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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
It’s always problematic reading old books that you’ve like after years and years. When I first read this, I was Edie’s age and everything made perfect sense. As I cracked this book open again today, I knew I was going to hate it.
Edie is whiny, awkward, and obsessive but this can usually be dismissed because she is sixteen. What is not permissible is all of her peers shitty behaviors and they’re nineteen? The way they all interact with each other is like they all hate each other.
Dylan is a grade A+ manipulative asshole. He blows hot and cold like he is an air unit. His is truly a douche who has poor Edie wrapped around his little finger and it’s gross. He’s gross. Dylan is nineteen and he should know better than to go after a sixteen year old, but again, he is an ass.
All of the relationships in this book are toxic and any teen who reads this should know that the way Dylan treats Edie is NOT HEALTHY and that if any boy treats you like that RUN FAR, FAR AWAY.
Edie is whiny, awkward, and obsessive but this can usually be dismissed because she is sixteen. What is not permissible is all of her peers shitty behaviors and they’re nineteen? The way they all interact with each other is like they all hate each other.
Dylan is a grade A+ manipulative asshole. He blows hot and cold like he is an air unit. His is truly a douche who has poor Edie wrapped around his little finger and it’s gross. He’s gross. Dylan is nineteen and he should know better than to go after a sixteen year old, but again, he is an ass.
All of the relationships in this book are toxic and any teen who reads this should know that the way Dylan treats Edie is NOT HEALTHY and that if any boy treats you like that RUN FAR, FAR AWAY.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I've read one Sarra Manning before but it was aimed at an older audience for sure. This one was a teenage love story, with very moody and frustrating main characters. Still, I could kind of relate to some of the melodrama, and how everything feels like the end of the world when you're 16.
Lol this book took me back to high school when all we could say is"boys can be so stupid." Lol cute and good
This is, quite literally as the title says, a diary of a crush, a crush that’s probably very obsessive as Edie is completely immersed into it. 16-year-old Edie’s family has just moved to a new town. Edie finds her new classmates hard to know, but there are several who intrigue her most. One of them is Dylan, the hot but moody artist who’s the guy of every girl’s dreams. The other is Shona, Dylan’s best girl friend since childhood, a cool girl who’s got it all together.
Edie develops an epic crush-to-end-all-crushes on Dylan upon first sight. She chronicles in her diary the awkwardness of becoming friends with Dylan. This is the boy who grabs her and kisses her senseless one minute, then simmers and ignores her the next. When will she ever figure out what his feelings for her are? Perhaps a school art trip to Paris, the city of romance, will help reveal the truth.
This is a good book for those who liked Gossip Girls and the A-list. More serious readers, however, will find this book lacking in substance and style. Edie is a petty protagonist, way too obsessed with her crush in my opinion.
Edie develops an epic crush-to-end-all-crushes on Dylan upon first sight. She chronicles in her diary the awkwardness of becoming friends with Dylan. This is the boy who grabs her and kisses her senseless one minute, then simmers and ignores her the next. When will she ever figure out what his feelings for her are? Perhaps a school art trip to Paris, the city of romance, will help reveal the truth.
This is a good book for those who liked Gossip Girls and the A-list. More serious readers, however, will find this book lacking in substance and style. Edie is a petty protagonist, way too obsessed with her crush in my opinion.
I read this as a teenager - it was printed as a story column in a teen magazine at the time and has since been published. I really like the characters in this series - the story is a bit predictable, but it's a teen romance - they always are.
My 16 year old self loved this series-- I cringe when I think about it now-- but at the time, it was just enough exploration of book raunch to get me through my teen years
I can't even...I can't--I have no words other than I cannot finish this. I'm at page 42 and I have to stop. I'm so sorry. I don't want to be mean but I'm one of those readers who takes on the character as if it were me. Edie--oh my girlfriend, I know you're young and all but I hope and pray YOU DO NOT EXIST in real life. She's as flaky as flake can be. Shallow and a pushover when it comes to Dylan. She was just plain unlikeable.
Dylan. Good Lord. I've never developed such hatred for a love interest of the main character in such short pages as I have with this boy. He's a douchebag through and through.
Do I think that these characters might've evolved had I read the rest of the book? Maybe. But if I can't stomach the characters, how could I possibly keep reading?
I bought most of Ms Manning's books...I really hope I won't have such severe reactions to the rest of them.
Dylan. Good Lord. I've never developed such hatred for a love interest of the main character in such short pages as I have with this boy. He's a douchebag through and through.
Do I think that these characters might've evolved had I read the rest of the book? Maybe. But if I can't stomach the characters, how could I possibly keep reading?
I bought most of Ms Manning's books...I really hope I won't have such severe reactions to the rest of them.
This book introduced me into YA and I thank it so so much! I read this at an age where all the characters were so easy to connect with. Definitely a read for someone who loves a cute, little cheesy book and has just been introduced to YA
This reminded me a lot of Bridge Jones diary. Not only is it told through diary entries, but this girl just seems neurotic.
She can't seem to breath or think around Dylan and makes a fool of herself constantly. She starts at a new school and struggles to make friends. When she's suddenly befriended by Mia, she is brought into Dylan circle - of crazy girls, backstabbing and girlfriend swapping. It was hard to keep up who was kissing who and who was mad and just...yeah, it was all crazy.
But she just seemed like a pretty boyfriend was all she wanted - I couldn't understand her attraction to him or why she constantly let him treat her horrible.
Meh, Yeah, I just think this wasn't for me.
She can't seem to breath or think around Dylan and makes a fool of herself constantly. She starts at a new school and struggles to make friends. When she's suddenly befriended by Mia, she is brought into Dylan circle - of crazy girls, backstabbing and girlfriend swapping. It was hard to keep up who was kissing who and who was mad and just...yeah, it was all crazy.
But she just seemed like a pretty boyfriend was all she wanted - I couldn't understand her attraction to him or why she constantly let him treat her horrible.
Meh, Yeah, I just think this wasn't for me.