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lfellars's review
5.0
I really enjoyed this book, but I do like stories about high school girl basketball players (that are realistic) so that could be a part of it. There are so many things that I liked about this book, but to put it in a nutshell it well written and has a great message.
kyramnelson's review
4.0
Oral presentation book
Juliet looks forward to a year of friends, dating, and basketball when she turns sixteen. At first everything looks to be going her way. But she ends up being benched for most of the basketball season and breaks up with her almost-boyfriend, who has fallen for her best friend. Meanwhile her sister Carly is diagnosed with an eating disorder. The difficult circumstances in Juliet's life cause her to question her testimony. I haven't read very much LDS fiction, and I'm not very aware of the genre. But I love Ally Condie's writing style. It's sort of poetic. And I liked this book because it did remind me of being sixteen, even though I faced a very different set of challenges at that age. The voice is very relatable though. I've read a fair number of books on eating disorders, and I think Condie handles the subject well. This is the first book I've read about an eating disorder that wasn't from the perspective of the person with the disorder, and I thought that was an interesting angle to work from.
Juliet looks forward to a year of friends, dating, and basketball when she turns sixteen. At first everything looks to be going her way. But she ends up being benched for most of the basketball season and breaks up with her almost-boyfriend, who has fallen for her best friend. Meanwhile her sister Carly is diagnosed with an eating disorder. The difficult circumstances in Juliet's life cause her to question her testimony. I haven't read very much LDS fiction, and I'm not very aware of the genre. But I love Ally Condie's writing style. It's sort of poetic. And I liked this book because it did remind me of being sixteen, even though I faced a very different set of challenges at that age. The voice is very relatable though. I've read a fair number of books on eating disorders, and I think Condie handles the subject well. This is the first book I've read about an eating disorder that wasn't from the perspective of the person with the disorder, and I thought that was an interesting angle to work from.
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