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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
sad
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ugh.
That's how the ending made me feel. Seems to be a think in popular culture at the moment where women's mental health issues can be blamed on historical abortions. Because, you know, abortions make women crazy. Just ugh.
Which is a shame really. Until the end I was quite enjoying the characters, this is why the book managed to scrape three stars.
That's how the ending made me feel. Seems to be a think in popular culture at the moment where women's mental health issues can be blamed on historical abortions. Because, you know, abortions make women crazy. Just ugh.
Which is a shame really. Until the end I was quite enjoying the characters, this is why the book managed to scrape three stars.
I am crying. This book is an emotional read so be prepared for all the emotions.
This was a really good book, besides the ending which had me crying. The book has a different POV every chapter but its easy to understand who it is cause its marked with the characters name at the beginning which I love when authors do that. I love how all the characters have different personalities and come from different cliques and yet they manage to become good friends. All the characters all have something to personal to deal with. Some who really shouldn't have to deal with it. I really hated some of the parents in this book, like how can they do or say that to their own children.
As I said before this book had different character POVs in each chapter, some I really wish had more. I really wanted to read from Matty's POV more, he only had a few chapters while the other characters had more, his I really wanted to learn more about him. Although the character I feel I am more like would be Gillian, she was just a character I could relate too out of all of them. Loved the idea of people all in different social circles having to work together on a project in this case the yearbook. It was really a great read.
This book wasn’t on my wishlist when it came to buying books, but this book stood out to me. I love books with multiple POVs and this books does just that! At first, it was a little slow and hard for me to continue, but I ended up loving this book! I never expected THAT ending and it caught me off guard.
a book about 5 socially different people who come together to create a yearbook is something I never expected to fall in love with, but I did. I suggest this book to those who wanna do some light reading or enjoy a book on unexpected friendships! This book isn’t the best of the best, but I think it’s worth the read!
a book about 5 socially different people who come together to create a yearbook is something I never expected to fall in love with, but I did. I suggest this book to those who wanna do some light reading or enjoy a book on unexpected friendships! This book isn’t the best of the best, but I think it’s worth the read!
I really really enjoyed this book. I love books that have multiple POV's - it was great to see the same situation from different people. My favourite part was all the referencing to places and things that I have done - in Australia!! Everyone should read it !!
The Yearbook Committee is a beautiful story that encapsulates how people from different situations can come together (albeit unwilling), and can have their lives changed forever.
The story is told through five character perspectives, across nine months of the school year, and reveals the ups and down of teenage life and the experiences of living in contemporary Australia. The joy of reading Aussie books is recognising the locations and references, and Ayoub captures that Aussie feeling, our language and our culture, making this story feel natural and familiar.
Being a book about modern teenagers, there's naturally a lot of social media to include and Ayoub integrates technology and texting seamlessly and creatively. Each character shift is broken up with a Facebook style post and it sets the tone for not only the coming chapter, but it fits into the overall and arching story. Ayoub also ends each chapter with a hanging question, a moment or thought that can be profound or concerning. Each character is contemplating or observing and it's a great tactic; it finalises their chapter and can have such an impact on what has happened or what is going to happen.
There are characters you like immediately and certainly those you don't like for the entire novel. Then there are the few that grow on you as you read. The more Ayoub reveals about them and the more you get to know them your feelings shift until you grow to respect each one for who they are. Again, not everyone, some of them you want to kick in the face, those feelings don't change. One part that I loved was that so many characters connect with each other and overlap and they do not always know it. Friends of friends and relatives of others know one another and when you notice you realise how connected everyone is.
Getting to see each committee member's point of view is a powerful tool. You feel sorry for them all in varying degrees and certainly for various reasons. Their life outside of school is opened up and the different struggles and conflicts they face are laid bare, making you realise everyone has something to hide and problems of their own. The Tolstoy quote Gillian posts is a perfect example: All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Each of these characters is unhappy in their own way and sometimes these unhappinesses can break your heart.
Ayoub doesn't placate you with idealistic and fake endings; she offers you solutions and results, consequences and outcomes. And yet, there is also a delightful ambiguity remaining, taunting you with things left open and unanswered. Nothing that says there will be a happily ever after which is why, in those final emotional chapters when you can't stand it anymore but have to keep reading, Ayoub delivers a realistic and perfect conclusion, one that suits these characters you've grown to love, one that feels real, one that crushes your heart and is feels just right, even when you're trying not to cry.
