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I Think I Love You by Allison Pearson
4.0
The cleverly titled I Think I Love You is also cleverly written. I've never read anything by Allison Pearson before, but I enjoyed her style and would like to read more. A well-blended mix of nostalgia, drama and wit, I Think I Love You is the story of a young girl named Petra who is coming of age in the 1970's. Just like many teenage girls, their lives revolve around the teen idol du jour. Back then, it was the Partridge Family's David Cassidy.
As Petra and her friends are all wrapped up in anything Cassidy related, a young, male, jaded writer is far away, creating the moments that make the teenage girls swoon. It all comes to a head one night at a concert that manages to steal the innocence of the girls, the journalist and even David Cassidy himself.
What I didn't know before reading this book was that there was a lot of truth to it. I didn't know that David Cassidy went into a self-imposed, semi-retirement at the age of 24. He was popular before I was born, so all that I've known of him has been viewed retrospectively. But that doesn't change the fact that I connected with the message in this novel. For me it was my soap stars or NKOTB, but a part of me has been where Petra was then and is also pretty close to where Petra is "now".
So, if you like taking a walk down memory lane or exploring stories that span generations in a, "if I knew then what I know now fashion", then I think "I Think I Love You" just might be for you, too.
As Petra and her friends are all wrapped up in anything Cassidy related, a young, male, jaded writer is far away, creating the moments that make the teenage girls swoon. It all comes to a head one night at a concert that manages to steal the innocence of the girls, the journalist and even David Cassidy himself.
What I didn't know before reading this book was that there was a lot of truth to it. I didn't know that David Cassidy went into a self-imposed, semi-retirement at the age of 24. He was popular before I was born, so all that I've known of him has been viewed retrospectively. But that doesn't change the fact that I connected with the message in this novel. For me it was my soap stars or NKOTB, but a part of me has been where Petra was then and is also pretty close to where Petra is "now".
So, if you like taking a walk down memory lane or exploring stories that span generations in a, "if I knew then what I know now fashion", then I think "I Think I Love You" just might be for you, too.