Most high school sports teams have rivalries with other schools. At Hamilton High, it's a civil war: the football team versus the soccer team. And ...
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Oct 18, 2011
Lamia
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You know there's something wrong with a book when the boys are falling all over themselves for the main character and you're wondering why.
I guess Lissa was okay at first. For the first half, maybe. But then she turned into this huge caricature who just lost all intelligence and became obsessed with winning the "war" and finding every pretext to feel sorry for herself. I am aware not all teenagers are sensible, responsible beings. I do, however, like to actually feel something ot More...
I guess Lissa was okay at first. For the first half, maybe. But then she turned into this huge caricature who just lost all intelligence and became obsessed with winning the "war" and finding every pretext to feel sorry for herself. I am aware not all teenagers are sensible, responsible beings. I do, however, like to actually feel something ot More...
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Oct 18, 2011
TheBookSmugglers
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2 1/2 stars.
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Shut Out is a modern-day retelling of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, a classic Greek play about Lysistrata and her attempt to end the Peloponnesian War by persuading the women of the warring nations to withhold sex from their husbands in order to force peace negotiations. This foments a battle of the sexes as both sides try to stand their ground until eventually, the men give in and peace is achieved.
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Shut Out is a modern-day retelling of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, a classic Greek play about Lysistrata and her attempt to end the Peloponnesian War by persuading the women of the warring nations to withhold sex from their husbands in order to force peace negotiations. This foments a battle of the sexes as both sides try to stand their ground until eventually, the men give in and peace is achieved.
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Feb 03, 2012
Ari
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I know why some people might not like this book, I understand the problems they might have with the situations, the characters and so on, but i'm as sure as hell that i did like it, probably as much as I liked The DUFF.
Full review: (originally posted at ReadingAfterMidnight)
You know, this is a strange world we are living in.
I always read some reviews here and there (about some books - not only this one) and I see people saying that [this] or [that] are More...
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Oct 18, 2011
Phoebe
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Second books can be tricky. Even when authors produce standalone novels, eschewing the literary world's current hunger for sequels and series, they have a difficult task ahead of them: producing work that's more than just a retread of earlier success. In some ways, I know that comparisons between Kody Keplinger's first novel, The DUFF, and her second, Shut Out, are inevitable. It's not just their bright, girly covers that tie them together but thematics (a teenage girl's ownership of her sexuali
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Sep 12, 2011
Kelsey
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Initial thoughts:
This was a FABULOUS sophomore novel, that I loved. I highly recommend picking this up in September- it will not disappoint.
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Shut Out was a spectacular sophomore novel by young writer Kody Keplinger. It was filled with steamy romance, tested friendships, girl power, and more. This was inspired by the play Lysistrata and I can't wait to check it out now. I started reading this the second it arrived in my mailbox and I didn't put it down More...
This was a FABULOUS sophomore novel, that I loved. I highly recommend picking this up in September- it will not disappoint.
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Shut Out was a spectacular sophomore novel by young writer Kody Keplinger. It was filled with steamy romance, tested friendships, girl power, and more. This was inspired by the play Lysistrata and I can't wait to check it out now. I started reading this the second it arrived in my mailbox and I didn't put it down More...
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Oct 18, 2011
Andrea Jean
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First, the good: frank talk about teenage girls' sexual lives, exploration of double standards, inspiration from a classic (I'm a sucker for modern re-tellings).
The bad? It took me a long while to feel as if I could relate to the protagonist at all. It seemed like her only personality trait for a good portion of the book was having a boyfriend. Finally, we find out she's also a control freak who works in a library (just like me! ha!)
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The bad? It took me a long while to feel as if I could relate to the protagonist at all. It seemed like her only personality trait for a good portion of the book was having a boyfriend. Finally, we find out she's also a control freak who works in a library (just like me! ha!)
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Oct 18, 2011
~Tina~
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Most rivalries usually connect with two opposing school, but that's not the case for Hamilton High. The football team and the soccer team are at constant war with all their hazing, pranks and fights and the girls who date these moronic idiots are always pushed aside during the rivalry months. Lissa is sick to death of always coming in second, so she comes up with a plan with more then a little help from her friends. What is the one thing boys can all agree on that will make them change the erro
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Oct 18, 2011
Jasprit
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4.5 stars
Be warned you may find this review full of over enthusiastic gushing for this book. Shut Out was just an awesome read.
Shut Out is loosely based on the retelling of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata; Lissa is sick and tired of the rivalry between the soccer and football team, it’s been running ever since her brother Logan went to high school, which was 10 years ago. But now it’s seriously getting out of hand, it’s coming in between her relationship with Randy, with Randy More...
Be warned you may find this review full of over enthusiastic gushing for this book. Shut Out was just an awesome read.
