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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
Remy's mom has had five husbands, which is why it makes sense that Remy doesn't believe in love. She has the whole boyfriend thing planned out: date the guy, then once the initial rush leaves, you leave also. That is why Remy doesn't understand Dexter. Since he ran into her at her future fifth step-dad's dealership, she just hasn't been able to shake him. Is Dexter Mr. Right or will Remy run away before she can find out?
This Lullaby was an amazing book. The whole idea of the book is a really good one. Most of the books I read, the main character always believes in love. Remy didn't - and I don't blame her for what her situation was. Remy was a very original main character, and her thoughts were portrayed wonderfully.
I can wrap everything I feel about this book up in one sentence: Go buy this book now, if you haven't already. :)
This Lullaby was an amazing book. The whole idea of the book is a really good one. Most of the books I read, the main character always believes in love. Remy didn't - and I don't blame her for what her situation was. Remy was a very original main character, and her thoughts were portrayed wonderfully.
I can wrap everything I feel about this book up in one sentence: Go buy this book now, if you haven't already. :)
I have read a few of Sarah Dessen’s books by now, and I have to say this is the one I like least. It might be because they are all very similar to each other, and that I’ve grown tired of reading about a troubled girl who meets another troubled boy and then they both help the other to overcome their difficulties, but I sincerely doubt it. I like that concept, even though it has been done many times before. I like the girl-meets-boy story, but I couldn’t really connect with this one.
I mean, sometimes I really enjoyed it and the boy was really the kind of guy I would fall for immediately (I really liked the challenges and Oh, the band-thing was a plus ;)), but at other times I just wanted to get it over with so I could start a new book.
I think my main problem was Remy, the narrator. I just couldn’t relate to her, except for her obsession with cleanliness and order, but also the only thing I liked about her. Her character just didn’t stick with me and I don’t think this will be one of the stories I remember.
So overall, This Lullaby was okay, but nothing spectacular. A nice summer-read, but not much more than that. It didn’t make me feel anything and I didn’t wish for more when it was over.
I mean, sometimes I really enjoyed it and the boy was really the kind of guy I would fall for immediately (I really liked the challenges and Oh, the band-thing was a plus ;)), but at other times I just wanted to get it over with so I could start a new book.
I think my main problem was Remy, the narrator. I just couldn’t relate to her, except for her obsession with cleanliness and order, but also the only thing I liked about her. Her character just didn’t stick with me and I don’t think this will be one of the stories I remember.
So overall, This Lullaby was okay, but nothing spectacular. A nice summer-read, but not much more than that. It didn’t make me feel anything and I didn’t wish for more when it was over.
From the two books i recently read by Sarah Dessen I really cant read her boos. They just don't appeal. Her characters on the other hand are very interesting. Dexter was a really funny character who was easy to adore. Remy was insufferable, REALLY annoying to read about. All she does is whine about how her life sucks.
Didn't finish the book though. It depressed me.
Didn't finish the book though. It depressed me.
medium-paced
I cannot express how much I love this book. It has elements that are of the typical teen romance novel, however also brings in aspects that have a deeper meaning to the book.
Its a really enjoyable read.
I cannot wait to read more of Sarah Dessen's work :)
Edit: reread 2022. This book is really slow in the middle, and I was just waiting for when I knew it picked up again. On another reread it’s not my favourite book by Dessen but is still
Enjoyable.
Its a really enjoyable read.
I cannot wait to read more of Sarah Dessen's work :)
Edit: reread 2022. This book is really slow in the middle, and I was just waiting for when I knew it picked up again. On another reread it’s not my favourite book by Dessen but is still
Enjoyable.
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I would definitely say that this is one of Sarah's better books. I appreciated the fact that it was blurring over into the college period, as it is so hard to find YA novels that aren't based around sixteen year olds. The plot was a fully developed one, unlike some of her others, where I felt there was an actual point to it, and I felt closure when I finished it off. The characters were also easy to connect to, as there was a variety of personality types that one could relate with. Overall, a good read.
I am so glad that I enjoyed this as much the second time as I did the first time around. I was definitely worried that in the 8 or 9 years since I read it last I had overemphasized my love for this book.
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
2021:
possibly (probably?) my favorite dessen. years after reading it for the first time, this lullaby still makes me yell, squeal, cover my face with my hands, weep a lil helpless weep, and most of all, BELIEVE IN THE INFINITE/IMPOSSIBLE POWER OF LOVE.
things of note:
- for me, Dexter is THEEEE dessen boy. purists will pick Wes or Owen, but not me. Dex is the blueprint: goofy, earnest, passionate, hopeful, head over heels in love with the dessen girl from his VERY FIRST SCENE. this is the shit I live for.
