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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
This author's teen A List series is a guilty pleasure for me so I thought I would check out this stand alone. While not as good as her A-List books, it was not bad. A poor, recent Yale grad is trying to make it in New York as a journalist. She ends up getting fired from her horrible job and becomes a tutor for a couple of super rich Paris Hilton wanna-bes in Palm Beach. It is pretty predictable but not a bad read.
Guilty pleasure all the way. Super cheesy, but I loved it.
This book is bad, there is no way around it. Yet, I liked it because it teetered on the awesomely bad side. It is everything a typical trashy teen girl novel should be. Full of designer clothes, make up, cheap sex, mean authority figures and a happy ending.
Book #63 read in 2012
Really cute, quick read. I loved the television show that was created from this book, but I liked the book better!
Really cute, quick read. I loved the television show that was created from this book, but I liked the book better!
This was the book that inspired the show "Privileged" on the CW. I have become a huge fan of that show, so when I saw the words "Based on the novel..." I ran to the bookstore to find the root of my new found love.
If you are a fan of the show, you will need to go into reading the book with the frame of mind that the show is LOOSELY based on the book. They basically took the name of the protagonist, the name of the twins, grandmother, chef and neighbor, kept the attitudes of them all the same and that is where the similarities end. Charlie does not exist, her parents are together and living in New Hampshire (not just her father living in Florida) and her sister is not the "loser" of the family - she is a successful model who bests Megan in everything but brains. A far cry from the way the show has portrayed her.
With that being said, if you watch the show and can forget about Charlie, or forget about Lily stealing bracelets, and add a new cast of characters then you will find yourself with a great story of self discovery and opening your eyes to a world you may never have known. This is a great beach read to lose yourself in a world unlike your own.
If you are a fan of the show, you will need to go into reading the book with the frame of mind that the show is LOOSELY based on the book. They basically took the name of the protagonist, the name of the twins, grandmother, chef and neighbor, kept the attitudes of them all the same and that is where the similarities end. Charlie does not exist, her parents are together and living in New Hampshire (not just her father living in Florida) and her sister is not the "loser" of the family - she is a successful model who bests Megan in everything but brains. A far cry from the way the show has portrayed her.
With that being said, if you watch the show and can forget about Charlie, or forget about Lily stealing bracelets, and add a new cast of characters then you will find yourself with a great story of self discovery and opening your eyes to a world you may never have known. This is a great beach read to lose yourself in a world unlike your own.
Great companion to the tv show. Of course I had to picture the characters as played by the actors in the show, notwithstanding the identical twins of the book are played by actors who don't even look the same age. Bit of a fantasy all those foody and clothes paras of the rich. Megan has a nice cheeky voice making this a nice addition to the chicklit genre.
Loved Privileged...wanted to read the book. It was cute! I miss the show.
A fun frivolous read. A bit formulaic, but still a great book to pick up for summer reading. I would definitely be willing to check out other novels by this author.
Before reading this book, I had just read two books that were both very serious and dealt with heavy subject matters which had left me feeling a bit drained. After finishing those books I needed something light and fluffy and perk me back up a bit and as I was a fan of the show that was based on this book, I figured it would be a safe bet. I was definitely right. This was the book equivalent of candy floss. It was light, fluffy, colourful, sweet, and fun, with little substance.
I will admit that I definitely preferred the show. The show, I believe (if memory serves, it's been a while since I watched it), had a slightly longer timeline which made a lot more sense. The short timeline was part of this books downfall as it was just too unrealistic. The twins and Megan went through these huge, miraculous changes in the space of two months? I can suspend my disbelief but it still felt like an absurdly short time to allow yourself to have in the story. The characters were actually a lot more fleshed out in the show than in the book and that's something I'm not sure I've ever actually seen before, usually it's the other way around. Megan was less likeable in the book, which may have been because we saw her thoughts and therefore saw just how judgemental she was of everyone around her. She gets upset and annoyed at how much the twins judge her but she judges them before she's even met them and then continues to judge them as much as they judge her. The twins weren't actually too bad. Apart from one mean prank on her first night with them, they never really felt quite mean enough to warrant everything she said about them and the article that she was initially going to write about them. The twins were also a lot more likeable in the series, though. In the book, the twins' changes and character development was also way too rushed due largely to the short time period that was given to the characters. I just don't understand why the author didn't make the amount of time longer. She wrote the book, the time period was under her control, why not make it a few more months to allow yourself to progress them more naturally?
I had a couple of other gripes, I didn't like the way Marcus was used as a gay ex machina and I also didn't like the fact that there were a quite a few slut shaming digs towards Sage. I didn't like Megan's original boyfriend, as we were clearly supposed to, but I also didn't particularly take to Will either so hey ho. The book was very predictable and the fact I've seen the show wasn't a factor in this at all. The show was very different so the stories, besides the basic premise of poor girl goes to tutor rich twins, are nothing alike. Yet I still knew where it was going from the start.
However, despite all the things I didn't like about it. The book did exactly what I wanted it to do. Mindlessly entertain me. I was definitely entertained and I actually did have a lot of fun reading it. I guess I've always been a bit of a sucker for rich teen dramas, as my guilty pleasures always seem to prove to me (yes, I'm looking directly at you, Gossip Girl).
I will admit that I definitely preferred the show. The show, I believe (if memory serves, it's been a while since I watched it), had a slightly longer timeline which made a lot more sense. The short timeline was part of this books downfall as it was just too unrealistic. The twins and Megan went through these huge, miraculous changes in the space of two months? I can suspend my disbelief but it still felt like an absurdly short time to allow yourself to have in the story. The characters were actually a lot more fleshed out in the show than in the book and that's something I'm not sure I've ever actually seen before, usually it's the other way around. Megan was less likeable in the book, which may have been because we saw her thoughts and therefore saw just how judgemental she was of everyone around her. She gets upset and annoyed at how much the twins judge her but she judges them before she's even met them and then continues to judge them as much as they judge her. The twins weren't actually too bad. Apart from one mean prank on her first night with them, they never really felt quite mean enough to warrant everything she said about them and the article that she was initially going to write about them. The twins were also a lot more likeable in the series, though. In the book, the twins' changes and character development was also way too rushed due largely to the short time period that was given to the characters. I just don't understand why the author didn't make the amount of time longer. She wrote the book, the time period was under her control, why not make it a few more months to allow yourself to progress them more naturally?
I had a couple of other gripes, I didn't like the way Marcus was used as a gay ex machina and I also didn't like the fact that there were a quite a few slut shaming digs towards Sage. I didn't like Megan's original boyfriend, as we were clearly supposed to, but I also didn't particularly take to Will either so hey ho. The book was very predictable and the fact I've seen the show wasn't a factor in this at all. The show was very different so the stories, besides the basic premise of poor girl goes to tutor rich twins, are nothing alike. Yet I still knew where it was going from the start.
However, despite all the things I didn't like about it. The book did exactly what I wanted it to do. Mindlessly entertain me. I was definitely entertained and I actually did have a lot of fun reading it. I guess I've always been a bit of a sucker for rich teen dramas, as my guilty pleasures always seem to prove to me (yes, I'm looking directly at you, Gossip Girl).
Very okay. I wasn't a fan of a lot of things in this book, but I still had fun reading it. And it's one of those books you read on the beach, and that's exactly what I did.