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A review by stacyroth
Goldfish by Nat Luurtsema
4.0
I won this book as a FirstRead.
Swimming has always been Lou Brown's thing, the one thing she knows she excels in. When she comes in last during her Olympic time trial, Lou feels like she doesn't know herself anymore. While Lou's best friend Hannah is off at the swimming High Performance Training Camp, Lou is stuck at home, an outcast at school and her life meaningless without swimming. When three popular boys ask her to train them as synchronized swimmers for Britain's Hidden Talent, she surprises herself by agreeing. Lou finds herself becoming friends with these boys as they work through the kinks of putting together their act for tryouts on BHT.
The blurb promised this was a laugh-out-loud book, and it delivered! I adored Lou, Gabe, and everyone else in this book, and I am so happy to see that it's the first in a series! I liked the way that the characters weren't made into clichés the way so many comedy books do. I could easily see this book being made into a movie. If you are looking for a light, entertaining book, I recommend checking out Goldfish!
Swimming has always been Lou Brown's thing, the one thing she knows she excels in. When she comes in last during her Olympic time trial, Lou feels like she doesn't know herself anymore. While Lou's best friend Hannah is off at the swimming High Performance Training Camp, Lou is stuck at home, an outcast at school and her life meaningless without swimming. When three popular boys ask her to train them as synchronized swimmers for Britain's Hidden Talent, she surprises herself by agreeing. Lou finds herself becoming friends with these boys as they work through the kinks of putting together their act for tryouts on BHT.
The blurb promised this was a laugh-out-loud book, and it delivered! I adored Lou, Gabe, and everyone else in this book, and I am so happy to see that it's the first in a series! I liked the way that the characters weren't made into clichés the way so many comedy books do. I could easily see this book being made into a movie. If you are looking for a light, entertaining book, I recommend checking out Goldfish!