- love love love Remy, for all the ways she goes against form. she’s popular. she’s mean. she drinks. she fucks!!! i love that this book lets Remy be an asshole the whole way through, even as she grows and changes and Learns To Be Brave (as every dessen girl must!)
- truth squad! the potato opus! the yellow house! the Scarlett cameo! all of Remy’s friends! the scene where Remy buys Dexter flatware without thinking about it and he immediately teases her for being in love with him!!!!!!
- absolutely obsessed with “this lullaby” the song, and the three times Dexter sings it; the way it has the capacity to hurt her and to heal her, and the way we can tell how much it matters for her, every time.
- “That’s the big question, isn’t it? That’s the whole problem here. I think they just might come out. Maybe they won’t be perfect—I mean, they could be blurred, or cut off in the middle—but I’m thinking it’s worth a shot. That’s just me, though.”
- “I just thought to myself, all of a sudden, that we had something in common. A natural chemistry, if you will. And I had a feeling that something big was going to happen. To both of us. That we were, in fact, meant to be together. You didn’t feel it?”
- HATE SPINNERBAIT!!!!
2016: Okay, I just said Just Listen was the best Dessen, but I think this is the runner-up, mostly for the way it (tries to) deviate from form. Remy is much cattier, louder, ruder, and more extroverted than the average sweet best-friend-type Dessen narrator, and it works in her favor (even when she's kind of annoying). I don't think the subplots (read: mom's remarriage, brother's weird girlfriend) are quite as successful, but the Boy in this one works pretty well, again by nature of deviation; he's much less Strong-but-Silent and much more Goofy and Impulsive than the typical Dessen Boy, and after all the Weses and Owens (I used to be able to name all the Dessen boys, but, alas, time passes and life changes and I forget), it's pretty appealing.
Also Remy has curly hair, so, points for that.
possibly (probably?) my favorite dessen. years after reading it for the first time, this lullaby still makes me yell, squeal, cover my face with my hands, weep a lil helpless weep, and most of all, BELIEVE IN THE INFINITE/IMPOSSIBLE POWER OF LOVE.
things of note:
- for me, Dexter is THEEEE dessen boy. purists will pick Wes or Owen, but not me. Dex is the blueprint: goofy, earnest, passionate, hopeful, head over heels in love with the dessen girl from his VERY FIRST SCENE. this is the shit I live for.
- love love love Remy, for all the ways she goes against form. she’s popular. she’s mean. she drinks. she fucks!!! i love that this book lets Remy be an asshole the whole way through, even as she grows and changes and Learns To Be Brave (as every dessen girl must!)
- truth squad! the potato opus! the yellow house! the Scarlett cameo! all of Remy’s friends! the scene where Remy buys Dexter flatware without thinking about it and he immediately teases her for being in love with him!!!!!!
- absolutely obsessed with “this lullaby” the song, and the three times Dexter sings it; the way it has the capacity to hurt her and to heal her, and the way we can tell how much it matters for her, every time.
- “That’s the big question, isn’t it? That’s the whole problem here. I think they just might come out. Maybe they won’t be perfect—I mean, they could be blurred, or cut off in the middle—but I’m thinking it’s worth a shot. That’s just me, though.”
- “I just thought to myself, all of a sudden, that we had something in common. A natural chemistry, if you will. And I had a feeling that something big was going to happen. To both of us. That we were, in fact, meant to be together. You didn’t feel it?”
- HATE SPINNERBAIT!!!!
2016: Okay, I just said Just Listen was the best Dessen, but I think this is the runner-up, mostly for the way it (tries to) deviate from form. Remy is much cattier, louder, ruder, and more extroverted than the average sweet best-friend-type Dessen narrator, and it works in her favor (even when she's kind of annoying). I don't think the subplots (read: mom's remarriage, brother's weird girlfriend) are quite as successful, but the Boy in this one works pretty well, again by nature of deviation; he's much less Strong-but-Silent and much more Goofy and Impulsive than the typical Dessen Boy, and after all the Weses and Owens (I used to be able to name all the Dessen boys, but, alas, time passes and life changes and I forget), it's pretty appealing.
Also Remy has curly hair, so, points for that.