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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
Enjoyable and light-hearted in the humorous way that Meg Cabot always achieves. My only criticism would be that this book takes up a lot of space to Heather correcting herself and others everytime they thing of the dorm (I'm sorry, residence hall), to the point where it is no longer funny or cute, but just annoying. Still, a very enjoyable read.
This book was really entertaining. It maintained a light and funny tone, even when trying to discover the murderer in Fischer Hall. The main character, Heather, is very likeable and goes through many things that we can all relate too. Her detective work is entertaining and yet she still manages to solve the crimes. And I have to say, I did not put together who the murderer was until it was revealed at the end. All in all a fun book to read. I will definitely be reading the next one in the series.
Super cute! Meg Cabot is so dependable with her funny-neurotic heroines and pop culture references. I read this on a plane, which was the perfect place to read it. I don't generally go for mysteries but I did because it was Meg Cabot, and I liked Heather Wells enough to want to read the next one even if I'm NOT on a plane.
Oh and given the title I was a little nervous that this was going to be like way heavy-handed on the body-image talk but it wasn't. It was regular-handed. I should have trusted Meg Cabot. Sorry, Meg.
Oh and given the title I was a little nervous that this was going to be like way heavy-handed on the body-image talk but it wasn't. It was regular-handed. I should have trusted Meg Cabot. Sorry, Meg.
I enjoyed this book as a summer read, though sometimes the repetitiveness of the narrator was annoying.
I was in the mood for something light and easy and this fit the bill perfectly. Heather Wells works at what I can only assume will be the deadliest college campus around town since there are five books in the series and each one is a mystery story. I enjoyed following the clues with Heather as she takes it upon herself to find out the truth about the death in her residency hall and the fight to make people take her seriously that the death is not just an accident. I just like Heather as a person because she is so nice despite the crap that gets thrown her way.
“Heather Wells é uma cantora pop que chegou a um ponto nada desejado da carreira artística: o fundo do poço”.
Esse livro é a maior prova de que nunca devemos julgar um livro pela capa…e nesse caso pelo título. Digo isso pois sempre que via esse livro imaginava que fosse algo relacionado a auto-ajuda ou algum drama que falasse sobre a importância de se aceitar.
Nada disso! Esse livro, de drama não tem absolutamente nada, muito pelo contrário. Já que o que não falta nesse livro é bom humor.Na história acompanhamos Heather Wells, uma ex-cantora pop que fez muito sucesso. Porém em um belo dia ela se cansou de cantar as músicas bobas que escreviam pra ela e dar voz às suas próprias composições. O resultado? Foi demitida e sua mãe ainda fugiu com seu agente e todo seu dinheiro. Como se não fosse suficiente, seu noivo, Jordan, outro artista pop, a traiu com outra mulher. É, desgraça nunca anda desacompanhada.
Atualmente, Heather, que está com alguns quilinhos a mais, conseguiu um emprego como diretora—assistente de um alojamento estudantil na Universidade de Nova York e mora em um apartamento no prédio de Cooper, seu ex-cunhado, que não cobra nada pelo aluguel.
Tudo vai bem, na medida do possível, até uma garota toda certinha, aparece morta no poço do elevador do alojamento. A polícia declara que a menina estava fazendo “surf de elevador”. Mas Heather não engole essa teoria, já que isso não é o tipo de atividade praticada por garotas certinhas. Quando outra garota aparece morta no poço, ela decide investigar por conta própria e acaba colocando a sua vida em um sério risco.
Nunca tinha lido nenhum livro de Meg Cabot, mas já nas primeiras páginas, me vi completamente apaixonada por sua escrita e principalmente por Heather, por quem torci loucamente. O livro é leve e consegue misturar, na medida certa, humor, romance e suspense. Quando termina eu já estava morrendo de vontade de ler os outros volumes.
O ponto negativo foi a enorme quantidade de trechos explicativos da história. Por exemplo, Heather estava falando alguma coisa e de repente abriam-se parênteses e vinha um longo comentário. Outra coisa que achei bastante irritante foi a quantidade de vezes que Heather se corrigia mentalmente, que seu trabalho não era em um “alojamento” e sim um “conjunto residencial estudantil”. Uma ou duas vezes, tudo bem, mas toda hora, não tem quem aguente!
Mas de um modo geral, o livro é muito bom e vale a pena. É divertido, leve, a leitura é rápida e com certeza vai deixar o leitor de bom humor. E com certeza, curioso pra saber o que Heather vai aprontar nos próximos volumes.
Esse livro é a maior prova de que nunca devemos julgar um livro pela capa…e nesse caso pelo título. Digo isso pois sempre que via esse livro imaginava que fosse algo relacionado a auto-ajuda ou algum drama que falasse sobre a importância de se aceitar.
Nada disso! Esse livro, de drama não tem absolutamente nada, muito pelo contrário. Já que o que não falta nesse livro é bom humor.Na história acompanhamos Heather Wells, uma ex-cantora pop que fez muito sucesso. Porém em um belo dia ela se cansou de cantar as músicas bobas que escreviam pra ela e dar voz às suas próprias composições. O resultado? Foi demitida e sua mãe ainda fugiu com seu agente e todo seu dinheiro. Como se não fosse suficiente, seu noivo, Jordan, outro artista pop, a traiu com outra mulher. É, desgraça nunca anda desacompanhada.
Atualmente, Heather, que está com alguns quilinhos a mais, conseguiu um emprego como diretora—assistente de um alojamento estudantil na Universidade de Nova York e mora em um apartamento no prédio de Cooper, seu ex-cunhado, que não cobra nada pelo aluguel.
