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carmby's review
4.0
This book and its prequel, Spoiled, were pretty fluffy and the stories weren't too exciting, but I LOVE the writing. The abundant pop culture references were enough to make me super happy, but the writing alone was very enjoyable. Definitely going to be looking for more books by these authors. That's why I gave the book a four. Also, I'm watching the TV show Chuck right now and the character Jake reminds me of Captain Awesome. That was fun.
blue_squishie's review against another edition
3.0
I was getting bogged down in reading A Discovery of Witches, so I came back to this book after putting it down for a while. Messy is a sequel to last year's Spoiled, both written by the women who write/run the Go Fug Yourself blog. I enjoyed Spoiled, and I'm glad Molly, the main protagonist from that book, still features a bit in Messy, but the main action is around her friend Max(ine). I like Molly better than Max, I think Max's passivity grated a bit on me. And maybe it's just the mood I'm in, but, to me, the way Max deals with things by basically shutting down foretells an adulthood filled with depression and loneliness.... Aaanyways, I did enjoy this as a follow up, Brooke comes off way more sympathetic. All in all, just the kind of frothy summer read I needed now.
akmargie's review against another edition
3.0
Perfect fluffy summer read with a clever send up of Hollywood culture thrown in.
foreveryoungadult's review against another edition
Graded By: Poshdeluxe
Cover Story: Anyone Want To Hit Up Sephora With Me Later?
BFF Charm: Yay!
Swoonworthy Scale: 5
Talky Talk: Fugeriffic
Bonus Factors: Nancy Drew Movie, Behind The Scenes, OpenBrooke.com, Brick Berlin, The Fug Girls
Relationship Status: I'll Be The CaCee Cobb To Your Jessica Simpson
Read the full book report here.
Cover Story: Anyone Want To Hit Up Sephora With Me Later?
BFF Charm: Yay!
Swoonworthy Scale: 5
Talky Talk: Fugeriffic
Bonus Factors: Nancy Drew Movie, Behind The Scenes, OpenBrooke.com, Brick Berlin, The Fug Girls
Relationship Status: I'll Be The CaCee Cobb To Your Jessica Simpson
Read the full book report here.
emilycc's review against another edition
4.0
A step up from your average beach read: light-hearted, with a great blend of satire and affection for pop culture and a likeable, relatable protagonist.
melbsreads's review against another edition
3.0
1/9/2016
Interestingly, on reread? I think I preferred this one to Spoiled from a story perspective, but Spoiled feels stronger somehow?? It's pretty bitchy at times, but that fits in well with the teen it-girl approach of the story. The characters are fun, but frustrating. The writing is a little generic, but still enjoyable. The plot is kind of ridiculous, but silly and pretty fun. It feels quite dated as far as YA goes, despite only being four years old. But it's fine. Forgettable. But fine.
4/7/2012
Plot summary: Following on from the events of "Spoiled", 16 year old Brooke Berlin is determined to see her star rise. She decides that the perfect way to do this is to start a blog. But there's one catch - she doesn't want to write it. Enter Max McCormack, an aspiring writer, and best friend to Brooke's half sister, who's sick of her job in a restaurant and needs the hefty salary that Brooke is offering. When the site takes off and Brooke is cast as the lead in a movie, it's only a matter of time before the girls get on each other's nerves and the secret comes out.
Thoughts: I didn't enjoy this QUITE as much as I liked "Spoiled". But there were still plenty of entertaining moments. I loved the Nancy Drew movie, and the blog posts were fantastically snarky, as you'd expect from the Fug Girls. Brick Berlin was a highlight, as in "Spoiled", though I would have liked to see a little more of Molly.
It's a quick, fun read about all the insanity of Hollywood and trying to grow up in its midst.
Interestingly, on reread? I think I preferred this one to Spoiled from a story perspective, but Spoiled feels stronger somehow?? It's pretty bitchy at times, but that fits in well with the teen it-girl approach of the story. The characters are fun, but frustrating. The writing is a little generic, but still enjoyable. The plot is kind of ridiculous, but silly and pretty fun. It feels quite dated as far as YA goes, despite only being four years old. But it's fine. Forgettable. But fine.
4/7/2012
Plot summary: Following on from the events of "Spoiled", 16 year old Brooke Berlin is determined to see her star rise. She decides that the perfect way to do this is to start a blog. But there's one catch - she doesn't want to write it. Enter Max McCormack, an aspiring writer, and best friend to Brooke's half sister, who's sick of her job in a restaurant and needs the hefty salary that Brooke is offering. When the site takes off and Brooke is cast as the lead in a movie, it's only a matter of time before the girls get on each other's nerves and the secret comes out.
Thoughts: I didn't enjoy this QUITE as much as I liked "Spoiled". But there were still plenty of entertaining moments. I loved the Nancy Drew movie, and the blog posts were fantastically snarky, as you'd expect from the Fug Girls. Brick Berlin was a highlight, as in "Spoiled", though I would have liked to see a little more of Molly.
It's a quick, fun read about all the insanity of Hollywood and trying to grow up in its midst.
emaleegoode's review against another edition
4.0
Overall, I enjoyed Messy more than Spoiled. I felt like in Messy we got to see more of the characters that we enjoyed in Spoiled.
And I’m not gonna lie whenever I say that it took me a while to finish Spoiled. Most of it I blame on a reading slump, considering that overall I did enjoy spoiled, but with Messy it took a lot less time for me to read.
That could also have something to do with the fact that I adore Max’s character.
One thing that sets Messy apart from Spoiled is the relationships. In spoiled, we knew exactly who was going to get together, so it wasn’t exactly a shocker. This is good from time to time, but I felt as if I wanted something like that from this series, and we got it with Messy.
Both of the male protagonists that we are introduced to and do not know (which excludes Brick and Teddy) are both really good characters. In the end, they came out on the side that I wanted them to, and everything worked out just wonderfully.
I also enjoyed seeing Brooke’s personality more in this book. Although we touched on it in Spoiled, I felt like it wasn’t nearly as much of a character development as Messy was for her.
Both books are very well written and I enjoyed both of them a lot. Highly added to my bookshelf of good reads!!
And I’m not gonna lie whenever I say that it took me a while to finish Spoiled. Most of it I blame on a reading slump, considering that overall I did enjoy spoiled, but with Messy it took a lot less time for me to read.
That could also have something to do with the fact that I adore Max’s character.
One thing that sets Messy apart from Spoiled is the relationships. In spoiled, we knew exactly who was going to get together, so it wasn’t exactly a shocker. This is good from time to time, but I felt as if I wanted something like that from this series, and we got it with Messy.
Both of the male protagonists that we are introduced to and do not know (which excludes Brick and Teddy) are both really good characters. In the end, they came out on the side that I wanted them to, and everything worked out just wonderfully.
I also enjoyed seeing Brooke’s personality more in this book. Although we touched on it in Spoiled, I felt like it wasn’t nearly as much of a character development as Messy was for her.
Both books are very well written and I enjoyed both of them a lot. Highly added to my bookshelf of good reads!!
carmby's review against another edition
4.0
This book and its prequel, Spoiled, were pretty fluffy and the stories weren't too exciting, but I LOVE the writing. The abundant pop culture references were enough to make me super happy, but the writing alone was very enjoyable. Definitely going to be looking for more books by these authors. That's why I gave the book a four. Also, I'm watching the TV show Chuck right now and the character Jake reminds me of Captain Awesome. That was fun.