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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
So I brought the book because I loved the film. The book is so different from the film. I liked the book but didn't love it. I preferred the film, it's sad, I know.
Bianca Piper is the main character in the book and everything is from her point of view. She has 2 best friends Casey Blithe and Jessica Gaither, both of them mean the world to her. She can't live with them and she can't live without them. Her world is knocked off balanced by Wesley Rush because he calls her a DUFF. DUFF stands for Designated Ugly Fat Friend. He didn't mean to offend her but that's what he did. She know doesn't know who to trust and who not to trust.
I would recommend the film and the book both so different.
Bianca Piper is the main character in the book and everything is from her point of view. She has 2 best friends Casey Blithe and Jessica Gaither, both of them mean the world to her. She can't live with them and she can't live without them. Her world is knocked off balanced by Wesley Rush because he calls her a DUFF. DUFF stands for Designated Ugly Fat Friend. He didn't mean to offend her but that's what he did. She know doesn't know who to trust and who not to trust.
I would recommend the film and the book both so different.
The Duff was one of those books that I ended up reading in one afternoon, closing the book with a smile.
Bianca is definitely a character that most teenage girls can relate to. She doesn't feel like she is as attractive as her friends (who does?), has had her heart broken by an older boy which causes trust issues, and is trying desperately to hold her family together.
I loved how blunt Bianca was, and how Keplinger did not feel the need to hold back on the language or situations. Let's face it, teens these days curse like sailors and experience a lot of things our parents and grandparents may have been shielded from. Teens also feel like everything in the world revolves around them. (You know you remember it!)
The Duff was a breath of fresh air for me. Honest, fun, and rousing.
Short and an easy to read book. It wasnt that deep, but it was entertaining. 3/5 sounds good.
I went into this book with low expectations and was honestly ready to put it down 30 pages in, but I actually started to like the book 50 pages in and couldn't put it down after that. Read this book in 5 hrs and they were well spent.
The grown up themes in the book felt like they belonged in a college aged book but I enjoyed them anyway. I honestly wish I was having that much sex in high school, but maybe other people can relate to Bianca's experience better.
4 stars for surprising me. I think I'm going to start going into books with low expectations, it's been working out for me.
The grown up themes in the book felt like they belonged in a college aged book but I enjoyed them anyway. I honestly wish I was having that much sex in high school, but maybe other people can relate to Bianca's experience better.
4 stars for surprising me. I think I'm going to start going into books with low expectations, it's been working out for me.
If this book was a movie(which it now is) I would rate it PG-13, because there is some bad language and sex. But it is very well written and the ending is really sweet. Despite the sexual content in this book, it is a really good story and the author has many other good books like this one.
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Okay. I don't want to admit it, but it was pretty good.
My best friends little sister really liked this book, so I gave it a shot - and while I maintain that the first tweet or so pages were painful - the rest kept me reading until the very end. I liked a lot of the messages in the book (even if they were heavy handed) and props for referencing some of my favorite pieces of literature.
My best friends little sister really liked this book, so I gave it a shot - and while I maintain that the first tweet or so pages were painful - the rest kept me reading until the very end. I liked a lot of the messages in the book (even if they were heavy handed) and props for referencing some of my favorite pieces of literature.
was 3 stars till 50%, and then the rest of it felt the same feelings washed, rinsed and repeated, over and over again.
i think this might be one of the rare occasions i say "the film was better than the book."
i think this might be one of the rare occasions i say "the film was better than the book."
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Bianca’s life is fairly normal, she goes to school, she hangs out with friends. Simple, normal. Then things get more complicated when the school womanizer, Wesley, calls Bianca the duff, designated ugly fat friend. The relationship that unfolds between the two plus troubles at home quickly stir up Bianca’s otherwise normal life.
Based on the commercials for the movie version, I thought The Duff was going to be vastly different than it was. The term duff is used only about three times outside of Bianca’s and Wesley’s relationship.
The plot is enjoyable albeit predictable. The characters are realistic. I really liked the way all of the relationships played out.
After having watched the movie, I think the book was way better. I put off watching the movie because I figured it would be very similar to the book. In reality they are vastly different, they may as well be completely different stories. The movie has a closer feel to movies like She’s All That, where the unpopular girl gets a makeover that somehow leads to the popular boy to falling for her.
The book felt more real and way less cheesy than the movie. Which is probably a large part of why I found the book more compelling.
Bianca’s life is fairly normal, she goes to school, she hangs out with friends. Simple, normal. Then things get more complicated when the school womanizer, Wesley, calls Bianca the duff, designated ugly fat friend. The relationship that unfolds between the two plus troubles at home quickly stir up Bianca’s otherwise normal life.
Based on the commercials for the movie version, I thought The Duff was going to be vastly different than it was. The term duff is used only about three times outside of Bianca’s and Wesley’s relationship.
The plot is enjoyable albeit predictable. The characters are realistic. I really liked the way all of the relationships played out.
After having watched the movie, I think the book was way better. I put off watching the movie because I figured it would be very similar to the book. In reality they are vastly different, they may as well be completely different stories. The movie has a closer feel to movies like She’s All That, where the unpopular girl gets a makeover that somehow leads to the popular boy to falling for her.
The book felt more real and way less cheesy than the movie. Which is probably a large part of why I found the book more compelling.
This book was very interesting. Wesley is a major hottie though if I ever met him I would totally slap him on the face and insult him unlessly. Yes, I know I am a Duff. Which I am but that doesn't mean you can advertise it to the world. But it wasn't like I didn't like him before, honestly, I would have thought he was funny. If he came up to me and said the things he did, I would have left him talking to air. I'm not the nicest person when I'm insulted. The book was good not for kids. Bianca is a little weak sometimes and not smart enough to think properly. She alright as a main character.