Shut Out is loosely based on the retelling of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata; Lissa is sick and tired of the rivalry between the soccer and football team, it’s been running ever since her brother Logan went to high school, which was 10 years ago. But now it’s seriously getting out of hand, it’s coming in between her relationship with Randy, with Randy More...
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Oct 18, 2011
Glass
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I was afraid to read Shut Out because friend of mine was disappointed after reading it. But I'm happy that I read it - it was refreshing novel in the flood of young adult fiction. I recommend this book to all teen girls, and to some girls over twenties, who have some issues with sex and what is expected of them when it comes to it. Ending is the only thing that I was... how to put it...sarcastic, maybe? I know you writers want to make us satisfied, so, obviously, you give us happy endings. But i
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Oct 31, 2011
Isamlq
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2.5/5
So, I am not the biggest fan of The DUFF. Frankly, I felt that everything was too tidy with the why's and how's of every single moment spelled out in that one. Simply, it left little for me to think out. And this is precisely my problem with SHUT OUT. While the message(s) in this second book are positive ones of girls thinking, and being the boss of themselves and not being dictated/controlled by what other's think, it still felt incomplete to me. Yes, there's a lot of talk in i More...
So, I am not the biggest fan of The DUFF. Frankly, I felt that everything was too tidy with the why's and how's of every single moment spelled out in that one. Simply, it left little for me to think out. And this is precisely my problem with SHUT OUT. While the message(s) in this second book are positive ones of girls thinking, and being the boss of themselves and not being dictated/controlled by what other's think, it still felt incomplete to me. Yes, there's a lot of talk in i More...
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Oct 18, 2011
Jessica
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This is a surprising thing, an update of the Greek play, THE LYSISTRATA, set in a modern American high school. In the play, the women of Athens withhold sexual favors from their husbands so that they will end the war with Sparta, so this seems like a strange story to update. But at Hamilton High School, the big rivalry is between the football and soccer teams, and the girlfriends are sick of it! They've been stood up because their boyfriends are busy egging people's doors, they've been interr
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Sep 12, 2011
Ambur
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I read The DUFF before reading Shut Out, so I wasn't surprised when I read it...couldn't put it down, and absolutely fell in love with it!
Kody Keplinger has a way of writing characters that are so realistic that you genuinely feel like you've met them and personally know them, after reading about them. Her dialogue is fresh, completely realistic, and when I read it I'm constantly left thinking things like: "I'm pretty sure I've actually HAD that conversation with my friends befo More...
Kody Keplinger has a way of writing characters that are so realistic that you genuinely feel like you've met them and personally know them, after reading about them. Her dialogue is fresh, completely realistic, and when I read it I'm constantly left thinking things like: "I'm pretty sure I've actually HAD that conversation with my friends befo More...
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Oct 18, 2011
OCD Kay {K-Books}
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From first hearing about this book, I really wanted to read it. It sounded amazing and just the kind of thing that I would love. I have never read any other books by this author before so I didn't really know what to expect in terms of both the story developing and the narrative techniques. I absolutely loved it.
I love Kody's writing, it's so edgy and you don't get that a lot in young-adult contemporary romance novels so I thought it was a really fresh More...
From first hearing about this book, I really wanted to read it. It sounded amazing and just the kind of thing that I would love. I have never read any other books by this author before so I didn't really know what to expect in terms of both the story developing and the narrative techniques. I absolutely loved it.
I love Kody's writing, it's so edgy and you don't get that a lot in young-adult contemporary romance novels so I thought it was a really fresh More...
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Oct 18, 2011
Ewww. High school girls cut off their boyfriends from sex in order to end a sports rivalry. I really hate the idea that sex is a thing guys get from gals.
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Dec 12, 2011
Heidi
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Five Stars: This is an important book that young adult girls should read as it discusses candidly and tactfully the taboo subject of sex.
For some reason when I began my e book, Shut Out I mistakenly thought I was reading a book about football. Instead I was surprised to find a novel that dealt with teenage sexuality. I applaud Ms. Keplinger's efforts with this book. She tackles a challenging issue not only for teenage girls but also adult women. She opens the door to the subject More...
For some reason when I began my e book, Shut Out I mistakenly thought I was reading a book about football. Instead I was surprised to find a novel that dealt with teenage sexuality. I applaud Ms. Keplinger's efforts with this book. She tackles a challenging issue not only for teenage girls but also adult women. She opens the door to the subject More...
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Oct 23, 2011
Sita
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I'm still trying to figure out how to review this. I read and finished it a few days ago and I thought it was good and I mean really good. I was really hesitant to pick this up because I read The DUFF and really didn't like it, I didn't like the writing, the characters or the plot, I basically didn't like the book. SO you can see why I was pretty hesitant to pick up Shut Out. But boy am I glad that I did.
