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Feb 10, 2012

Giselle rated it:

This cover screams Fun in the Sun! This blurb screams Road Trip and Music! So I was going into this expecting a light, fun, read. It's nothing like that. It has it's fun moments for sure, but the story is very sad bordering on depressing with a deep "finding oneself" message. This is not a bad thing at all. In fact I often enjoy books with this vibe, but going into this with opposite expectations really threw me for a loop.

The story is told in Colby's point-of-view. He and hi More...

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Nov 28, 2011

Alexa rated it:

3.5 stars

I felt pretty disconnected at times with The Disenchantments. I love reading from the male POV, and even though I rooted for Colby, he didn't do much for me. Colby's in love with his best friend Bev, and for most of the book, I had a hard time understanding why. Bev was distant and didn't seem to care about Colby's feelings. I just couldn't get myself to like her. Eventually, Bev explained why she had been acting that way. And I got it. I understood where she was coming from More...

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Feb 11, 2012

Tori rated it:

Os Desencantos - Nina LaCour

04/02/2012

Sinopse:Colby e Bev têm um pacto de longa data: pós-graduação, pegar a estrada com a banda de Bev, e, em seguida, passar o ano perambulando pela Europa. Mas momentos depois da turnê começa, Bev faz um anúncio chocante: ela está abandonando seus planos - e Colby - vai começar a faculdade no outono.O que vai acontecer em seguida?

Eu amo romances contemporâneos,as vezes penso porque não leio mais desses,esse livro chegou para More...

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Jan 26, 2012

Angela rated it:

This and more reviews can be found at The Little Blue Pig

Won an ARC copy from Razorbill and Penguin Canada

Wow, tell me why I don't read contemporary more often? Talk about powerful. I think contemporary novels are the type that really keep you thinking about your life and the people surrounding your life. Although it is still a work of fiction, I think there is much truth behind the words of contemporary novels that just aren't behind words in paranormal or horror. I feel More...

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Oct 31, 2011

Terri rated it:

I just finished the ARC of Nina LaCour's new book, "The Disenchantments" - due out it in February of 2012. I am so honored to be one of the first to read it...Having just spent quite a bit of time with Nina LaCour recently, and having just gotten back from a trip to the San Francisco area, it was hard for me to separate all of that from the book because there is so much of Nina LaCour and the Northern California area in the book - the music, the art and photography, the ultimate hopefu More...

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Jan 16, 2012

Natalie rated it:

The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour was a nice surprise that I wasn't expecting! When I received a copy for review from Razorbill I initially put it aside after reading the synopsis, thinking that it probably wasn't something that I was going to enjoy. Boy was I wrong! The Disenchantments was a heartfelt and emotional read that explored the difficulties of dealing with your family, leaving your friends behind, and ultimately growing up.

When Colby discovers that Bev, his childhood best More...

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Dec 03, 2011

Jessica rated it:

Graduating high schools is such a life changing experience. Your whole future is waiting for you and for the first time, it's up to you to decide what to do with it. In The Disenchantments, Colby goes through this very moment when he goes on a road trip with his best friend's band, The Disenchantments, the summer before they're supposed to tour Europe together. This whole synopsis is one of the main reasons I wanted to read this book because I'm around that exact age, so I could really connect More...

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Jan 05, 2012

Asheley rated it:

(a similar version of this review can be found here at Into the Hall of Books: http://www.intothehallofbooks.com/2012/0...)

I approached Nina LaCour's The Disenchantments with caution because I'm not the biggest fan of YA contemporary novels. They seem to have a depth and emotion that tears me to pieces. This book is another one of those and even a few days after finishing it the more I think about it, the more it slays me.

Why I loved The Disenchantments:

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Jan 29, 2012

Joli rated it:

Why do I read young adult books? The Disenchantments IS WHY I read young adult. It is the reason I read contemporary. It was like hanging out with my best friends.

Nina LaCour’s sophomore novel, The Disenchantments, is the story of four friends having one last hurrah before going their separate ways after graduating high school. Well that’s the simple, uncomplicated description. But in one moment, Bev’s decision to go her own away, complicates everything.

I felt like I was ther More...

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Feb 19, 2012

MaryBookSwarm rated it:

Positive: Road trip! Even this isn't a happy-go-lucky road trip, it's still a good road trip. A chance for Colby and Bev and the other girls in the band to say goodbye before they all go their separate directions. They meet plenty of characters on their trip up the coast and into the Pacific Northwest (shocker, right?), and it's a great way for the whole band to spend some serious quality time together in an ancient Volkswagon.