Tudo vai bem, na medida do possível, até uma garota toda certinha, aparece morta no poço do elevador do alojamento. A polícia declara que a menina estava fazendo “surf de elevador”. Mas Heather não engole essa teoria, já que isso não é o tipo de atividade praticada por garotas certinhas. Quando outra garota aparece morta no poço, ela decide investigar por conta própria e acaba colocando a sua vida em um sério risco.
Nunca tinha lido nenhum livro de Meg Cabot, mas já nas primeiras páginas, me vi completamente apaixonada por sua escrita e principalmente por Heather, por quem torci loucamente. O livro é leve e consegue misturar, na medida certa, humor, romance e suspense. Quando termina eu já estava morrendo de vontade de ler os outros volumes.
O ponto negativo foi a enorme quantidade de trechos explicativos da história. Por exemplo, Heather estava falando alguma coisa e de repente abriam-se parênteses e vinha um longo comentário. Outra coisa que achei bastante irritante foi a quantidade de vezes que Heather se corrigia mentalmente, que seu trabalho não era em um “alojamento” e sim um “conjunto residencial estudantil”. Uma ou duas vezes, tudo bem, mas toda hora, não tem quem aguente!
Mas de um modo geral, o livro é muito bom e vale a pena. É divertido, leve, a leitura é rápida e com certeza vai deixar o leitor de bom humor. E com certeza, curioso pra saber o que Heather vai aprontar nos próximos volumes.
Heather Wells is not as bad as Rebecca Bloomwood. She isn't the brightest bulb on the tree but, she's funny to read about.
This was a great holiday read, pretty easy reading. I found the protagonist annoying at times, but very relatable at others. I liked how they wove the story lines and themes together.
As we all know, I am a big Meg Cabot fan, so it will come as absolutely no surprise to anyone when I say I loved this book. It has been on my to read list for a while, waiting patiently in my Kobo, when I finally decided to give Heather Wells a go. And boy am I happy I did.
I was a bit concerned when this book started with a sales clerk making fun of "larger" women. If that is what the entire book was going to be about then I wasn't sure if I wanted to read it. But Heather Wells immediately stood up for herself, and I decided that I not only could read this book, but that I would enjoy doing so. At every step when someone made fun of or even commented on her size, she always responded with it being the size of the average American woman. I am neither a size 12, nor an American, but I certainly appreciate the sentiment. I wish the media had more reality in them in terms of people's actual sizes - come on, let's stop body dismorphic disorder!
Heather as a character also spoke to me. I would love to be her friend, and adored how passionately she threw herself into finding out what was happening in her residence hall. It made me wish that I had a job I was passionate about. Even though people kept telling Heather that she was dumb, or not thinking about it clearly, she never stopped. She figured out what was happening even though she was in great peril! She was such a strong character, and I love to see that in a woman. Cooper, the P.I., was a difficult character to read, he seemed quiet and introspective every time he was in a scene, but I liked him. I hope his character, and his relationship with Heather, develops more in the next book.
The plot was dynamite! It moved swiftly and there were times when I would not stop reading. Whether the story was developing personal relationships or the mystery, it was fantastic. In fact, I can hardly wait to read the next one!
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I was a bit concerned when this book started with a sales clerk making fun of "larger" women. If that is what the entire book was going to be about then I wasn't sure if I wanted to read it. But Heather Wells immediately stood up for herself, and I decided that I not only could read this book, but that I would enjoy doing so. At every step when someone made fun of or even commented on her size, she always responded with it being the size of the average American woman. I am neither a size 12, nor an American, but I certainly appreciate the sentiment. I wish the media had more reality in them in terms of people's actual sizes - come on, let's stop body dismorphic disorder!
Heather as a character also spoke to me. I would love to be her friend, and adored how passionately she threw herself into finding out what was happening in her residence hall. It made me wish that I had a job I was passionate about. Even though people kept telling Heather that she was dumb, or not thinking about it clearly, she never stopped. She figured out what was happening even though she was in great peril! She was such a strong character, and I love to see that in a woman. Cooper, the P.I., was a difficult character to read, he seemed quiet and introspective every time he was in a scene, but I liked him. I hope his character, and his relationship with Heather, develops more in the next book.
The plot was dynamite! It moved swiftly and there were times when I would not stop reading. Whether the story was developing personal relationships or the mystery, it was fantastic. In fact, I can hardly wait to read the next one!
Check out more of my reviews at http://whatabookbitch.blogspot.ca
The only thing stopping me scoring this a four was the inclusion of Fatphobic comments from characters through out. Considering "size 12 is not fat" is both title and mantra of this story, it felt incongruous and added to create conflict where there didn't need to be any.
The main character is conflicted about her own size, talking about the food she enjoys eating in the same breathe as putting herself down for not being fitter or thinner (which is a fair depiction- I do these things) but the idea that others comment so frequently on her size comes across a bit bizarre and detracts from the story - which is a murder mystery she is perfectly placed to solve.
The romance elements and the mystery itself was perfect for me. Really enjoyed it. But just couldn't get past my thoughts on the above.
The main character is conflicted about her own size, talking about the food she enjoys eating in the same breathe as putting herself down for not being fitter or thinner (which is a fair depiction- I do these things) but the idea that others comment so frequently on her size comes across a bit bizarre and detracts from the story - which is a murder mystery she is perfectly placed to solve.
The romance elements and the mystery itself was perfect for me. Really enjoyed it. But just couldn't get past my thoughts on the above.