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19paws's review against another edition
3.0
I love the idea behind this book but it just never got off the ground for me. I wavered between 2 and 3 stars and ended up with three because I liked the main character and thought the author did a great job of capturing the angst of early adolescence. I liked the Welsh setting, too. David Cassidy was a little after my time, so I didn't know that much about him, but I enjoyed the interview with him at the end of the book.
stevienlcf's review against another edition
3.0
I adored "I Don't Know How She Does It" so I had high expectations for "I Think I Love You." I was a teen when The Partridge Family was "must see tv," and I think Allison Pearson accurately captured the era of "Tiger Beat," Bobby Sherman and love beads. Sadly, the book fell apart for me as the female protagonist, Petra, approaches middle age burdened with a philandering husband for whom she feels some moral imperative to wash sheets he brings her which are spotted with his lover's menstrual blood. Silly coincidences mar the conclusion when Petra and her best teen friend, Sharon, recapture a long-lost trip to see David Cassidy in Las Vegas.
hmonkeyreads's review against another edition
4.0
Very good. Lost some steam once it got to the 90s but the little girl / hero worship stuff was good and took me right back to my own pre-teen years. (My own adult meeting of my teenage crush happened while watching the NYC marathon and seeing Pat LaFontaine run by and I got to scream & wave and he waved back. I was way too happy about that.)
knitwgrace's review against another edition
1.0
Liked her other book but didn't really like this one. Found myself skimming a lot. Maybe if you like David Cassidy you might enjoy this one?
moogen's review against another edition
2.0
This has cured me of light and bright reading for a while. The plot is as vacuous as a David Cassidy lyric. The descriptions of early teenage angst are brilliant. But they're not enough to save the book as a whole.
lornarei's review against another edition
2.0
To quote a reviewer further down, "I Think I Didn't Love It". Didn't hate it, and I'm glad I read it, but...
I guess it just wasn't what I was expecting. I was thinking it would be more lighthearted. Some of it was just so dreary. And Bill? How he had all those encounters he mentions at one point, I'll never know. He was like a gray cloud hanging over the book. I saw the ending coming a mile away and wasn't sure I cared for it.
But all the David stuff was fun. My husband recently brought home PF Seasons 1 and 2 on DVD that he had found at a used bookstore. Takes me right back to my inner 8-year-old heart!
My favorite part was the mention of hiraeth -- the powerful yearning for the place you came from. I know that feeling. Must be the Welsh in me!
I guess it just wasn't what I was expecting. I was thinking it would be more lighthearted. Some of it was just so dreary. And Bill? How he had all those encounters he mentions at one point, I'll never know. He was like a gray cloud hanging over the book. I saw the ending coming a mile away and wasn't sure I cared for it.
But all the David stuff was fun. My husband recently brought home PF Seasons 1 and 2 on DVD that he had found at a used bookstore. Takes me right back to my inner 8-year-old heart!
My favorite part was the mention of hiraeth -- the powerful yearning for the place you came from. I know that feeling. Must be the Welsh in me!
upgirlcd's review against another edition
4.0
Allison Pearson has produced a delightful read! It took me right back to the days I (with several equally devoted teen friends) worshipped teen idols. Petra & her friends swooned over David Cassidy to the degree of insanity. Their journey was detailed in a light, humorous way, with the reader easily empathetic to their emotional & life perils as they grew up through the '70's. So...was the David Cassidy of their dreams the True & Only David? Petra & Sharon do get to answer that for themselves as they re-experience what they thought time left behind in their teenage years. I really identified with Petra--she could be sullen and dark at times, but desiring real happiness in her life. She doesn't even know she is looking for it. A lot of fun remembering teenage silliness, which is all too real in shaping our lives later on!
melissakuzma's review against another edition
4.0
Loved this! Would really like to give it 4 1/2 stars. At first I wasn't sure I was going to like it but all of a sudden I really got into the world of this 13 year old Welsh girl in 1974. It totally reminded me what it was like to be that age (except for me it was 1984 and it was Duran Duran, not David Cassidy). Great ending too.
megan_fowle's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This book couldn’t decide if it wanted to be a quirky coming of age story, a second chance romance, or a doctoral dissertation psycho analyzing the effects of pop culture on girlhood…..so it decided to be all three. And it did not work.
smrankin5's review against another edition
2.0
I really wanted to love this book but I just could not get into it