Shut out is about Lissa, a girl who is constantly reminded of the ongoing feud bet More...
Shut out is about Lissa, a girl who is constantly reminded of the ongoing feud bet More...
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Oct 18, 2011
Mocha ღ Latte
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This novel uses sex as ink!
Okay.
Okay.
I may have exaggerated...by...a lot!
It doesn't use sex as ink...but...it is pretty sexy (well, the parts involving Cash are..the others...not so much *shivers*).
I had just finished The Power of Six when I had hopped into Shut Out, it was sitting on my nightstand waiting to be read. I had planned to read it the next day but the covergirl's pierc More...
This novel uses sex as ink!
Okay.
Okay.
I may have exaggerated...by...a lot!
It doesn't use sex as ink...but...it is pretty sexy (well, the parts involving Cash are..the others...not so much *shivers*).
I had just finished The Power of Six when I had hopped into Shut Out, it was sitting on my nightstand waiting to be read. I had planned to read it the next day but the covergirl's pierc More...
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Oct 18, 2011
Lina
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Shut Out by Kody Keplinger is a book that if you can't get past the premise/source material it will frustrate you. Shut Out is based on a the greek play Lysistrata in which, a woman named Lysistrata persuades the women to withhold sex from their partners in order to force the men to negotiate peace. Taking that premise and putting it in a modern high school setting is problematic for a few reasons: one, there are obviously other alternatives to ending a inter-school rivalry than a sex strike; tw
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Oct 18, 2011
Goldengirl
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When there’s a sophomore novel, you’re always going to compare it to the author’s debut, for better or for worse. Unfortunately, this time it’s for worse. I really enjoyed The DUFF (I’d even say it was one of my top ten books in 2010) but Shut Out just didn’t do it for me.
One of the problems I had with Shut Out was that the author didn’t disappear seamlessly behind the curtain. Since The DUFF Keplinger’s been branded an author who writes frankly about sex; now she’s really taken it More...
One of the problems I had with Shut Out was that the author didn’t disappear seamlessly behind the curtain. Since The DUFF Keplinger’s been branded an author who writes frankly about sex; now she’s really taken it More...
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Oct 18, 2011
Laura
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Shut Out is a 5 star book for me because of the sex. The topic and discussion of sex—get your mind out of the gutter people! :)
I applaud Kody Keplinger for having the confidence to address the topic of sex in young adult fiction. Shockingly, it is still a taboo subject for the genre and Keplinger does it with maturity, intelligence and humor.
In this battle of the sexes’ tale, the girls of Hamilton High led by Lissa Daniels go on a sex strike to end a rivalry between th More...
I applaud Kody Keplinger for having the confidence to address the topic of sex in young adult fiction. Shockingly, it is still a taboo subject for the genre and Keplinger does it with maturity, intelligence and humor.
In this battle of the sexes’ tale, the girls of Hamilton High led by Lissa Daniels go on a sex strike to end a rivalry between th More...
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Oct 18, 2011
Reut (reutreads)
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Okay, so I was super excited to read Kody's debut novel, The Duff, and then I ended up hating it. So why would I give this book a chance?
Well.
I like books that don't slut-shame. I do. Also I was interested to see if Kody would write another completely unlikable character.
Lissa wasn't as bad as Bianca, but I still didn't like her. She was smart, yes, but she was also patronizing, and towards the end of the book comes a twist that made me dislike her even more. More...
Well.
I like books that don't slut-shame. I do. Also I was interested to see if Kody would write another completely unlikable character.
Lissa wasn't as bad as Bianca, but I still didn't like her. She was smart, yes, but she was also patronizing, and towards the end of the book comes a twist that made me dislike her even more. More...
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Oct 18, 2011
Kassiah
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I knew a boy just like Cash Sterling when I was in high school. Unfortunately, I also knew one just like Randy, too. That's one of the things that's so great about Shut Out--it's authentic. I felt like I knew these characters, like I could be right there plotting to win the war along with them.
Did I love this book as much as I loved the DUFF? No. There really is no comparison to Wesley Rush for me, but I liked Lissa as a character more than I liked Bianca. I know that the purpose More...
Did I love this book as much as I loved the DUFF? No. There really is no comparison to Wesley Rush for me, but I liked Lissa as a character more than I liked Bianca. I know that the purpose More...
Oct 18, 2011
Ginger (GReads!)
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{This review was written for my blog: http://g-reads.blogspot.com & is being re-posted here}
Before I begin this review, I want to say a HUGE thank you to my friends who attended BEA in NYC a few weeks ago & picked up this little gem for me! I was asked which book I wanted to get my hands on & it was THIS one that came to mind first. For those that know me, I am a huge Kody Keplinger fan. I read her debut novel The Duff last year and LOVED it. I loved it so much I ranked it as my More...
