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Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

9 reviews

_verena_'s review against another edition

inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

I don't know why I read/finished this book? It wasn't bad, I just found it quite boring and foreseeable and couldn't relate to the characters at all.

I appreciate the message of "be yourself, no matter what anyone says" though.

Obviously I'm not the target audience, however I think 12 year old me might have enjoyed it, therefore 1,5 stars.

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It was boring and I just couldn’t get into it.

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

"She was elusive. She was today. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl. We did not know what to make of her. In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew."

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lighthearted mysterious reflective

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

a lot of this doesn't hold up in 2023, primarily the utter manic pixie dream girl-ness of stargirl herself and the implausibility of the mica high groupthink. (and leo lowkey stalking stargirl at the beginning.)

but despite all that, <i>stargirl</i> held its magic for me. i just love stargirl and archie. the prose is simple, but beautiful. i can't express the way reading about "disappearing," the students as awakening frogs, and the desert descriptions make me feel.

basically: this is all unrealistic and stargirl is more of a plot device than a person. but when i read <i>stargirl</i> as an 11 year old it made me want to be weirder and kinder, and isn't that what really matters?

3.5 or 4 stars

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