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foxxie52's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
One of the better books in the series. Zoey is away at college so is in the story less than normal (though is still annoying even from there). Lara has a strong storylines but unfortunately that is now all over.
burialshroud's review against another edition
3.0
I’m pretty annoyed by this Making Out episode because of Lara. She seems to be on the verge of some kind of artistic success, she’s finally got Zoey out of her hair, she’s pretty much off the sauce, everything’s coming up Lara! But she dreams throughout the book about screaming and fires and is ultimately burned to a crisp trying to rescue Jeff and Darla from a house fire. I think it would’ve been a bit more interesting for me if Jeff and Darla were the casualties of the Passmore house fire, but I guess whoever was writing the books at this point just couldn’t do that to sweet, beautiful Zoey. UGH.
The upside is that Zoey’s unbearably smug Berkeley-life is going to be cut short. No more wholesome bike rides or surfing trips or making ethnically diverse friends wherever she goes or free concerts. Oh, she is truly unbearable.
Claire and Aisha are in Boston.
Claire is assigned a huge dorm room which she ends up secretly sharing with Jake, who’s homeless because he was assigned to an all-female dorm and was not allowed to continue to live there because he isn’t Winston Egbert and this isn’t Sweet Valley University. Claire is uncharacteristically homesick and keeps calling all her old island friends like, “whatcha doin’?” Also Claire and Aaron break up for real. See ya, pillow lips.
Aisha is a college freshman engaged to a jackass.
Lucas is working his dad’s fishing boat, but he doesn’t enjoy it. He gets some extra work restoring an old lighthouse at the weekends. He is working 7 days a week. This makes me feel old because I used to do this and think nothing of it, but now the thought of working more than three days in a row makes me want to take a nap. Just bed down right here on the floor. The feeling of oldness intensifies when I remember the first time I read this book I’d never worked a day in my life, because I was a child.
Anyway I love this series. Nina is my favourite. Kate has thankfully disappeared. RIP Lara.
The upside is that Zoey’s unbearably smug Berkeley-life is going to be cut short. No more wholesome bike rides or surfing trips or making ethnically diverse friends wherever she goes or free concerts. Oh, she is truly unbearable.
Claire and Aisha are in Boston.
Claire is assigned a huge dorm room which she ends up secretly sharing with Jake, who’s homeless because he was assigned to an all-female dorm and was not allowed to continue to live there because he isn’t Winston Egbert and this isn’t Sweet Valley University. Claire is uncharacteristically homesick and keeps calling all her old island friends like, “whatcha doin’?” Also Claire and Aaron break up for real. See ya, pillow lips.
Aisha is a college freshman engaged to a jackass.
Lucas is working his dad’s fishing boat, but he doesn’t enjoy it. He gets some extra work restoring an old lighthouse at the weekends. He is working 7 days a week. This makes me feel old because I used to do this and think nothing of it, but now the thought of working more than three days in a row makes me want to take a nap. Just bed down right here on the floor. The feeling of oldness intensifies when I remember the first time I read this book I’d never worked a day in my life, because I was a child.
Anyway I love this series. Nina is my favourite. Kate has thankfully disappeared. RIP Lara.
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