Before I begin this review, I want to say a HUGE thank you to my friends who attended BEA in NYC a few weeks ago & picked up this little gem for me! I was asked which book I wanted to get my hands on & it was THIS one that came to mind first. For those that know me, I am a huge Kody Keplinger fan. I read her debut novel The Duff last year and LOVED it. I loved it so much I ranked it as my More...
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Oct 18, 2011
Petra
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Perfektní...
Na Shut Out jsem se těšila od okamžiku, kdy jsem zjistila, že Kody píše další knihu. Ještě víc jsem se začala těšit, když byla uveřejněna oficiální anotace. The DUFF se mi ohromně líbilo a byla jsem z něj naprosto na větvi (a stále ještě jsem). Mezi ostatními YA knihami šlo o odlišný kousek, který otevřeně mluvil o sexu dospívajících a netvářil se, že něco takového neexistuje.
Lissa je obyčejná holka s obyčejnými problémy. Při nehodě jí umřela maminka a otec zůstal More...
Na Shut Out jsem se těšila od okamžiku, kdy jsem zjistila, že Kody píše další knihu. Ještě víc jsem se začala těšit, když byla uveřejněna oficiální anotace. The DUFF se mi ohromně líbilo a byla jsem z něj naprosto na větvi (a stále ještě jsem). Mezi ostatními YA knihami šlo o odlišný kousek, který otevřeně mluvil o sexu dospívajících a netvářil se, že něco takového neexistuje.
Lissa je obyčejná holka s obyčejnými problémy. Při nehodě jí umřela maminka a otec zůstal More...
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Oct 12, 2011
Alona
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Pros:
- I want Cash as a book boyfriend! Bortaness! (Gay term for a hot guy)
- And Chloe for a best friend.
- The psychological war between boys and girls is a new plot to me. I don't usually read that in YA contemporary.
- The girls used the sex-strike tactic against the boys. (I'm only aware of hunger-strike and transport-strike.)
- There's character development.
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- Lissa is not just suffering from an occassional control-freak neurosis. Her preoccu More...
- I want Cash as a book boyfriend! Bortaness! (Gay term for a hot guy)
- And Chloe for a best friend.
- The psychological war between boys and girls is a new plot to me. I don't usually read that in YA contemporary.
- The girls used the sex-strike tactic against the boys. (I'm only aware of hunger-strike and transport-strike.)
- There's character development.
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- Lissa is not just suffering from an occassional control-freak neurosis. Her preoccu More...
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Jan 07, 2012
A rivalry which started ten years ago at Hamilton High has turned into a serious fight where people were getting hurt severely. This annoyed Lisa and so she decided to do something about it. Hamilton High’s football and soccer teams have been fighting for such a long time now and the player’s girlfriends were starting to get annoyed. They are the ones who are being left alone in the car when their boyfriends are chasing the person who egged their car. Therefore, Lisa suggests all the players’ gi
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Jan 28, 2012
Simona
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Kody Keplinger je jednoducho úžasná. Škoda, že sa nedá chodiť s knihou :D :)
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Feb 20, 2012
♥Rachel♥
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Lissa Daniels has been dating the quarterback, Randy, for almost a year and a half. She "loves" him but is tired of taking a back seat to the constant rivalry between the soccer and football teams, at Hamilton High. More than once her dates have been interrupted by the ongoing feud.
After a few people get seriously hurt in pranks, Lissa can't take this any longer. She can't stomach that someone could seriously be injured for such a trivial fight. Lissa knows personally More...
After a few people get seriously hurt in pranks, Lissa can't take this any longer. She can't stomach that someone could seriously be injured for such a trivial fight. Lissa knows personally More...
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Oct 18, 2011
Savannah (Books With Bite)
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This is one of the books that makes me smile when it comes to women. Taking power in what we have. Now, I can tell you right off the bat that this book is not recommend for younger teens. There are mature issues in it. (Sex, not told, just implied) But anyways, besides that, I thought this book really hit the spot on that we women have the power the change things we if really put our mind to it.
What I loved about this book is the plot line. Ms. Keplinger did an amazing job capturing t More...
What I loved about this book is the plot line. Ms. Keplinger did an amazing job capturing t More...
Oct 18, 2011
Joy (joyous reads)
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I definitely had different reactions on certain parts of this book. The early pages made me cringe. I even debated whether or not I should flounce on the book. I’m not really that interested in having a peek at these kids’ mundane high school life (I’m an old woman, bear with me). Maybe I’m just bitter or jealous – for not having the full experience. But in any case, I really didn’t want to read about a bunch of girls having Kumbaya sessions at sleepovers.
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