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3.3 AVERAGE
3.3 AVERAGE
I was kind of over this series after the first book. The main character kind of gets on my nerves a bit. I'm not sure why or how to describe it. However, I do love Meg Cabot though and her writing. So it wasn't horrible.
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is a follow-up to "All-American Girl", about a teenager who saves the president's life (mostly by accident), and subsequently falls in love with his son. This goes deeper into her relationship with David, and her beliefs in his father's new "family" initiatives. It also handles teenage sex much, much differently than her 'Princess Diaries' books, and I think, even much better and more adroitly than the stories about Princess Mia.
I adored All-American Girl the first time I read it, when I was 13 or 14. Once I realized there was a sequel I'd never known about, I knew I had to read that too. At 22 years old, I still love the first book. It's funny and unique (something that I think is nearly impossible to find in most YA novels anymore) and I love all the list making. And then I read the second book which isn't nearly as funny or interesting or unique. Samantha became yet another fictional teenage girl who thought about nothing except whether or not she should have sex with her First Son boyfriend. Despite me not really enjoying the plot and the over abundance of name dropping pop culture references, I do appreciate that Ready or Not has a relatively uncommon, but more realistic take on sex. I feel like YA novels tend to have one of two extreme view points on this matter. Either "sex is bad and you should only have it if you're married" or "sex doesn't matter and never has consequences" and it was nice to read something that fit somewhere between the two. So many of the reviews seem to think that this book is pushing an agenda and sending a terrible message to teenage girls, but I don't agree with that at all. It's not promoting casual sex or promiscuity, if anything it's making sure that girls know that they are allowed to make decisions regarding sex and that it's important that they are just as proactive about protection. In my opinion, good things for teenage girls to hear from a source they trust, especially with the push for abstinence only education. All in all, I think I like what Cabot was going for, but in execution, Ready or Not just fell flat for me. It's a less than stellar sequel to a book that needed no sequel.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Definitely not as good as the first one. At all. It was tolerable, but I was really disappointed. I guess Meg had to use something to first really explore sex among her teenage characters, and so she used this.
First Read:
at some point between the ages of 8 - 12?
Reread:
10th of August 2015 - 12th of August 2015
at some point between the ages of 8 - 12?
Reread:
10th of August 2015 - 12th of August 2015
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Really liked it. Well, except for that awkward screamfest about...well, you know. Or no?