Positive: The girls and their music. They're flat out bad More...

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Feb 14, 2012

Katy rated it:

I’m going to go out on a limb right now and say:

THE DISENCHANTMENTS WILL BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE READS OF 2012.

Yep. It’s that aMaZiNg.

I loved everything about this book, but particularly the tone (kind of hazy, hippy-dippy and blithe and arty), the voice (upper YA, honest, and completely authentic), and the intense romantic tension between our protagonist,
smart and yearning roadie Colby, and his best friend, moody and mysterious lead singer Bev. The Disenchantments is one of those rare books that More...

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Feb 11, 2012

Brandi rated it:

From the cover of The Disenchantments I was expecting a light, fluffy, fun summer novel. That is not the case. Instead I got a wonderfully different surprise. The Disenchantments is one of those hard to describe books. It's a story about growing up, growing apart, realizing some childhood dreams are just dreams, and that sometimes you need to follow your own path. This book is both happy and sad all at the same time, but most of all it is real. Nina LaCour brings to life heartache, pain, fu More...

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Feb 01, 2012

Laura rated it:

That the point-of-view was that of Colby, a boy, was an interesting choice: his relationships with Bev, the others in the band (Meg and Alexa), his family and the people they meet should have felt very different than if this was told by an omniscient author or Bev. And therein lies the problem, I didn't get the sense that this *was* a male telling the story.

Bev has been Colby's best friend since elementary school; throughout their high school years at a SF arts school, they've plann More...

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Jan 13, 2012

Yan rated it:

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Jan 05, 2012

Kelsy rated it:

The Disenchantments was a creative look at a band on tour and their best friend traveling with them. At times funny, sweet, poignant, and pretentious, I had a lot of feelings about The Disenchantments. Colby, while an interesting character, was a bit depressing and tended to have a "sad sack" mentality that was kind of annoying. Bev was just full of issues, and while the reason for her problems is explained later in the book, she is also a bit annoying. My personal favorites were Meg a More...

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Feb 18, 2012

Candace rated it:

This was an absolutely lovely book! It really looks like it's a lighthearted and fun read but it really has some depth to it. Each character is dealing with something big and this tour is the last chance they all have to spend together before everything changes.

I really adore the characters in this one. Colby is the narrator (a male narrator, YAY!) and he was so cute! I mean, he seemed like a normal boy. He was a brilliant artist but other then that he was just normal. Well, exce More...

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Dec 19, 2011

Sarah rated it:

The Disenchantments is Nina LaCour's second novel. Her first book, Hold Still, was a Morris Award Finalist in 2010. That's a lot of pressure to live up to I would think. Fortunately, for this reader anyway, I haven't read her first book yet (I own it, just haven't gotten around to it) so in my mind, I have nothing to compare this book with. And that's good because The Disenchantments worked for me most of the time but there were moments where I wanted to kick something.

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Jan 05, 2012

Melissa rated it:

And, yes, we all are, or soon will be, disenchanted, but I still want to know it all: the heartbreak, the fear, the friendship, the anger, the love. All of it.

I was very excited when I won a copy of The Disenchantments from Goodreads. I hadn’t heard of Nina LaCour before, but when I saw that a roadtrip was going to be a central part of the plot, I was already hooked. Who doesn’t love a good roadtrip story? And now I’ll definitely be picking up Hold Still, her first novel. Her style i More...

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Feb 13, 2012

Eden rated it:

Thinking about it, I get the feeling that Colby's perspective, while male, is really written for girls. Though he has his own problems, so much of his interior development involves Bev, Meg and Alexa that I can't imagine any guy picking this up. It makes it less realistic, yes, but at least it doesn't detract at all from my enjoying the story, as a girl.

Colby's head is a thoroughly comfortable place to be. He has his tantrum-y moments, and he also has his insightful moments that make More...

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Dec 18, 2011

Suzanne rated it:

Not disenchanting, but quite the opposite, in fact, for the thoughtful, slightly philosphical teen.

Colin and Bev have been planning their European exploration for years, to leave right after high school graduation. Well, not quite RIGHT after, because Bev's tragically flawed but awesome looking and enthusiastic girl band has a small tour between San Francisco and Portland planned, and Colby, as Bev's best buddy and secret romantic admirer comes along as band manager. Bam, Bev tosses More...

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Feb 13, 2012

Giselle rated it:

Colby and Bev have been best friend since they were just 7 years old. High school is almost over for them both and they're ready to hit the road and go to Europe on the trip of their lifetime.

While on tour with the all-girl band called The Disenchantments, Bev tells Colby she has applied to college and won't be going with him. The sudden change in plans make Colby question his relationship with his best friend.

Road trips are always so much fun an this book achieved many o More...

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Dec 19, 2011

RJ rated it:

Everyone has plans and goals for the future. Even those who say they don’t. Whether it be one day getting your own wikipedia page, traveling across the world, one day becoming famous, and everything in-between. Colby and Bev have always made plans. After graduating, they’d tour for her band “The Disenchantments” for a week, and then spend a year traveling across Europe and visiting places they always wanted to go. Together; just the two of them. Those plans are put to an end early on when Bev ha More...

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Feb 21, 2012

Mary (BookHounds) rated it:

MY THOUGHTS

LOVED IT

Colby is in love with his best friend Bev who is in a band called The Disenchantments. They have made plans to tour at the end of high school before moving on with their adult lives, to college and for Colby to visit his mother now living in France and separated from his father. His father is a musician that at one time was pretty well known. Bev had gone along with Colby's plans to visit his mother and then backpack through out Europe before deciding More...

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Feb 18, 2012

Laura Ashlee rated it:

Review posted 2/16/2012 at Owl Tell You About It.

I've had the worst time putting my thoughts in order for this review. I guess I'll start simple: this book is great and you should read it. About half way through this book, I knew I was reading something special.

Colby is a good character, even if he doesn't always give me the 18-year-old boy vibe. I'm impressed when authors even try to write from another sex's perspective. I wouldn't know where to start. I admittedly do no More...

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Feb 20, 2012

JJ iReads rated it:

I went into this book expecting to read a light, fluffy story about kids in a band who go abroad. I couldn't be farther from the truth. This story is about making life altering decisions, those that every teenager is faced with at the end of their high school careers. The Runaways, Heart, and other 80's girl bands all take part in the soundtrack of what is the life of the characters in this book.

I had my doubts, at first, about the nature of Colby and Bev's relationship. Are they tog More...

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Nov 21, 2011

Emily rated it:

Yay for kick ass arcs!

Reading The Disenchantments felt like reminiscing with old friends. It has this comfort level that is indescribable. I read it about a day, but there was no rush. You know the story will work out and answers will be given.

I disliked Bev from the start. Perhaps it's because main character Colby is so in love with her, and I'm in love with Colby, so hence I hate her. I felt she purposefully set out to hurt him, and even after she explained herself I was More...

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Feb 16, 2012

Angel rated it:

You can find this review and many more at Mermaid Vision Books!

Release Date: February 16, 2012
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books (Penguin)
Age Group: Young Adult
Pages: 307
Format: Hardcover
Source: ARC received from Penguin Canada

Tell Me More: At last count, I have 16,830 songs in my iTunes. Music is an intrinsic part of who I am and why I write, so when I found this novel on Goodreads, I knew it was either going to become one of my all-time fav More...

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Dec 23, 2011

Lucy rated it:

Colby and Bev have just graduated high school and are about to embark on a short tour of the Pacific Northwest with Bev’s band The Disenchantments. The plan afterwards is for Bev and Colby to sightsee around Europe for a year, a plan that has been in place for years. But, at the start of the tour, Bev confesses that she decided to start college in the fall instead, and would not be going to Europe after all. Now things are very uncomfortable between them as they set out on the road with the ban More...

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Jan 26, 2012

Sarah (The Book Life) rated it:

Oh. My. God! I LOVE this book!! *hugs book and dances around room* Read this, ya'll! Full review soon :0)

This book is everything you would expect going on tour with a band should be. It was entertaining, crazy, dramatic, full of heart and so much fun! The Disenchantments are the worst girl group, but you will have the best time seeing them. Bev, Meg and Alexa may not be technically good, but they are so passionate about their music and love what they do so much, that people can't hel More...

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Feb 16, 2012

Book Sp(l)ot rated it:

While everyone else has been deciding scouring college brochures, taking college tours, filling out applications and finally deciding where to attend, Colby has been planning a much different post-high school experience. After high school he has long planned to spend a week touring Northern California with his best friend Bev and her all-girl band before the two jet off to Europe for a year. He's spent his high school life looking over European public transport maps, planning their adventures de More...

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