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janeanger's review against another edition
3.0
I read this book because it takes place in a fictional Delaware town based on Wilmington, the town in which I (and the author) grew up and I needed one such book for the reading challenge I am doing this year. A young adult, Summer-of-Big-Changes story, the story is one you probably lived to some extent if you were ever a 15-year old girl. That said, there are some edgy, “real life” touches: a girl/girl kiss, underage drinking (and puking), joy-riding in a borrowed car with an unlicensed driver, and a book club organized by mother’s who met in a yoga class. One of my favorite parts of this book was the books the girls choose to read from their AP reading list – The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Anna Perkins;Frankenstein by Mary Shelley; The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin; The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros; and The Awakening by Kate Chopin – and the thoughts the club, both parents and teens, share on these works. Overall, not the best book I’ve ever read, but far from the worst either.
wordnerdy's review against another edition
2.0
http://wordnerdy.blogspot.com/2012/02/2012-book-40.html
theartolater's review against another edition
2.0
I had initially rated this one 3 stars, but I think back to this one and just feel...angry? I don't know. It's a strange book about four girls forced into a book club for their AP class against their will, and none of the girls are especially interesting, and the story doesn't really grab me at all.
It has its funny moments, but the more I think about it, the more I think it should be skipped.
It has its funny moments, but the more I think about it, the more I think it should be skipped.
sarahfretz's review against another edition
2.0
This book had so much potential. There were a lot of subplots that could have been built upon to make a really interesting story. Instead they were thrown at us and then just stopped. It could have been a great coming of ag/ teenage/ friendship in an unlikely way/summer story but it wasn't.
mathstalio's review against another edition
3.0
I was very thrown off throughout by the fact that Adriennes dialogue wasn't always quoted. sometimes her internal narrative would end in a question and a few lines later I would realize that she had asked that question aloud to another character. Very confusing. But I ended up being pretty intrigued by the story. I also felt a lack of closure on a few plot points...
jessica90's review against another edition
3.0
Starts good and strong but doesn't deliver in the end. Several plot lines are teased and then left unfinished and the characters are not convincing.
juliaogden's review against another edition
3.0
This book gets really meta: a book talking about reading books talking about writing books...I liked it.
I like the characters, particularly the protagonist, and I think there are a lot of things going on with these girls that lots of teenage girls can relate to. Once again, Schumacher has her ear to the ground of teenage thought and interaction.
I like the characters, particularly the protagonist, and I think there are a lot of things going on with these girls that lots of teenage girls can relate to. Once again, Schumacher has her ear to the ground of teenage thought and interaction.
floresereis's review against another edition
3.0
This book was quite good, but it wasn't one of my favorites. The way it ended made it sound incomplete.
I mean, what hapened to Wallis? Did she kill him? And what about the othe girls?
I mean, what hapened to Wallis? Did she kill him? And what about the othe girls?
onesmartcupcake's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars from me. An interesting piece of contemporary fiction with strong moments and a few weak ones. The cover, however, marks it as a standard 'beach read' summer romance or sun-soaked vacation tale--which it definitely is not. Need to mull it over a bit more before I write up a more detailed review.