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A review by mrose21
V is for Virgin by Kelly Oram
3.0
This book is so important its important for a few reasons, one being is ITS OKAY TO BE A VIRGIN! When I was 16 it felt like a massive deal to be a virgin, I myself made a decision to not have sex until I met the right person and possibly marriage. Although I chose (I'll get back to that later) to have sex with my fiancee before we got married, I still feel like if everyone hadn't made such a big deal of the whole virginity thing the whole experience of the first time would have been different.
As a society we make such a huge deal of being a virgin, especially for girls. Guys face a whole different deal which was touched on by this book, i.e. pretending they are some sort of stud to save face. This book although does make a huge deal from having sex, it isn't in the way we do, by using language such as slut... etc... It makes a huge deal of showing that its a choice for someone to loose their lovely V card. Its not something that should be assumed, or taken for granted either. It also isn't that big of a deal. At the end of the day, sex is sex. From experience I can say to any teenager not everyone is doing it, it may seem like it but they really really aren't!
The reasoning for 3 stars isn't because this book is bad as it isn't its just not worthy of the four stars. It spreads an important message if you can see the message. There are two ways to look at this book one way is to see this book as saying "we all have a choice" or as a way to push the fact you should remain a virgin for marriage, which is archaic in my opinion so I choose to read this book as its a choice for you to make when you have sex and to be brave and make that point. I actually did this to a boyfriend who I was with for a year, he begged me and I just wasn't comfortable doing it, I was 17/18 and just not ready to do it. Well he broke up with me after a year because of it. He did me a favour, because I met someone who made me feel comfortable and safe, who didn't rush me and doesn't act like sex is the only part of our relationship worth fighting for. So this book to me is important and should be at least on a reading list for schools for boys and girls. Teenagers need to know that having sex or not having sex is OK so long as you're safe and you're doing what you think you should. The reason 3 stars is because I just hate the fact she changes by letting this organisation run her life, she forgets her friend her best friend! And that just isn't very girl code, her best friend made an important decision and she didn't know. I think I sort of didn't like her from that.
As a society we make such a huge deal of being a virgin, especially for girls. Guys face a whole different deal which was touched on by this book, i.e. pretending they are some sort of stud to save face. This book although does make a huge deal from having sex, it isn't in the way we do, by using language such as slut... etc... It makes a huge deal of showing that its a choice for someone to loose their lovely V card. Its not something that should be assumed, or taken for granted either. It also isn't that big of a deal. At the end of the day, sex is sex. From experience I can say to any teenager not everyone is doing it, it may seem like it but they really really aren't!
The reasoning for 3 stars isn't because this book is bad as it isn't its just not worthy of the four stars. It spreads an important message if you can see the message. There are two ways to look at this book one way is to see this book as saying "we all have a choice" or as a way to push the fact you should remain a virgin for marriage, which is archaic in my opinion so I choose to read this book as its a choice for you to make when you have sex and to be brave and make that point. I actually did this to a boyfriend who I was with for a year, he begged me and I just wasn't comfortable doing it, I was 17/18 and just not ready to do it. Well he broke up with me after a year because of it. He did me a favour, because I met someone who made me feel comfortable and safe, who didn't rush me and doesn't act like sex is the only part of our relationship worth fighting for. So this book to me is important and should be at least on a reading list for schools for boys and girls. Teenagers need to know that having sex or not having sex is OK so long as you're safe and you're doing what you think you should. The reason 3 stars is because I just hate the fact she changes by letting this organisation run her life, she forgets her friend her best friend! And that just isn't very girl code, her best friend made an important decision and she didn't know. I think I sort of didn't like her from that.