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thekingbeth's review
5.0
This is probably my favourite book, I could read it over and over again and never get tired. I first read it in 2012 and ever since I have wanted to visit Paris. Sara Manning has a way of making the city feel so magical and this book always makes me want to go out and travel across Europe. A major theme throughout book is self acceptance and independence, it's such an important message especially for young girls who are often made to feel like they are meant to hate themselves.
liralen's review
4.0
The second book I’ve read by Manning, and the second pleasant surprise. It’s a pity that this one isn’t more widely available. I see a couple of comparisons to Sarah Dessen, which feels both right and wrong: right because this is a fairly light book about a teenaged girl who more or less has her head screwed on right but who is facing some family + other personal drama; wrong because Dessen (as I’ve noted before) doesn’t let her characters get this messy.
Here, Bea finds herself enmeshed in the ‘popular’ group. Why? She’s not entirely sure. She knows she doesn’t fit in. She’s not sure she wants to. She knows better than to trust that the group doesn’t have ulterior motives, even if she can’t figure out what those motives are. But she also lets herself get swept along with it, because part of her wants to believe that a different, ‘cooler’ version of herself.
I could see Chloe and Emma casting bitter looks in my direction, which was ridiculous. They weren’t being ousted—Ruby simply appreciated how good I was at nodding. (58)
It doesn’t work, of course, and so Bea finds herself alone in Europe, not ready to go home and face her family. Instead: she’ll go to Paris. She’ll track down the father she’s never met. She’ll fall asleep on a train and fall in with a group of backpackers and fall for a boy.
She’ll make some questionable decisions—but she’ll also keep her head screwed on more or less right, and somehow the book manages to be both dramatic and understated. When Bea has her Big Moment with the popular group towards the end of the book, that moment is not her triumph: that moment is her realising that the Big Moment actually isn’t that big, and she’s already had much bigger—and more important—moments, and will have many more in the future, thank you very much.
I really ought to get around to reading some more of Manning’s books.
Here, Bea finds herself enmeshed in the ‘popular’ group. Why? She’s not entirely sure. She knows she doesn’t fit in. She’s not sure she wants to. She knows better than to trust that the group doesn’t have ulterior motives, even if she can’t figure out what those motives are. But she also lets herself get swept along with it, because part of her wants to believe that a different, ‘cooler’ version of herself.
I could see Chloe and Emma casting bitter looks in my direction, which was ridiculous. They weren’t being ousted—Ruby simply appreciated how good I was at nodding. (58)
It doesn’t work, of course, and so Bea finds herself alone in Europe, not ready to go home and face her family. Instead: she’ll go to Paris. She’ll track down the father she’s never met. She’ll fall asleep on a train and fall in with a group of backpackers and fall for a boy.
She’ll make some questionable decisions—but she’ll also keep her head screwed on more or less right, and somehow the book manages to be both dramatic and understated. When Bea has her Big Moment with the popular group towards the end of the book, that moment is not her triumph: that moment is her realising that the Big Moment actually isn’t that big, and she’s already had much bigger—and more important—moments, and will have many more in the future, thank you very much.
I really ought to get around to reading some more of Manning’s books.
_cassidyreads_'s review
4.0
This book was literally devoured, by moi. I loved every second of the wonderful, inspirational journey of the not so boring Bea and Troph. This story is one that I would call "close to perfection" it made me angry,sad, happy and yeah if I drank diet coke I might have snorted some up my nose from those quirky little sentences that make u laugh during times like silent reading. It was fantastically written I give it a big thumbs up!!!
camihawks's review against another edition
4.0
muito fofo, leitura leve e é uma bela distração! Toph mozão <3
miss_moonshine's review
5.0
I went through a Sarra Manning phase when I was younger, and in a recent fit of self-inflicted reminiscing, I borrowed and read Nobody's Girl. Suffice it to say that over the years, her books have lost none of their innate ability to drag me into the story and keep me there until it's good and ready to let me go. I started reading it at gone one in the morning, so confident was I that I would soon be putting it down again, but when I closed the back cover at half past four, I didn't have a single regret.
