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pataustin11's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
buttercupita's review against another edition
4.0
Tom Perrotta's books are so much fun -- I enjoy that he can weave a story with sympathetic but tremendously fallible characters, and I'm often laughing at his dry delivery. I took off one star just because I didn't find the ending wholly satisfying, but I will absolutely continue to read any book he writes.
vampirequeenejoey's review against another edition
5.0
4.75 stars
I was very pleasantly surprised by this book... I knew nothing about it (or Tom Perrotta or Tracy Flick) going into it, and only read it to get an achievement on my kindle LOL... but I am so so so glad I did.
Has an ensemble cast and each of their lives is so interesting and DIFFERENT and *real* and I laughed a lot (book is INSANELY funny) and I cried maybe twice as much (it's also very touching, and a testament to human behavior, I feel).
Love love LOVED this book till the end, which left me less than thrilled, but it was good, I guess. not enough for me to bump down to a 4 star rating.
second favorite book i've read this year so far, following very closely behind another ensemble cast novel, Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin!!!!!!! Seems I love this type of book.
I was very pleasantly surprised by this book... I knew nothing about it (or Tom Perrotta or Tracy Flick) going into it, and only read it to get an achievement on my kindle LOL... but I am so so so glad I did.
Has an ensemble cast and each of their lives is so interesting and DIFFERENT and *real* and I laughed a lot (book is INSANELY funny) and I cried maybe twice as much (it's also very touching, and a testament to human behavior, I feel).
Love love LOVED this book till the end, which left me less than thrilled, but it was good, I guess. not enough for me to bump down to a 4 star rating.
second favorite book i've read this year so far, following very closely behind another ensemble cast novel, Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin!!!!!!! Seems I love this type of book.
toddnoth's review against another edition
5.0
Very powerful, relatable, and just a little unsettling. Ok a lot unsettling in an insightful way.
kevintheyeoman's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
vip1001's review
dark
emotional
funny
relaxing
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
angus_mckeogh's review against another edition
4.0
I love Tracy Flick. I loved Election. And it was great to meet up with this character again. As usual, Perrotta has an easy to read style that is steeped in emotion. Highly recommended.
hannet's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This didn't feel very... deep, but then it also didn't feel very relaxing, because it was pretty dark (alcoholics, affairs, deaths, some sprinkled-in failed life dreams, etc.). Maybe it was meant to be very realistic and "this is life, kid"-y. When Vito got shot like a page before the end of the book... And suddenly Marissa was Tracy's friend and helped her recover!? Maybe if this book had more pages it could've done what it tried to do?
Felt this quote from Tracy summed it up: There's no such thing as immortality; all our striving is in vain. In the end, we'll all be forgotten, every single one of us, the winners and the losers alike. Or maybe I was just a little morose after reading all that. Hoping to forget this book, hehe.
Update: I just read some reviews and found out the bestseller teased at the back of my book copy is actually the prequel to this and from 1998, it's been made into a successful movie with Reese Witherspoon and follows Tracy's election to be class president. Interesting. Almost interesting enough to give the book a chance. Would've preferrred to read the older one I think. Alas. Cool concept to do a sequel like this, though!
gracejapan's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.75