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Lucky Few by Kathryn Ormsbee

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Let me just say that this book was okay. It said the "F" word about fifteen times and that didn't settle well with me. I feel like it was a good idea for a story but it is about these kids faking their deaths 27 times and documenting the results. A lot of their ideas are dumb and some of them almost end fatally.

alizalondon's review

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4.0

Really good contemporary with lovable characters and probably my favorite almost sibling relationship ever in this genre.

dakili's review

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2.0

I started this book back in July of 2016 and went through around 50% before dropping it. I mostly put it on hold due to a growing reading slump, life taking over and most importantly for this book - it just wasn't working for me.
A few days ago I decided to give it another go, as I felt bad leaving it half unfinished. This attempt ended with me finally reading the whole thing, but liking it even less.
My biggest issue with this book were the characters. Not to mention, it had no plot whatsoever. I didn't care for Stevie (you're not the Normal type Stevie, you're the BORING type), I didn't care for Sanger, I didn't care for Max. And most importantly I didn't care what they did and whether they were talking or arguing. The only semi-interesting character was Joel, and it's a shame he wasn't more multidimensional.

But Sanger wasn’t one for silent looks. She had the guts to just ask me out loud, “Don’t we like this guy?” And I didn’t have the guts to say, “Unequivocally, no.” Which meant we ended up sitting on the bank of Barton Springs Pool, listening to Max Garza’s explanation.

You should've said "Unequivocally, no" Stevie and this entire torture could've ended then and there.

kel_pru's review

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4.0

So cute! And moving. Darn you YA and your roller coaster of emotions!

readingtheskyline's review

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3.0

I think it was a great book. As a homeschooler myself, I related with Stevie often but it was interesting to hear someone else's perspective on homeschooling.

I liked the story arc and the character development, it was very enjoyable.

blakehalsey's review

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5.0

Pitch-perfect, a lovely girl-girl best friendship, and really intriguing looks at death, loss, and acceptance. Beautiful book!

emme_faith's review

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adventurous medium-paced

3.0

ijsselmeer13's review

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4.0

I kind of want to give this book three stars, because I couldn't remember some of the characters' names only a week later, but at the same time, I sped through Lucky Few, which I only do with books I like a lot.

The interesting part about the story, is that each time Stevie and Sanger help Max fake a death, the fake-death experience always ends up being a little closer to death than expected. This leads Stevie to question what the real reasoning behind Max's death plan is.

The whole time I was reading Lucky Few, part of me wanted to be okay with Max's fake-death plan, but another part of me wasn't okay with it. But, I think that was kind of the intention of Kathryn Ormsbee.

One of the main reasons I liked Lucky Few was because of some of the messages it got across. A lot of these messages were about stereotyping people. Ex: stereotyping kids who are homeschooled, stereotyping diabetics, stereotyping lesbians.

I really like books that have meaningful messages in them :) it's always nice.