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I have to say, refreshing. It is refreshing to read a book for teens where sex is treated normal! Where the girls enjoy themselves even if they worry about being seen as whores because that bis so realistic.
I liked the characters..that their lives were so complicated and so were there feelings. Bianca was a great character and Westley was perfect as well. The reader knows they have fallen for one another long before they realize it themselves. It adds to the interest in the story.
Definitely a good read and I may have to pick up other books by this author.
I liked the characters..that their lives were so complicated and so were there feelings. Bianca was a great character and Westley was perfect as well. The reader knows they have fallen for one another long before they realize it themselves. It adds to the interest in the story.
Definitely a good read and I may have to pick up other books by this author.
Can't breathe, oh no.
I just, what am I, why does this exist and why did I read it? Fuck if I know. When I told my husband the plot to this book, he quoted the Shawshank Redemption (movie). He was like,
"I'll pull you out of that one-bunk Hilton and cast you down with the Sodomites." Because according to him, I have been reading some classy YA and this is just, scraping the bottom of the barrel YA. I objected because I know there is WAY WORSE out there... but at the same time, when a main character is comparing herself to Kathy from [b:Wuthering Heights|6185|Wuthering Heights|Emily Brontë|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388212715s/6185.jpg|1565818] you've got to take a step back and examine your life choices.
Was it ridiculous? Yes. Did it give me an excess of serotonin? 100%
Designated ugly fat friend. Bianca is the Duff. Wesley is the cruel, sexually powerful big-man-on-campus who informs Bianca of her Duff status, and symbolizes everything she despises about high school and shallow teen values.
Reminiscent of Big Mouth and Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates, this is a hard hitting YA novel that is often excruciatingly uncomfortable, and yet raw in it's honesty.
For older teens, the message is affirming and one of self-forgiveness and acceptance.
Reminiscent of Big Mouth and Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates, this is a hard hitting YA novel that is often excruciatingly uncomfortable, and yet raw in it's honesty.
For older teens, the message is affirming and one of self-forgiveness and acceptance.
there were a lot of bad reviews for this book and they called it depressing but I liked that teenage years aren't all sugar and spice anyone saying any different is lying it had a great ending and teenagers, for once making right choice instead of the sticking with cliche teen choices I really appreciated the honesty of this book and the main characters willingness to stay true to herself, breakdown and pull it together in the end :)
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I really liked The Duff. I didn’t have high expectations going into it. I was mostly iffy because of the title and the beginning of the book because of a certain event that takes place. It’s something that the main character does that I didn’t think was entirely realistic. But I soon got over that, and all was good. I really enjoyed the characters in this novel, especially Bianca and Wesley. I thought they were both fairly relateable in their own ways and the playful banter between the two was pretty funny. The development for both characters was fantastic and made the ending pretty much perfect for me.
This book is pretty straight forward in it’s message, and I think a lot of that is due to the fact that the main character is very straight forward herself. It wasn’t overly cute either, which I thought was refreshing for a young adult novel. Not that I’m making a complaint toward cutesy books, because I love them just as much as books that aren’t. It was just different, and different is refreshing sometimes.
Overall I really liked this book and would recommend it. It was a pretty quick read and was very enjoyable. If you’re looking to read this based on the movie trailer (like I did, because I hadn’t heard a whole lot about this book beforehand) then I will warn you that it is a bit different than the trailer alludes.
I really liked The Duff. I didn’t have high expectations going into it. I was mostly iffy because of the title and the beginning of the book because of a certain event that takes place. It’s something that the main character does that I didn’t think was entirely realistic. But I soon got over that, and all was good. I really enjoyed the characters in this novel, especially Bianca and Wesley. I thought they were both fairly relateable in their own ways and the playful banter between the two was pretty funny. The development for both characters was fantastic and made the ending pretty much perfect for me.
This book is pretty straight forward in it’s message, and I think a lot of that is due to the fact that the main character is very straight forward herself. It wasn’t overly cute either, which I thought was refreshing for a young adult novel. Not that I’m making a complaint toward cutesy books, because I love them just as much as books that aren’t. It was just different, and different is refreshing sometimes.
