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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
by E. Lockhart
2015 Reading Challenge- Book set in High School
Thank you, John Green, for another stellar recommendation! I wish I had this book when I was in my early teens because that would've been awesome. Not that this book doesn't hold up to someone in their early 20s, but it definitely would've resonated more if I were younger.
That being said, I should also clarify that given the choice I will almost always choose the more lighthearted thing. I like upbeat music, I prefer comedies to dramas when it comes to movies and TV, and for the most part, fun adventures take precedence for me in books. Other reviewers slammed the book saying it was juvenile or that is the teen fiction the good girls read. Girls without problems like anorexia or cutting or promiscuity or retrograde amnesia.
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, and my opinion is that I'd rather not read about girls with anorexia or cutting. Maybe I was a good girl and never got into trouble really, but that doesn't make me any worse or less acceptable that anyone else. Maybe I took those reviews personally, so I shall back off and continue with my review.
This book was fun. A high school girl who discovers she dislikes the antiquated boys club ideas and anonymously takes over the Basset Club. And she is the boss! She loves the power and freedom and wants to be taken seriously as a smart person and not just a pretty girl and she's becoming a feminist. I didn't much care for the fact that she was lovesick over her dickish boyfriend, Matthew, but then again, she is a teenage girl with flaws.
I loved that Frankie was smart and loved power and control and freedom. This is the kind of diverse females that we're talking about! She wants to create change in the world and she's tired of men and women telling her or implying that she's not enough; she needs a male to take care of her.
I loved the mystery, the pranks, her alpha dog status, and that she didn't end up with a boyfriend by the end (OOPS SEMI SPOILER WHATEVER BASED ON HER CHANGING OPINIONS YOU SHOULD SEE IT COMING).
Again, this is aimed at a younger audience, but don't let that stop you of any gender and any age from reading this book. If you like power struggles and pranks, you'll enjoy this book.
Thank you, John Green, for another stellar recommendation! I wish I had this book when I was in my early teens because that would've been awesome. Not that this book doesn't hold up to someone in their early 20s, but it definitely would've resonated more if I were younger.
That being said, I should also clarify that given the choice I will almost always choose the more lighthearted thing. I like upbeat music, I prefer comedies to dramas when it comes to movies and TV, and for the most part, fun adventures take precedence for me in books. Other reviewers slammed the book saying it was juvenile or that is the teen fiction the good girls read. Girls without problems like anorexia or cutting or promiscuity or retrograde amnesia.
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, and my opinion is that I'd rather not read about girls with anorexia or cutting. Maybe I was a good girl and never got into trouble really, but that doesn't make me any worse or less acceptable that anyone else. Maybe I took those reviews personally, so I shall back off and continue with my review.
This book was fun. A high school girl who discovers she dislikes the antiquated boys club ideas and anonymously takes over the Basset Club. And she is the boss! She loves the power and freedom and wants to be taken seriously as a smart person and not just a pretty girl and she's becoming a feminist. I didn't much care for the fact that she was lovesick over her dickish boyfriend, Matthew, but then again, she is a teenage girl with flaws.
I loved that Frankie was smart and loved power and control and freedom. This is the kind of diverse females that we're talking about! She wants to create change in the world and she's tired of men and women telling her or implying that she's not enough; she needs a male to take care of her.
I loved the mystery, the pranks, her alpha dog status, and that she didn't end up with a boyfriend by the end (OOPS SEMI SPOILER WHATEVER BASED ON HER CHANGING OPINIONS YOU SHOULD SEE IT COMING).
Again, this is aimed at a younger audience, but don't let that stop you of any gender and any age from reading this book. If you like power struggles and pranks, you'll enjoy this book.