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A review by thewordwitch
Nellie's Promise by Valerie Tripp
3.0
This is the second book I've read that focuses on the best friend. I'm a bit perplexed at how different the best friends are once they have their own book. It's almost as if their personalities flip-flop with the former main character.
I feel like this book also could have used better communication between characters, because it would have solved a world of problems before they got too out of hand. In fact, that's something girls need to see. Young girls need to know that bottling up their emotions and not communicating isn't an effective way to handle things. Proper communication is important, and this would have been a good time for that to be seen.
I did find this book more enjoyable than "Very Funny Elizabeth", the other book in this vein. It was nice to revisit Samantha in her world and to see how things have been going after the events of the first six. However, I still largely prefer the original series over this spin-off.
I feel like this book also could have used better communication between characters, because it would have solved a world of problems before they got too out of hand. In fact, that's something girls need to see. Young girls need to know that bottling up their emotions and not communicating isn't an effective way to handle things. Proper communication is important, and this would have been a good time for that to be seen.
I did find this book more enjoyable than "Very Funny Elizabeth", the other book in this vein. It was nice to revisit Samantha in her world and to see how things have been going after the events of the first six. However, I still largely prefer the original series over this spin-off.