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Breakup Bible, The
by
Melissa Kantor (Goodreads Author)
Jen Lewis is having a great junior year. She is the features editor of the school paper, and she's dating Max Brown, the paper's editor-in-chief. Everything is perfect--that is, until Max says, "Maybe it would be better if we were just friends." In shock and total denial, Jen wonders how she is going to deal with the pain of seeing Max in school every day. Her misery only...more
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
December 16th 2008
by Hyperion
(first published May 1st 2007)
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Nov 13, 2012
Jennifer Wardrip
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Jennifer had the perfect boyfriend, the All-American Boy, Max Brown, who she has had a crush on since kindergarten. Everything was fine and peachy for them, or at least that is what Jennifer believed. Out of nowhere Max tells her that he has been thinking about this a lot and just ends their relationships. Heartbroken, Jennifer has no idea what went wrong and is having trouble seeking out the answers, most likely because all sh...more
Jennifer had the perfect boyfriend, the All-American Boy, Max Brown, who she has had a crush on since kindergarten. Everything was fine and peachy for them, or at least that is what Jennifer believed. Out of nowhere Max tells her that he has been thinking about this a lot and just ends their relationships. Heartbroken, Jennifer has no idea what went wrong and is having trouble seeking out the answers, most likely because all sh...more
Jan 25, 2009
Katy
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3 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
High school girls
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The Breakup Bible s a really good book mostly for Teens. Its about a girl named Jen Lewis who goes to highschool and is dating a boy named Max Brown. They had a perfect relationship until he tells her he just wants to be friends. Jen feels like her life is over until her Nana gets her a book called the Breakup Bible. Her Nana is hopeing this book helps Jen move on from Max.
Warning: Plot Spoilers and Discussion Follow Below.
Setting: The book takes place in 2007 at Hillsdal High School.
The protago...more
Warning: Plot Spoilers and Discussion Follow Below.
Setting: The book takes place in 2007 at Hillsdal High School.
The protago...more
The Breakup Bible, as you could guess is about a breakup. In the book Jen, the main character, finds the boy of her dreams, a guy named Max Brown the editor and chief of the school newspaper. She feels that the relationship is perfect with her senior boy until the words, “ it would be better if we were just friends” come out of his mouth, and Jen’s perfect world comes crashing down.
The breakup put Jen in a complete shock, and to a point where she couldn’t imagine how she’d get out of bed in th...more
The breakup put Jen in a complete shock, and to a point where she couldn’t imagine how she’d get out of bed in th...more
Feb 12, 2013
Kate McMurry
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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Cute, funny, YA chick lit
Everything is going sixteen-year-old Jennifer's way. Her boyfriend Max Brown is a handsome, witty senior who works with her on the school newspaper, and she is on track to be a future journalist. She has two great best friends who are intensely loyal to her. Her parents are divorced because her father is gay, but she and her mother get along well, and her father and his significant other are sensitive, kind and loving toward her. But then, tragedy strikes. Seemingly out...more
Everything is going sixteen-year-old Jennifer's way. Her boyfriend Max Brown is a handsome, witty senior who works with her on the school newspaper, and she is on track to be a future journalist. She has two great best friends who are intensely loyal to her. Her parents are divorced because her father is gay, but she and her mother get along well, and her father and his significant other are sensitive, kind and loving toward her. But then, tragedy strikes. Seemingly out...more
I recommend The Breakup Bible to someone who likes funny, realistic, young adult novels. This book would be perfect for someone looking for a light read. The Breakup Bible begins with a heartbroken Jennifer Lewis explaining how her boyfriend of five months, Max, dumps her. The story continues, and a day after the breakup, Jennifer's grandmother gives her a book. The book, titled The Breakup Bible, is all about how to get over heartbreak. With the help of The Breakup Bible's rules, friends, famil...more
Jun 26, 2012
Michelle (FabbityFabBookReviews)
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4 of 5 stars
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I think Kantor was able to really elevate what could have been standard YA fare and create something more standout, fun and interesting. The storyline is relatively simple, and something we have read multiple times in YA lit: a teen boy breaks up with his unsuspecting girlfriend, and she is left reeling and completely traumatized by the break up. Now, I have to admit that I often get impatient with these female characters who lose their marbles, don't go to school, have a minor breakdown, etc. a...more
Reading the LAST book that counts for a grade for the year is possibly the happiest thing I can think of right now. Summer is here and that means no more reading or school, well atleast for right now. With all this drama around me going on dealing with break ups and arguments because of the whole "It's summer and I just don't think it's going to work out" I thought why not read this book? It looked interesting just by the title "The Break Up Bible", and turns out it was pretty good! I loved the...more
The cover was pink. shocking pink. It was so pink it seemed to throb with pinkness. Smack in the middle was a raised, gold heart, split in two by a pink lightning bolt. Above the heart, in white capital letters, was the books title. The Breakup bible
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Jennifer Lewis has it all: amazing friends, editorial position on the school newspaper and the perfect relationship with her boyfriend Max Brown, her editor in chief and the boy of her dreams. Then, out of nowhere, Max casually tells Jennifer tha...more
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Jennifer Lewis has it all: amazing friends, editorial position on the school newspaper and the perfect relationship with her boyfriend Max Brown, her editor in chief and the boy of her dreams. Then, out of nowhere, Max casually tells Jennifer tha...more
Such a great story, and well constructed and written. And even though the main story line addresses the sad reality of heartbreak, I caught myself smiling at several different points in the novel (I mean, who *hasn't* blasted ABBA and danced wildly around the bedroom?).
I've always appreciated Melissa Kantor's writing style - it's engaging and endearingly sarcastic (not the kind of sarcasm that seems to be written just for sarcasm's sake; it could even be called an ironic sarcasm, the kind that p...more
I've always appreciated Melissa Kantor's writing style - it's engaging and endearingly sarcastic (not the kind of sarcasm that seems to be written just for sarcasm's sake; it could even be called an ironic sarcasm, the kind that p...more
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“The Breakup Bible” is a novel by Melissa Kantor
This Young adult novel starts as Jennifer Lewis (aka reporter Lewis for the school newspaper) gets dumped by the dreamy Max Brown (aka the head of the school newspaper). As she goes through days of crying, her mother takes her to her nanas, her Mom’s mom. Nan gives her some advice and a book titled “The Breakup Bible.” She doesn’t give it a chance, as she is too caught up in trying to get Max back. But as the days and weeks and months go by she fin...more
This Young adult novel starts as Jennifer Lewis (aka reporter Lewis for the school newspaper) gets dumped by the dreamy Max Brown (aka the head of the school newspaper). As she goes through days of crying, her mother takes her to her nanas, her Mom’s mom. Nan gives her some advice and a book titled “The Breakup Bible.” She doesn’t give it a chance, as she is too caught up in trying to get Max back. But as the days and weeks and months go by she fin...more
The Breakup Bible, by Melissa Kantor, is a book about a girl going through a harsh breakup with her boyfriend. When Jennifer's boyfriend Max tells her that it would be better "just to be friends", her heart feels as if it has literally split in two. Her friends and family give her the usual: "You'll get over it, he's not good enough for you", and they comfort her. Her grandmother, however, gives her something much more unpredictable. She gives her a bright pink book called The Breakup Bible. It...more
I am just finishing this book and I absolutely loved it. I have already recommended it to my friend who just went through a break up, but not because I think it has good advice because for one I don't think you need a man to be happy. I recommended it to her because it would help her understand how silly she was being having such hurt feelings because of ONE GUY. She could read the life of Jen and start thinking to herself "Jeez, she just needs to get over this jerk. She needs to realize that sh...more
This book is about a girl named Jennifer Lewis who seems to be having an amazing junior year, she has two great friends, a spot as an editor at her school's newspaper, and an amazing boyfriend (good looking, valedictorian, and the editor-in-chief). He life seems to come to a screeching halt however when Max, her boyfriend, breaks up with her after five months of, seemingly, blissful courtship. Jen doesn't know what she is going to do. What did she do wrong? How will she ever be able to go to sc...more
3.5 stars. I like it and I don't. The breakup bible is for teens and young-adult. M reading it because M undergoing such trial in my life. I, somehow can relate to the story. It is light read and pretty much make sense. I don't expect a lot in this book because of it's pink cover. (Now I don't make sense)(HAHA).
The story is about Jen Lewis and his break-up with his longtime crush/5month boyfriend. And her Nana gave a book to teach Jen how to get over such a douche bag. At first she was hesitant...more
The story is about Jen Lewis and his break-up with his longtime crush/5month boyfriend. And her Nana gave a book to teach Jen how to get over such a douche bag. At first she was hesitant...more
Nov 10, 2012
Kristine
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3 of 5 stars
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Recommended to Kristine by:
Adie Diongco
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Actual rating: 3.75
I badly wanted to make this 4-stars but I'm not so sure... I'll just wait if ever that happens
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Fair Warning: may contain mild spoilers though it wouldn't really tell you a lot about the story. Unless if you're like me who can easily stitch pieces together, then you might want to steer clear of my review. Yet again, these won't destroy the story for you
Creative Cover
I am truly amazed by the tattered effects on the cover. I thought it was authentic!! :P
I adore that they...more
I badly wanted to make this 4-stars but I'm not so sure... I'll just wait if ever that happens
Insights
Fair Warning: may contain mild spoilers though it wouldn't really tell you a lot about the story. Unless if you're like me who can easily stitch pieces together, then you might want to steer clear of my review. Yet again, these won't destroy the story for you
Creative Cover
I am truly amazed by the tattered effects on the cover. I thought it was authentic!! :P
I adore that they...more
Girl Get's Depress Cause Of A Guy?Girl Dies Cause of Her ex-Boyfriend? At the beginning of the book it talks about this girl who committed suicide cause her boyfriend broke up with her & she was so in love with him, that she didn't know what to do wit out him.
