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3.37 AVERAGE
3.37 AVERAGE
I read this again as an adult, and it is still a classic. I feel like I lived many of Judy Blume's books when I was growing up, and this is one of them. Judy was right there with me, guiding my adolescence and answering the many questions I had along the way.
"It was ok" is a hilarious approximation for "this book could not possibly hold its awesomeness into my adulthood". As a first exposure to the mystical world of the penis, I can say that it was absolutely exhilarating at the time. Probably ten year olds today would be too jaded to care about poor Ralph.
I was feeling nostalgic for the books I read as a teenager, so I got a paperback to read while on a trip. I loved it and now I can go back to it whenever I want.
okay so lots of thoughts. first, i really love that this book is not afraid to honestly portray the awkwardness of early sexual experiences. i also think that the ending was very very painfully accurate. however, this book is also now extremely dated and contains some significant fatphobia and also the standards for consent in the 1970s were so so so wack and as a sex educator i have a lot of qualms. Michael annoyed the shit out of me and i wish that there were more interesting conversations between him and Kath so that they could be more 3-dimensional characters because their dialogue was SO dry and they were both pretty flat characters.
I think if I had read this as a young adult, I probably would have rated it higher. Overall, it was a good, quick read.
Thai book is cute, definitely a HUGE deal at the time. However, the whole driving romance was not romantic really at all? I found it a bit unbelievable which made selling the story difficult
I disliked Katherine and Michael's relationship very much.
I don't like how Blume approached and solved the problems that came about.
This book caused me frustration above everything else.
The ideologies definitely date this book.
I don't like how Blume approached and solved the problems that came about.
This book caused me frustration above everything else.
The ideologies definitely date this book.
I decided to re-read this book to see if it was as average as I remembered. And yes, it was. This book is good and bad. It's good because it's actually kind of realistic and it's bad because it's so dated.
I do feel the whole subject could've been approached better. I guess Judy Blume was going for the "this girl's first boyfriend is a total tosser" angle. I'm thinking the author is a bit cynical about loving relationships between teenagers because the relationship in Forever was a total joke.
I guess the main point of the story could've been to show how easily a teenage girl can be manipulated into having sex. Apparently with a weird, awkward boy who names his hoo-haw "Ralph".
This book is obviously showing the worst case scenario for a teenage girl. I feel bad for any girl whose first and second times last for a couple of minutes because their boyfriend is too sensitive to last longer. That's just sad.
I don't know if this book was trying to be the sex equivalent of Go Ask Alice because if I'd read this book when I was a teenager, it probably would've turned me off sex forever.
I hated Michael in this book. He was possibly the least likeable male character I've read about(well, not counting stalkers and abusive characters). There was nothing charming about him at all.
This book made me laugh at how dated it is. I think that was the best aspect of it. It's so old-fashioned and the writing is not the greatest but it's so silly and made me roll my eyes a lot. I recommend it to anyone who wants to roll their eyes or raise their eyebrows. It's impossible to take seriously.
I do feel the whole subject could've been approached better. I guess Judy Blume was going for the "this girl's first boyfriend is a total tosser" angle. I'm thinking the author is a bit cynical about loving relationships between teenagers because the relationship in Forever was a total joke.
I guess the main point of the story could've been to show how easily a teenage girl can be manipulated into having sex. Apparently with a weird, awkward boy who names his hoo-haw "Ralph".
This book is obviously showing the worst case scenario for a teenage girl. I feel bad for any girl whose first and second times last for a couple of minutes because their boyfriend is too sensitive to last longer. That's just sad.
I don't know if this book was trying to be the sex equivalent of Go Ask Alice because if I'd read this book when I was a teenager, it probably would've turned me off sex forever.
I hated Michael in this book. He was possibly the least likeable male character I've read about(well, not counting stalkers and abusive characters). There was nothing charming about him at all.
This book made me laugh at how dated it is. I think that was the best aspect of it. It's so old-fashioned and the writing is not the greatest but it's so silly and made me roll my eyes a lot. I recommend it to anyone who wants to roll their eyes or raise their eyebrows. It's impossible to take seriously.
I was feeling nostalgic for some Judy Blume, definitely. This was a young adult book, the only one of Judy Blume's books that I hadn't read. A great read for a teen considering sex or thinking they will be with their boyfriends forever.