A longer version of this review was posted on my blog https://lostinagoodbk.wordpress.com/2016/03/25/the-yearbook-committee-by-sarah-ayoub/
The story is told through five character perspectives, across nine months of the school year, and reveals the ups and down of teenage life and the experiences of living in contemporary Australia. The joy of reading Aussie books is recognising the locations and references, and Ayoub captures that Aussie feeling, our language and our culture, making this story feel natural and familiar.
Being a book about modern teenagers, there's naturally a lot of social media to include and Ayoub integrates technology and texting seamlessly and creatively. Each character shift is broken up with a Facebook style post and it sets the tone for not only the coming chapter, but it fits into the overall and arching story. Ayoub also ends each chapter with a hanging question, a moment or thought that can be profound or concerning. Each character is contemplating or observing and it's a great tactic; it finalises their chapter and can have such an impact on what has happened or what is going to happen.
There are characters you like immediately and certainly those you don't like for the entire novel. Then there are the few that grow on you as you read. The more Ayoub reveals about them and the more you get to know them your feelings shift until you grow to respect each one for who they are. Again, not everyone, some of them you want to kick in the face, those feelings don't change. One part that I loved was that so many characters connect with each other and overlap and they do not always know it. Friends of friends and relatives of others know one another and when you notice you realise how connected everyone is.
Getting to see each committee member's point of view is a powerful tool. You feel sorry for them all in varying degrees and certainly for various reasons. Their life outside of school is opened up and the different struggles and conflicts they face are laid bare, making you realise everyone has something to hide and problems of their own. The Tolstoy quote Gillian posts is a perfect example: All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Each of these characters is unhappy in their own way and sometimes these unhappinesses can break your heart.
Ayoub doesn't placate you with idealistic and fake endings; she offers you solutions and results, consequences and outcomes. And yet, there is also a delightful ambiguity remaining, taunting you with things left open and unanswered. Nothing that says there will be a happily ever after which is why, in those final emotional chapters when you can't stand it anymore but have to keep reading, Ayoub delivers a realistic and perfect conclusion, one that suits these characters you've grown to love, one that feels real, one that crushes your heart and is feels just right, even when you're trying not to cry.
A longer version of this review was posted on my blog https://lostinagoodbk.wordpress.com/2016/03/25/the-yearbook-committee-by-sarah-ayoub/
The Yearbook committee is written by Sarah Ayoub.
This book is about 5 teenagers: Ryan, Matty, Gillian, Tammi, and Charlie.
They are forced to work
(unwillingly) with each other on the Yearbook Committee. Ryan and Charlie hate each other, Tammi is against Gillian, Matty's is lost in his own little world filled with music, and Gillian's the overly positive one. We watch as over the school year they learn to work together and see their life struggles they have to go through in the real world.
This book is funny, engaging and quite easy to compare our feelings with them. It's quite interesting to see teenagers struggle with the real world. I personally loved this book, one of the best books that I have read this year. I loved how the author wrote this book in every single character's point of views. This book has different real life issues: death, bullying, stereotyping, down's syndrome, first love, divorce, money struggle, drug use, looks, popularity etc.
The genre of the book would be Teen Fiction and Realistic Fiction. I would recommend this book to teens who love romance. This a really interesting book that I recommend that you guys should read!
This book is about 5 teenagers: Ryan, Matty, Gillian, Tammi, and Charlie.
They are forced to work
(unwillingly) with each other on the Yearbook Committee. Ryan and Charlie hate each other, Tammi is against Gillian, Matty's is lost in his own little world filled with music, and Gillian's the overly positive one. We watch as over the school year they learn to work together and see their life struggles they have to go through in the real world.
This book is funny, engaging and quite easy to compare our feelings with them. It's quite interesting to see teenagers struggle with the real world. I personally loved this book, one of the best books that I have read this year. I loved how the author wrote this book in every single character's point of views. This book has different real life issues: death, bullying, stereotyping, down's syndrome, first love, divorce, money struggle, drug use, looks, popularity etc.
The genre of the book would be Teen Fiction and Realistic Fiction. I would recommend this book to teens who love romance. This a really interesting book that I recommend that you guys should read!
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes