo and still manage to distinguish between two completely different characters. 
 Well done Laura. 
 Also the miniature "heart-to-heart" between Chris and his mum was one of the nicest things I've ever read , as short as it was. Sigh... well then Laura. 
 Feeling: Contentment.