Overall I really liked this book and would recommend it. It was a pretty quick read and was very enjoyable. If you’re looking to read this based on the movie trailer (like I did, because I hadn’t heard a whole lot about this book beforehand) then I will warn you that it is a bit different than the trailer alludes.
Este libro podría haber sido un 4 estrellas para mí, incluso 5 en mi adolescencia. Es de ritmo fluido, con personajes que se ven reales, problemas familiares y con una historia de amor de instituto taaan de película que no pude evitar devorarlo en un día.
Narra la historia de Bianca, la Duff (amiga menos agraciada), que debido a sus problemas familiares empieza a tener una relación meramente sexual con el chico más guapo y ligón del instituto, Wesley. Por supuesto, esa relación acabará en amor.
Cosas que me han gustado:
- Como he dicho, el ritmo. Se hace súper adictivo, con un lenguaje sencillo, directo y actual.
- Los personajes están bastante bien perfilados, eso que la historia está narrada en primera persona (Bianca), por lo que se suele perder esa conexión con los demás protagonistas. De hecho, Wesley se siente muy auténtico.
- El hecho de que haya sexo entre adolescentes sin tabúes. No son escenas casi nada explícitas pero tienen relaciones múltiples veces.
- La historia de amor: uno de mis tropos favoritos es el guapo/popular enamorándose de la menos agraciada. Me lo como siempre con patatas.
Cosas que no me acabaron de convencer:
- Bianca es demasiado “hater”. Critica a los demás pero es la primera en juzgar a todo el mundo y a Wesley lo trata bastante regular al principio. Y nunca hace autocrítica.
- Hay cosas que chirrían: pequeños comentarios machistas (desde el punto de vista de Bianca) como tachar de zorras a compañeras, o hacer burla porque un chico esté leyendo ‘Cumbres borrascosas’ ya que es de chicas
Narra la historia de Bianca, la Duff (amiga menos agraciada), que debido a sus problemas familiares empieza a tener una relación meramente sexual con el chico más guapo y ligón del instituto, Wesley. Por supuesto, esa relación acabará en amor.
Cosas que me han gustado:
- Como he dicho, el ritmo. Se hace súper adictivo, con un lenguaje sencillo, directo y actual.
- Los personajes están bastante bien perfilados, eso que la historia está narrada en primera persona (Bianca), por lo que se suele perder esa conexión con los demás protagonistas. De hecho, Wesley se siente muy auténtico.
- El hecho de que haya sexo entre adolescentes sin tabúes. No son escenas casi nada explícitas pero tienen relaciones múltiples veces.
- La historia de amor: uno de mis tropos favoritos es el guapo/popular enamorándose de la menos agraciada. Me lo como siempre con patatas.
Cosas que no me acabaron de convencer:
- Bianca es demasiado “hater”. Critica a los demás pero es la primera en juzgar a todo el mundo y a Wesley lo trata bastante regular al principio. Y nunca hace autocrítica.
- Hay cosas que chirrían: pequeños comentarios machistas (desde el punto de vista de Bianca) como tachar de zorras a compañeras, o hacer burla porque un chico esté leyendo ‘Cumbres borrascosas’ ya que es de chicas
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
a cute read but there were a few things that really bugged me
- litterally everything was a YA cliche. if you ever want to play YA cliche bingo, i highly recommend this book
- the dialogues were incredibly flat and i had no connection whatsoever to the characters
- bianca calls herself a feminist on p. 251 aber having spent the whole book calling herself (and others) a slut for making out with a guy & having sex with him without being in a relationship with him. wtf?
- litterally everything was a YA cliche. if you ever want to play YA cliche bingo, i highly recommend this book
- the dialogues were incredibly flat and i had no connection whatsoever to the characters
- bianca calls herself a feminist on p. 251 aber having spent the whole book calling herself (and others) a slut for making out with a guy & having sex with him without being in a relationship with him. wtf?