A review by crayoniecran
Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman

1.0

I think if I had to recommend this book at all, it would be to 2nd graders. Since I am older than a 2nd grader, I found this book dull and slow. I'd like to know how they made a movie out of this. Which, is the reason I picked this book up in the first place: the movie. While I have never seen this movie(and won't. It's now on my "I WON'T WATCH THIS IF MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT" list with "Sharknado".), I had heard of it, and the cover looked interesting(NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER!!!!), so I picked it up during English class, and finished it in English class. My personal outlook on the book is; the characters are underdeveloped, the parents play barely any roles except move the friends apart, the mermaid is very arrogant, and there's not enough characters.(I guess that's only technically the character outlook.)
However, the setting I love.(only thing I love about this book.) Lots of books make Maine sound so beautiful, so I really want to visit someday. Other than that, the book isn't my cup of tea/coffee/hot cocoa.