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tulscip's review against another edition
4.0
I love how every little detail stays with the story the whole way through, and the ending really has the connection between details that originally stuck out.
readwithpassion's review against another edition
5.0
This book would be a great contemporary parallel for teachers to offer to students alongside The Pearl. When Indigo Skye comes upon sudden fortune, she wonders if she can resist changing as a person. The characters around her all respond in different, interesting ways.
The writing is witty and clever. I was constantly laughing out loud. Indigo was relatable and authentic. I only have one complaint about this book. The purple, feminine cover is going to keep boys away from it, and I don't consider it to be a book that is only accessible to girls. A male narrator would have made the book just as successful.
The writing is witty and clever. I was constantly laughing out loud. Indigo was relatable and authentic. I only have one complaint about this book. The purple, feminine cover is going to keep boys away from it, and I don't consider it to be a book that is only accessible to girls. A male narrator would have made the book just as successful.
joyousreads132's review against another edition
2.0
Well, if you read the synopsis of this book, then I probably don’t need to rehash it for you, because what you see is what you get. There are no plot twists here.
You’ll meet Indigo Skye—happy, content with a good, strong family foundation even with divorced parents. Her boyfriend Trevor, is a sweet guy who can probably bench press a refrigerator. She works part time at a café where the regulars or as they like to refer to themselves, Irregulars has stories enough to write an entire book. And this is where Indigo met Richard Howards; a multi-millionaire who’s been drifting in the sea of discontent and was just waiting for someone to throw him a life jacket. Indigo finds herself the recipient of a $2.5 million tip from a mogul who just wanted someone to tell him that somewhere out there, someone still cared for him, stranger or otherwise.
So here comes the dilemma. How would eighteen year-old handle this life-changing windfall?
There really isn’t much more to say. This is a study in predictability. It was so predictable it nearly made me fall asleep. The beginning was promising; the banters between characters were good and funny and I was loving Indigo’s family—especially their two possessed pets.
The Irregulars were such a group of interesting characters, each one of them was actually more interesting than Indigo herself. I think that’s where it went on a downslide for me. INDIGO.
She’s just one of those characters who couldn’t engage me even she set herself on fire. I do love her independent thinking. I mean there was a point in the book where she started to swim along to the current of the rich but the entire time that she was in the scene; she didn’t stop thinking about the wrong and the right.
I really hated the perfunctory, let’s throw a guy in the mix and make them kiss just to annoy that percentage of readers who will definitely get annoyed once they read this part. Sigh.
The moral of the story? PICK ONE.
Money changes everything.
Money can’t buy happiness.
Money makes the world go round.
You’ll meet Indigo Skye—happy, content with a good, strong family foundation even with divorced parents. Her boyfriend Trevor, is a sweet guy who can probably bench press a refrigerator. She works part time at a café where the regulars or as they like to refer to themselves, Irregulars has stories enough to write an entire book. And this is where Indigo met Richard Howards; a multi-millionaire who’s been drifting in the sea of discontent and was just waiting for someone to throw him a life jacket. Indigo finds herself the recipient of a $2.5 million tip from a mogul who just wanted someone to tell him that somewhere out there, someone still cared for him, stranger or otherwise.
So here comes the dilemma. How would eighteen year-old handle this life-changing windfall?
There really isn’t much more to say. This is a study in predictability. It was so predictable it nearly made me fall asleep. The beginning was promising; the banters between characters were good and funny and I was loving Indigo’s family—especially their two possessed pets.
The Irregulars were such a group of interesting characters, each one of them was actually more interesting than Indigo herself. I think that’s where it went on a downslide for me. INDIGO.
She’s just one of those characters who couldn’t engage me even she set herself on fire. I do love her independent thinking. I mean there was a point in the book where she started to swim along to the current of the rich but the entire time that she was in the scene; she didn’t stop thinking about the wrong and the right.
I really hated the perfunctory, let’s throw a guy in the mix and make them kiss just to annoy that percentage of readers who will definitely get annoyed once they read this part. Sigh.
The moral of the story? PICK ONE.
Money changes everything.
Money can’t buy happiness.
Money makes the world go round.
jordaneb's review against another edition
4.0
I am now a huge fan of Deb Caletti. After reading The Nature of Jade and now this book, I'm hooked. Caletti writes about very real characters in a very real, relatable way.
In The Fourtunes of Indigo Skye, Indigo is faced with some very tough decisions. She handles them as any normal person would- with great intentions to do good things. But, as we all know, her good intentions don't really work out. Not in an obnoxious, I'M A BOOK AN EVERYTHING GOES WRONG kind of way, but in a subtle, understandable that allows you to love Indigo even though she makes big mistakes. There are times when in books you end up strongly disliking the main character for stupid things they do, but not here. Indigo's mistakes are easily fogiven becasue I don't know if anyone could have gone through her situation without doing some of the same things.
Well done, Deb, well done.
In The Fourtunes of Indigo Skye, Indigo is faced with some very tough decisions. She handles them as any normal person would- with great intentions to do good things. But, as we all know, her good intentions don't really work out. Not in an obnoxious, I'M A BOOK AN EVERYTHING GOES WRONG kind of way, but in a subtle, understandable that allows you to love Indigo even though she makes big mistakes. There are times when in books you end up strongly disliking the main character for stupid things they do, but not here. Indigo's mistakes are easily fogiven becasue I don't know if anyone could have gone through her situation without doing some of the same things.
Well done, Deb, well done.
jmoose09's review against another edition
1.0
The fortunes of Indigo Skye ..... Im not sure of how to write this one. The meaning behind the story was good and the book was written well but I had a hard time reading it. I would read it a couple pages, put it down and wasnt too anxious to pick it back up. I didnt feel there was enough "action" persay for my taste. Im a more fantasy, thriller, keep you wanting more kind of person and Indigo's fortunes just didnt do that. Dont get me wrong, the moral of the story was good, it just wasnt something I would read again. Overall the book was good just didnt make me wanting more when I put it down.
I do plan to read more from Deb Caletti though.
I do plan to read more from Deb Caletti though.
melissab93's review against another edition
5.0
Deb Caletti is one of my favorite authors and she just keeps delivering great book after great book. Her writing is so amazing and her characters are always so real. I can't even say which of her books is the best because they are all just so amazing. This book has so much humor in it, I laughed out loud. It was bittersweet at times and made me cry. Most of all, it was so real and believable. Caletti does not write using a cookie cutter plot. She tells a story just like it could happened to you or a friend. This and all her other books are must reads!
danicapage's review against another edition
3.0
I like Deb Caletti's books. I don't really know why and a lot of th e times after I read them I am upset, but I like her books nonetheless.
jbojkov's review against another edition
4.0
18-year-old Indigo Skye works as a waitress with no intention of doing anything else with her life. She is graduating soon and loves what she does- she's good at it. So good in fact, that a wealthy customer leaves her a HUGE tip. It changes her life in ways she never would have expected. I really liked this realistic fiction- Caletti has a way of writing that make most everything she does believable and she has great insight into the teenage-girl heart.
lovelyjanelle13's review against another edition
2.0
Just the premise alone has me hooked. It made me think about what I'd do if I suddenly received over two million dollars. There was nothing wrong with the book itself, it just didn't click for me.
dannb's review against another edition
4.0
I really liked this one...and I think we oughta consider it for our Mother/Daughter Book group. So many angles. I would love to talk about it with you!