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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
I really liked Pants on Fire, it was a perfect read for a hot summer. Especially one where it’s so hot it’s impossible to think straight.
Pants of Fire is very simple in plotline so it was really easy to read through and I enjoyed it immensely. I felt that it was quite easy to put myself into the shoes of the characters too. Meg Cabot seems to be really good at writing as though you’re a part of the story.
I liked Katie as a character, I just wished that she’d have gotten rid of Seth sooner. The good thing is, Pants on Fire is quite short so the plot resolves itself quite quickly. I think it would have annoyed me if the book had been dragged out even longer.
I definitely did not think of Tommy Sullivan as a freak and I thought he was one of the better characters in the novel which I thought was the point.
Overall, Pants on Fire is one of those great summer reads, it’s light and breezy and was a really good book to read. If you’re looking for a light summer read then Pants on Fire is a pretty good candidate.
Pants of Fire is very simple in plotline so it was really easy to read through and I enjoyed it immensely. I felt that it was quite easy to put myself into the shoes of the characters too. Meg Cabot seems to be really good at writing as though you’re a part of the story.
I liked Katie as a character, I just wished that she’d have gotten rid of Seth sooner. The good thing is, Pants on Fire is quite short so the plot resolves itself quite quickly. I think it would have annoyed me if the book had been dragged out even longer.
I definitely did not think of Tommy Sullivan as a freak and I thought he was one of the better characters in the novel which I thought was the point.
Overall, Pants on Fire is one of those great summer reads, it’s light and breezy and was a really good book to read. If you’re looking for a light summer read then Pants on Fire is a pretty good candidate.
While Tommy Sullivan is, and will continue to be, my favorite Cabot boy, this book is nowhere near one of my favorites. The first thing that I disliked about the book occured before I even opened it--the cover. I originally had to have it shipped over without the jacket, just so I could have the book in the house without my parents' objections. It's a disgusting cover, and one that I'm sure had to turn some readers away, right? The other thing is the title. While Pants on Fire does describe the character well, the original intended title, Tommy Sullivan is a Freak would have worked so much better and been entirely more catchy. Reading through the book, it is more evident than most Cabot books (although I'm realizing more and more that this is true for most all of them...) that the main character is a spoiled, snobby, popular kid. I used to find these books so identifyable, until very recently. Yeah, the characters have their issues, but at the root of things, they are all ridiculously popular, even Mia, the one who most would probably easily identify with (if you object to this statement, you clearly haven't read the last two PD books). Kind of makes it hard to sympathize with them... Tommy Sullivan is the only thing that breathes life into this otherwise dead book about a flirty, slutty, teen. I do agree with the more rebellious aspects of it. (For heaven's sakes, I live in a football town. No truer statement has been uttered than Katie's rant, "I hate the way we worship the Quahogs, and for what? They don't save lives. They don't teach us anything. They just chase after a stupid ball. And for that, we treat them like gods." EXACTLY what I've been saying for years.) This is just going to have to be another one of those "It had potential, but..." books.
Rating: 3/5
Rating: 3/5
I do love this book and I'm happy to reread it after so many years. Katie is funny and you can't help but like her, even though she's a liar and cheating on her boyfriend. The way she thinks is so interesting and I like that she's not self obsessed like some teenage girls. She just wants to be a photographer, but she's caught up in other people's expectations and lets herself be pushed into things she doesn't want. She doesn't want to date Seth, but he's the quarterback and popular. She doesn't want to be in the pageant, but she does want the money for a camera. The best part of the story is Tommy. He isn't afraid of what people think of him and what he did and won't hide or pretend to be sorry. He encourages Katie to be real and tell people who she truly is.
The narration wasn't great, this is one I recommend reading.
The narration wasn't great, this is one I recommend reading.
[a:Meg Cabot|11654|Meg Cabot|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1197201648p2/11654.jpg]'s horniest character yet! Seriously, though, the steamiest Cabot I've ever read (not that it was all that steamy). Quick and fun and enjoyable just like all of Cabot's books. Though, to be honest, I enjoyed the post in her blog about her determination to use the "butt-touching" cover to get the book banned - she's jealous because some of her fellow young adult authors have been banned, and she hasn't - more than the book itself.
On second read, after spending the first 100+ pages ridiculously annoyed by everyone in the book (the main character, Katie, and her inability to keep her lips off cute boys who are not her boyfriend; her father, who is convinced that she will get over her crippling motion sickness as soon as she finds a boy to drive her around; the entire damn town for worshiping the football team, and not in a heartwarming, Friday-Night-Lights kind of way), I suddenly remembered why I gave the book 3 stars: Meg Cabot's prose is damn near irresistible, and Tommy Sullivan is awfully dreamy (and as unrealistic as your average Cabot love interest). You go, Tommy Sullivan.
On second read, after spending the first 100+ pages ridiculously annoyed by everyone in the book (the main character, Katie, and her inability to keep her lips off cute boys who are not her boyfriend; her father, who is convinced that she will get over her crippling motion sickness as soon as she finds a boy to drive her around; the entire damn town for worshiping the football team, and not in a heartwarming, Friday-Night-Lights kind of way), I suddenly remembered why I gave the book 3 stars: Meg Cabot's prose is damn near irresistible, and Tommy Sullivan is awfully dreamy (and as unrealistic as your average Cabot love interest). You go, Tommy Sullivan.
I dont remember this one much but I know it was good!