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26 reviews for:
Getting the Girl: A Guide to Private Investigation, Surveillance, and Cookery
Susan Juby
3.34 AVERAGE
26 reviews for:
Getting the Girl: A Guide to Private Investigation, Surveillance, and Cookery
Susan Juby
3.34 AVERAGE
Written in the same humourous style as David Klass, I must say that there were some serious laugh out loud moments I had. Susan Juby (a local author!) writes with such clarity and truthfulness that I think anyone who reads this book will relate. Who didn't have cliques in high school? They might not have been called Trophy Wives or the Defiled but they were there and they were present. Susan Juby brings to life the hardships of high school but she also is able to brilliantly depict the innate goodness in people that we may not always be witness to but we all hope is there. Mack was a great character that I absolutely loved. Rick was a riot. Mack's mom was super cool and even Fred the man with "hairs" on his head was awesome. Susan Juby, I am a fan.
Pretty run of the mill teen mystery about a high school where an unknown person is "defiling" girls and leaving them to flounder in unpopularity. What set this apart was Juby's humor--she really captured the sound and jokes of teenage boys. The characters were likeable enough, but some fell a little flat, not getting the treatment they probably deserved. I also really enjoyed the cookery aspect from the title--throwing in that little twist helped to ground and make Sherman Mack real.
I liked this a lot. I like Susan Juby's sense of humour and it returns full force here. Once again her main character is slightly wacky and appealing. I'm looking forward to hearing Susan read from this one this weekend because I think she could really bring it to life.
My beach books this year are an eclectic bunch. They were all books that found their way under my desk in a large to-read pile. So I scooped some of them up and brought them to Emerald Isle.
This was the YA selection and it was great fun. I have not read Juby before, but will try another since I don't often get to laugh out loud.
Sherman Mack is not a total dork. He is not selected last for sports, but third from last. He has a self-appointed mission to take care of the "ladies". In other words, Mack is a ninth grade boy with a lot of potential. He is also extremely funny. When he decides that his mission needs to be stepped up, you will be glad to be along for the adventure.
I recommend this book to all YA readers, especially boys and to adults who would like to be reminded about high school, in a good way.
This was the YA selection and it was great fun. I have not read Juby before, but will try another since I don't often get to laugh out loud.
Sherman Mack is not a total dork. He is not selected last for sports, but third from last. He has a self-appointed mission to take care of the "ladies". In other words, Mack is a ninth grade boy with a lot of potential. He is also extremely funny. When he decides that his mission needs to be stepped up, you will be glad to be along for the adventure.
I recommend this book to all YA readers, especially boys and to adults who would like to be reminded about high school, in a good way.
I didn’t have anything wrong with this book, I just don’t have much to say about it. The plot was sort of interesting, but I thought the ending was a bit too dramatic, and didn’t really fit the rest of the book, and honestly for most of it I was a little bit bored.
I also wasn’t particularly impressed by the characters. I couldn’t really connect with the main character, Sherman. He was a bit of an idiot, and I was also annoyed by the fact that at the end he sort of cheated on a school project. Like really? He had to put on a dinner party, and he wasn’t allowed to get help from an adult. How hard is that really? But no, he got an adult to help (Sherman was a terrible cook), which made me sort of mad.
The rest of the characters I couldn’t really tell apart.
Also I was told that this was a really funny book, but although I did laugh once or twice, I didn’t really find it very funny. So it didn’t meet my expectations. I think I most likely would have liked it a bit more if I hadn’t went into it thinking it would be really funny.
Despite the fact that I don’t have great stuff to say about it, I actually am glad I read it, and I think that if it’s the type of book you like, its worth reading. Personally contemporary isn’t my favourite genre. I like magic in my books, or at least an unique world, that I don’t already live in. There are contemporaries that I like, but not as many as other genres. So although I didn’t like it, I think it is a good book.
I also wasn’t particularly impressed by the characters. I couldn’t really connect with the main character, Sherman. He was a bit of an idiot, and I was also annoyed by the fact that at the end he sort of cheated on a school project. Like really? He had to put on a dinner party, and he wasn’t allowed to get help from an adult. How hard is that really? But no, he got an adult to help (Sherman was a terrible cook), which made me sort of mad.
The rest of the characters I couldn’t really tell apart.
Also I was told that this was a really funny book, but although I did laugh once or twice, I didn’t really find it very funny. So it didn’t meet my expectations. I think I most likely would have liked it a bit more if I hadn’t went into it thinking it would be really funny.
Despite the fact that I don’t have great stuff to say about it, I actually am glad I read it, and I think that if it’s the type of book you like, its worth reading. Personally contemporary isn’t my favourite genre. I like magic in my books, or at least an unique world, that I don’t already live in. There are contemporaries that I like, but not as many as other genres. So although I didn’t like it, I think it is a good book.