770 reviews for:

Sweetheart

Sarah Dessen

3.24 AVERAGE

kalin_grace's review against another edition

3.25

emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I think that, if nothing else, this book captures what it feels like to be a fifteen year old girl pretty well.

alyssa_olaf's review against another edition

2.5

hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

blaise_44's review against another edition

2.25

adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kassafras's review against another edition

2.75

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kat_rowlen's review against another edition

3.0

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Good for a pallet cleanser after a heavier read, but if you’re not looking for that it’s a pass. The characters were very one dimensional in this book and the ending was very lacking for me 

stepp_it_up's review against another edition

3.5

fast-paced

deepower7's review against another edition

2.0

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Nothing...really...happened...

littlebumblebri's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

brooklynbookish's review against another edition

2.0

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still good but my least favorite Dessen novel so far.

sng2098's review against another edition

3.0

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That Summer was Sarah Dessen's first published YA novel.

The book was ok, the most annoying thing to me was that it has long paragraphs, which I can't stand in a book. However, the story line didn't really go anywhere. It didn't really have a plot.

To me it can be summed up easily; A girl's parents divorce, she tries to find comfort in the past, then realilzes she can't live in the past.