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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
I originally read this as a teenager and read it again this year.
WOW I had to bump this up to 5 stars. This was beyond hilarious. And I just loved how everything progressed. All the scenes with Tommy were full of tension, and funny, and I just loved every bit of it.
WOW I had to bump this up to 5 stars. This was beyond hilarious. And I just loved how everything progressed. All the scenes with Tommy were full of tension, and funny, and I just loved every bit of it.
A brief review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CnMc4G4XIU
I can't believe I shelved this for 10 years! It's been a while since I read Cabot's works and I thought I've outgrown them. The story is both light and dark. Katie is a flawed character who's unable to keep it in her pants and constantly cheating on her boyfriend. The book is short and set within a span of a few days starting with the return of a boy he dreaded, Tommy Sullivan after he was essentially being bullied to leave the town. When I say the story is dark, Meg Cabot did a very good job in discussing serious issue while using censored language. It's more about what is implied. For instance like the severity of Tommy bullying incident in the hands of the town star sports team, the herd mob mentality, the irrational worshipping in a small town, the cult mindset of a team, and how far people were willing to cover for privileged people. I think it is great that she was able to condense these issues in a short YA/middle grade book and educating young people about such things.
I can't believe I shelved this for 10 years! It's been a while since I read Cabot's works and I thought I've outgrown them. The story is both light and dark. Katie is a flawed character who's unable to keep it in her pants and constantly cheating on her boyfriend. The book is short and set within a span of a few days starting with the return of a boy he dreaded, Tommy Sullivan after he was essentially being bullied to leave the town. When I say the story is dark, Meg Cabot did a very good job in discussing serious issue while using censored language. It's more about what is implied. For instance like the severity of Tommy bullying incident in the hands of the town star sports team, the herd mob mentality, the irrational worshipping in a small town, the cult mindset of a team, and how far people were willing to cover for privileged people. I think it is great that she was able to condense these issues in a short YA/middle grade book and educating young people about such things.
This book is so totally awsome and funny! At first I really wasn't sure about reading this, but checked it out from the library anyway. I'm so glad I did!
Honestly this book is incredibly vapid and juvenile but the nostalgia from rereading an old first love of mine makes it more fun.
I can’t give it more than two stars though simply because it is that bad lol
I can’t give it more than two stars though simply because it is that bad lol
MEG CABOT
Kate has a problem, she's trying to balance two boyfriends, a job, and running for Quahog Princess. On top of that there's the secret of what happened the night "Tommy Sullivan is a freak" got spraypainted on the junior-high wall. When Tommy shows back up in town, 4 years older and hotter, Kate is positive he's back for revenge, but she can't help falling for him anyway. Cabot spins a fun, high school, teenage romance meant to entertain, but not much more.
Kate has a problem, she's trying to balance two boyfriends, a job, and running for Quahog Princess. On top of that there's the secret of what happened the night "Tommy Sullivan is a freak" got spraypainted on the junior-high wall. When Tommy shows back up in town, 4 years older and hotter, Kate is positive he's back for revenge, but she can't help falling for him anyway. Cabot spins a fun, high school, teenage romance meant to entertain, but not much more.
Katie Ellison is an accomplished liar. She tells people she enjoys eating quahogs when she actually can’t stand them. She’s cheating on her boyfriend of four years, Quahog football player Seth, with Eric, the drama hottie. Katie is so used to telling lies to let people hear what she thinks they want to hear that it’s almost like she’s forgotten who she is.
Then a part of her unpleasant past reappears. Tommy Sullivan, once a skinny freak who was run out of town for doing something absolutely unforgivable by the townfolk, is back. Only this time, he’s 100% hot. And Katie has a bad addiction to kissing guys, even though she technically already has two boyfriends.
With Tommy, however, it feels like things are different. It’s the way they have conversations that make her think, unlike her conversations with Seth, which are mostly about food and football. It’s the way he remembers all the little quirks about her, back from in middle school when the two had been friends. And it’s also the way she can’t stop thinking about him.
But at the bottom line, it’s time for Katie to stop lying to herself. She has worked so hard to lie her way from social paraihdom to the girlfriend of the most well-liked guy in school and best friend to the most popular girl. Is she willing to give it all up now for the only guy who’s ever made her heart beat fast?
I didn’t enjoy this as much as Meg Cabot’s previous books. Nothing really happens, and the characters are flat. Katie is a typical Cabot protagonist who likes to get off topic and who fails to show any true conflict and resolution, while Tommy is a stereotypical “bad boy hottie” to the point where I want to gag. However, if you want a light read, then by all means, go ahead and read this one.
Then a part of her unpleasant past reappears. Tommy Sullivan, once a skinny freak who was run out of town for doing something absolutely unforgivable by the townfolk, is back. Only this time, he’s 100% hot. And Katie has a bad addiction to kissing guys, even though she technically already has two boyfriends.
With Tommy, however, it feels like things are different. It’s the way they have conversations that make her think, unlike her conversations with Seth, which are mostly about food and football. It’s the way he remembers all the little quirks about her, back from in middle school when the two had been friends. And it’s also the way she can’t stop thinking about him.
But at the bottom line, it’s time for Katie to stop lying to herself. She has worked so hard to lie her way from social paraihdom to the girlfriend of the most well-liked guy in school and best friend to the most popular girl. Is she willing to give it all up now for the only guy who’s ever made her heart beat fast?
I didn’t enjoy this as much as Meg Cabot’s previous books. Nothing really happens, and the characters are flat. Katie is a typical Cabot protagonist who likes to get off topic and who fails to show any true conflict and resolution, while Tommy is a stereotypical “bad boy hottie” to the point where I want to gag. However, if you want a light read, then by all means, go ahead and read this one.