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heyheyaa's review against another edition
1.0
My first official DNF.
This book was disjointed, randomly changed POV, and overall did not have a strong voice. This is truly the only book I’ve ever read (or attempted to read in this case) where I left feeling angry because of how much I disliked it.
This book was disjointed, randomly changed POV, and overall did not have a strong voice. This is truly the only book I’ve ever read (or attempted to read in this case) where I left feeling angry because of how much I disliked it.
babyruth510's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed but didn't love this book. The book follows a Southern debutante, Sarah, from her girlhood in South Carolina through her early thirties in New York. Sarah has issues with substance abuse and abusive men and continually makes poor choices.
The book is narrated in a series of snapshots of Sarah's that at times seems disjointed and slightly confusing. Just as I was really getting a particular point of Sarah's life the chapter would end and jump ahead 5 years. I felt that the book could have been longer and gone into more depth. Despite the book's shortcomings it was still a quick and enjoyable read, however it had the potential to be much better.
The book is narrated in a series of snapshots of Sarah's that at times seems disjointed and slightly confusing. Just as I was really getting a particular point of Sarah's life the chapter would end and jump ahead 5 years. I felt that the book could have been longer and gone into more depth. Despite the book's shortcomings it was still a quick and enjoyable read, however it had the potential to be much better.
lisawhelpley's review against another edition
3.0
Liked the beginning more than the last third, but it was a good read. Sad parts and funny parts. Sad outweighs the funny.
jeslyncat's review against another edition
2.0
I'm not quite sure what I expected when I bought this book. I was raised by an Arkansas mother and a Kentucky father, and I think I wanted a read on the southern deb system and a girl breaking those norms. But what Crouch delivered was a whinny main character (who is kind of, well frankly, stupid) who fights nothing and ignores her own thoughts and opinions. The was the narrative jumps around is confusing, and the plot is extremely shallow. I almost wish Crouch had nixed the main character and written about her sister instead, because we're introduced to her, told several things about her that desperately need elaboration that just wasn't there.
beastreader's review against another edition
3.0
Sarah Walters hails from Charleston. The heart of where girls learn to become ladies at cotillions, courtesy of the South Carolina Society Hall. The Society Hall is really considered more of a dancing school. It is at the Hall that both young ladies and young men learn how to dance The Waltz, Fox Trot, Lindy Hop, Rumba, and the Cha-Cha but not the Shag. You can scratch off your list of ever learning how to dance the Shag.
Charleston and its traditions are maintained by the Camellia Society. Sarah may be raised to act like a debutante but she is the farthest from acting like an actual debutante. Many years have passed and Sarah is now ready to head off to college. She leaves Charleston for New York “The Big Apple”. It is once Sarah is there that she receives the culture shock of her life. The girls dress in pants and the boys make advances toward the women. Sarah adjusts to her life fairly quickly. She even falls for an older man. Unfortunately things don’t work out and Sarah is left picking up the broken pieces of her heart and running as fast as she can back home.
Girls in Trucks is the debut novel from author, Katie Crouch. This book can be considered a good coming of age story. What I enjoyed the most was Sarah. This surprised me as I didn’t think I would; reading that Sarah was a debutante. The reason I liked her so much is because Sarah did not act like one but instead was just a normal girl trying to get by in the world. Plus another aspect I liked about Sarah was when she got introduced to the outside world away from Charleston. She did not act appalled. She embraced the situation with both feet.
Charleston and its traditions are maintained by the Camellia Society. Sarah may be raised to act like a debutante but she is the farthest from acting like an actual debutante. Many years have passed and Sarah is now ready to head off to college. She leaves Charleston for New York “The Big Apple”. It is once Sarah is there that she receives the culture shock of her life. The girls dress in pants and the boys make advances toward the women. Sarah adjusts to her life fairly quickly. She even falls for an older man. Unfortunately things don’t work out and Sarah is left picking up the broken pieces of her heart and running as fast as she can back home.
Girls in Trucks is the debut novel from author, Katie Crouch. This book can be considered a good coming of age story. What I enjoyed the most was Sarah. This surprised me as I didn’t think I would; reading that Sarah was a debutante. The reason I liked her so much is because Sarah did not act like one but instead was just a normal girl trying to get by in the world. Plus another aspect I liked about Sarah was when she got introduced to the outside world away from Charleston. She did not act appalled. She embraced the situation with both feet.
katzreads's review against another edition
3.0
Pretty good for a story about girls from Charleston--I don't usually like them! (The books that is, not the girls.)
violetcat's review against another edition
2.0
Had a lot of potential, but didn't live up to it. About half way through, I found myself wondering if an editor had bothered to read this book because it needed lots of help. The way the narrative would change was annoying.
charlestonmes's review against another edition
175 pages into the book and not a clue what is happening or the point of the storyline (if there even is a storyline).
It is a fail-whale for me.
It is a fail-whale for me.
bakersmom's review against another edition
3.0
This was pretty good. I felt sorry for Sarah because she never seems to grow up. She is stuck in a huge rut.