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stephxsu's review against another edition
5.0
CHARMED THIRDS, the third book in Megan McCafferty’s bestselling series, introduces a more insightful and pensive, though not necessarily more likable, Jessica Darling. Diehard fans of the first two books will have trouble coming to terms with Jessica’s growth, though personally I think it’s fantastic.
College is supposed to be better for Jessica Darling. After all, she has escaped Pineville to attend prestigious Columbia University in the greatest city in the world, and she is still with Marcus.
However, things are not as great as it seems. Jessica and Marcus’ relationship seems to hit the rocks. She still can’t escape her high school joke of friends, even with new college friends. She has unsatisfying flings with several different guys. But worst of all, her parents won’t help her pay for college.
How will Jessica even survive her college years, let alone come out a better person?
College is supposed to be better for Jessica Darling. After all, she has escaped Pineville to attend prestigious Columbia University in the greatest city in the world, and she is still with Marcus.
However, things are not as great as it seems. Jessica and Marcus’ relationship seems to hit the rocks. She still can’t escape her high school joke of friends, even with new college friends. She has unsatisfying flings with several different guys. But worst of all, her parents won’t help her pay for college.
How will Jessica even survive her college years, let alone come out a better person?
averyreadsbooks's review against another edition
2.0
Delightfully funny as expected, though I found I didn’t like Jessica as much in this one as I did during her high school years. Marcus just disappeared for a chunk of the book and I very much liked him so that was a bummer. It was just kind of bad decisions and whining until a little happiness at the end.
nagam's review against another edition
3.0
Complete and utter chaos ensues.
Me...I was absolutely annoyed with Jessica Darling. She makes SO, so many mistakes in this book. She questions so much - and by so much, I mean Marcus. Their relationship. Every single thing. This book was so different for me. Pretty much any reader can see how amazing Marcus is - yet Jessica has this bass-ackwards way of viewing relationships and marriage.
Don't read below if you don't want something spoiled for you.
A summation of Jessica's craziness in no particular order:
1. She cheats on Marcus. Why, oh, why would she ever do this?!
2. She thinks she's pregnant. This is understandable. She does have sex, but it causes her to make bad choices.
3. She quits communicating with Marcus and Hope.
4. She consideres having sex with her married, older teaching assistant.
5. She hooks up and begins dating a loser of a boy who's just so stinkin' odd. WHYYY???
6. She devirginizes Len.
Yes, that all happens in this one book. Consider it Jessica's low-of-all-lows. I hope. Please redeem yourself, Jessica... please.
Most of me is questioning why Marcus would ever want her back. He just keeps getting better and better and she's sliding so low on the totem pole. Yikes, book four had better be super-freaking-awesome.
Me...I was absolutely annoyed with Jessica Darling. She makes SO, so many mistakes in this book. She questions so much - and by so much, I mean Marcus. Their relationship. Every single thing. This book was so different for me. Pretty much any reader can see how amazing Marcus is - yet Jessica has this bass-ackwards way of viewing relationships and marriage.
Don't read below if you don't want something spoiled for you.
A summation of Jessica's craziness in no particular order:
1. She cheats on Marcus. Why, oh, why would she ever do this?!
2. She thinks she's pregnant. This is understandable. She does have sex, but it causes her to make bad choices.
3. She quits communicating with Marcus and Hope.
4. She consideres having sex with her married, older teaching assistant.
5. She hooks up and begins dating a loser of a boy who's just so stinkin' odd. WHYYY???
6. She devirginizes Len.
Yes, that all happens in this one book. Consider it Jessica's low-of-all-lows. I hope. Please redeem yourself, Jessica... please.
Most of me is questioning why Marcus would ever want her back. He just keeps getting better and better and she's sliding so low on the totem pole. Yikes, book four had better be super-freaking-awesome.
missgrangerr's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-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
4.0
ashleyholstrom's review against another edition
5.0
This book was a much slower read in comparison to my flying through the first two of the series in a week. Jessica Darling is at school in New York City and far, far away from her boyfriend, Marcus. Sadly, the journal entries are only from her breaks from school, sometimes skipping a break or two in between. So much changes between the segments and it’s sometimes hard to follow. But, of course, it’s still Jess and still super witty.
I sort of wish the series had ended with Second Helpings. Charmed Thirds just did not live up to what the first two books started. And, let’s be honest, I really love the books for Jessica/Marcus time. And there just wasn’t enough of that in this book.
Full review at Crooked Prose.
I sort of wish the series had ended with Second Helpings. Charmed Thirds just did not live up to what the first two books started. And, let’s be honest, I really love the books for Jessica/Marcus time. And there just wasn’t enough of that in this book.
Full review at Crooked Prose.
golden_lily's review against another edition
2.0
It's not me, it's you.
I can't with a main character who never grows up. Whose selfishness and callousness are supposed to be real and relatable, but are really just pathetic. Marcus may be sorry for taking two years to get his head on right, but Jessica is sorrier for making astonishingly bad decisions, leading people on, and faking every friendship she's ever had. The woman has turned into a sociopath, and that misanthropy that was cute at 16 isn't cute at 23.
doublearegee's review against another edition
4.0
Definitely the weak link in the chain, yet it gives two of the most memorable lines of the whole series (other than You. Yes, you.) - my thoughts create my world, and love has the longest arms. I can't quite put my finger on why this book doesn't work as well as the others, but when I started it, it felt like a hurdle I had to pass to get to the next one, which I enjoyed more. Maybe because this one feels like such a mishmash of characters? Hey, let's throw pretty much everyone from the previous novels into scenes in this one? I feel like the one person this book was missing was Mary "Call me Chantalle" DiPasquale. I suspect the reasoning behind this may be that the book is missing Marcus, the one person who constantly provided a mirror for Jessica to examine her life, so everyone else had to serve as the "look at yourself. Look at what you're doing. Look at your life" that he did, but still. Between that and the writing style, it just felt cluttered. I realize it does accurately portray the difference between college and high school- in high school you have oh so much time to focus on the minutiae in your day to day life, while in college it's different, but still.
averyreadsbooks's review against another edition
2.0
Delightfully funny as expected, though I found I didn’t like Jessica as much in this one as I did during her high school years. Marcus just disappeared for a chunk of the book and I very much liked him so that was a bummer. It was just kind of bad decisions and whining until a little happiness at the end.
penandpencil's review against another edition
Tough to read, but so honest. This series is great!
fachrinaa's review against another edition
4.0
I read both the English and Indonesian version, and both are great. I was actually a bit skeptic about the Indonesian version, since the publisher censored some parts of Second Helpings(Porsi Kedua), so I expected the same thing to happen in this book, especially since it's more explicit than the previous. Fortunately, the publisher doesn't do the same thing here. At least, not that I know of.