All of Sarra Manning's books (or at least the ones which I have reade) follow the same basic principle; a young girl undertakes an adventure of some sort and in the midst of all the angst and excitement that causes, she somehow finds herself. Please don't mistake me, however - if this is formulaic, then it is very definitely a formula that works. If you think I have just given away the plot, you are very much mistaken; there are so many nuances, so many ways in which Manning communicates these feelings that every time I read one of her books, it's a new experience, regardless of whether I've read that one multiple times before. We've all been that age, we all remember that time when every small grievance against us was life-changing and our parents were out to get us. So if you're a teenager who would read along and identify, or someone who's been there, done that and are now going to dig the t-shirt out of your wardrobe and indulge in your own reminiscing, I dare you not to be moved by this wonderful story about finding oneself.
All of Sarra Manning's books (or at least the ones which I have reade) follow the same basic principle; a young girl undertakes an adventure of some sort and in the midst of all the angst and excitement that causes, she somehow finds herself. Please don't mistake me, however - if this is formulaic, then it is very definitely a formula that works. If you think I have just given away the plot, you are very much mistaken; there are so many nuances, so many ways in which Manning communicates these feelings that every time I read one of her books, it's a new experience, regardless of whether I've read that one multiple times before. We've all been that age, we all remember that time when every small grievance against us was life-changing and our parents were out to get us. So if you're a teenager who would read along and identify, or someone who's been there, done that and are now going to dig the t-shirt out of your wardrobe and indulge in your own reminiscing, I dare you not to be moved by this wonderful story about finding oneself.
terangbulan's review
3.0
I am obseesed this book. It is a mixture of romance, adventure, mystery, etc. As Bea tried to figure out who is her father,adventure to Paris and found the perfect guy there. I hope Sarra Manning would write a second series because i want to see what happened to Bea!
nourahalseikhan's review
5.0
Sarra Manning never fails to amaze me, she nailed every book she wrote which I read, and by the way who in the right mind would hate a book that is set in PARIS ?!!
I'll give this book a 4.9/5 just because of certain events that happened.
Edit: i forgot to add That i really like how Toph gets all jealous,cranky when she's near other boys lol
I'll give this book a 4.9/5 just because of certain events that happened.
Edit: i forgot to add That i really like how Toph gets all jealous,cranky when she's near other boys lol
missmoonshine's review
5.0
I went through a Sarra Manning phase when I was younger, and in a recent fit of self-inflicted reminiscing, I borrowed and read Nobody's Girl. Suffice it to say that over the years, her books have lost none of their innate ability to drag me into the story and keep me there until it's good and ready to let me go. I started reading it at gone one in the morning, so confident was I that I would soon be putting it down again, but when I closed the back cover at half past four, I didn't have a single regret.
All of Sarra Manning's books (or at least the ones which I have reade) follow the same basic principle; a young girl undertakes an adventure of some sort and in the midst of all the angst and excitement that causes, she somehow finds herself. Please don't mistake me, however - if this is formulaic, then it is very definitely a formula that works. If you think I have just given away the plot, you are very much mistaken; there are so many nuances, so many ways in which Manning communicates these feelings that every time I read one of her books, it's a new experience, regardless of whether I've read that one multiple times before. We've all been that age, we all remember that time when every small grievance against us was life-changing and our parents were out to get us. So if you're a teenager who would read along and identify, or someone who's been there, done that and are now going to dig the t-shirt out of your wardrobe and indulge in your own reminiscing, I dare you not to be moved by this wonderful story about finding oneself.
All of Sarra Manning's books (or at least the ones which I have reade) follow the same basic principle; a young girl undertakes an adventure of some sort and in the midst of all the angst and excitement that causes, she somehow finds herself. Please don't mistake me, however - if this is formulaic, then it is very definitely a formula that works. If you think I have just given away the plot, you are very much mistaken; there are so many nuances, so many ways in which Manning communicates these feelings that every time I read one of her books, it's a new experience, regardless of whether I've read that one multiple times before. We've all been that age, we all remember that time when every small grievance against us was life-changing and our parents were out to get us. So if you're a teenager who would read along and identify, or someone who's been there, done that and are now going to dig the t-shirt out of your wardrobe and indulge in your own reminiscing, I dare you not to be moved by this wonderful story about finding oneself.