As the book goes on their is another girl that the same thing happens to her.Her name is Jennifer, she had the best boyfriend ever, Max.But then one day it seems like Max just wanted to be friends, so he broke up with her & then J...more
As the book goes on their is another girl that the same thing happens to her.Her name is Jennifer, she had the best boyfriend ever, Max.But then one day it seems like Max just wanted to be friends, so he broke up with her & then J...more
This book is kinda depressing. Definitely not for me.
Jen Lewis is having a great junior year. She is the features editor of the school paper, and she’s dating Max Brown, the paper’s editor-in-chief. Everything is perfect—that is, until Max says, “Maybe it would be better if we were just friends.” In shock and total denial, Jen wonders how she is going to deal with the pain of seeing Max in school every day. Her misery only intensifies when her grandmother gives her a book that she heard about on...more
Jen Lewis is having a great junior year. She is the features editor of the school paper, and she’s dating Max Brown, the paper’s editor-in-chief. Everything is perfect—that is, until Max says, “Maybe it would be better if we were just friends.” In shock and total denial, Jen wonders how she is going to deal with the pain of seeing Max in school every day. Her misery only intensifies when her grandmother gives her a book that she heard about on...more
This book was sooo good!!! It is about a girl whose boyfriend dumps her (before the story starts). She is completly hearbroken, and gets very depressed. The begginning is REALLY REALLY sad because she remembers what it was like to be with him before he dumped her, and it made me sad that she got dumped!! I starting crying during one of the times she was reflecting on what it was like with him before! I really liked this book. After she's dumped, Max (her ex) tells her that they should just be fr...more
Light read for teens. But it's not fluffy romance, either. My first Melissa Kantor didn't disappoint, though. Jennifer was kinda like me. An aspiring journalist, a great writer, an avid reader. But that's not all. Jen's been hurt in love and I guess I could follow. But her crushing disappointment led her in a state of sadness, in which, her grandnana gave her The Breakup Bible. And she slowly picks up the pieces of her heart, with the help of her friend. And after seeing her ex with another girl...more
Not as bad as If I have a Wicked Stepmother where is my Prince, and not as good as Two Way Street (sorry for the comparisons, but it's what i've read yesterday, in that order^^_)
It's somewhere in the middle. This book is good if you need something to wile away your time on a bus or a plane without taxing your brain too much.
I liked it, but mind you, had i used a certain amount of braincells i would've liked it less, but as it is, it's enjoyable. The main character was well-written, most of the c...more
It's somewhere in the middle. This book is good if you need something to wile away your time on a bus or a plane without taxing your brain too much.
I liked it, but mind you, had i used a certain amount of braincells i would've liked it less, but as it is, it's enjoyable. The main character was well-written, most of the c...more
My book talks about a high schoolers break up with her boyfriend, Max, who she was "in love" with. The two dated for 6 months, then a tragic break up occured out of the blue. The problem is, they always see each other because they both write for the school newspaper. The whole book talks about Jenifer's path to "recovery" to happiness again. Her Nana gives Jennie a book, called The Break Up Bible. In this book, it talks about ten commandments to follow after a breakup. Jennie tries to do these t...more
This was not a bad book. Actually, some parts were pretty funny. The younger brother was great. What bothered me most about this book is the frequent use of the words "retards" and "retarded." I know people use those words, but it is a cruel and derogative word. I just felt the use of the word was uncalled for and other words could have been used. For the main character, Jen Lewis, to be so concerned about racial segregation and her own father being gay, she sure was blind to the fact that using...more
Last week when I was at the Library I decided to check out other teen books besides the fantasy books, so I picked up this one. It seem like a very good book but, the book ended up boring. The book is very dragy. So this whole ENTIRE BOOK was about a girl named Jennifer trying to get over her ex-boyfriend, Max with the book her Nana gave her , which obviously was the breakup bible. I had to say that I liked the epilogue of the book though, but not enough to give it another star. I had to skip so...more
Jun 08, 2012
Nicole
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2 of 5 stars
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Jen Lewis is a junior in high school and she is one of the editors of her school newspaper, and she is even dating Max Brown, who is in fact the editor in chief of the newspaper. Everything in Jen Lewis' life is perfect, but one day Max Brown decides to tell her he just wants to be friends. Jen Lewis was so confused and shocked, she didn't want to have to see him everyday in school, so she got a book from her grandmother about break ups and how to become stronger from them. Eventually with the h...more
Although this book felt a little ... too pre-teen I suppose, for lack of better wording, I enjoyed it enough. I felt that the main character, Jen was a little too superficial and clingy at the beginning, even though I suppose I felt a little sorry for her recent heartbreak. I am glad to see her eventually grow up and mature into someone who's learning from her experiences. When she finally sees herself and Max clearly, she confronts it in a really mature and sophisticated way that makes you prou...more
A bit depressing at times, this book was an good read.I'd give it 3.5 stars.
PROS:
Jen is witty and considerate even in depressed mode
The book is pretty funny at times.
Loved the Carla and Martha. And Todd. And Nana.
Loved the end.
The fact that an actual serious issue is raised in the book
CONS:
Jen is depressed, sad shocked and in total denial most of the time. The rest of it she is working to be a reporter worth noticing.
There wasn't much told about how or why Max and Jen got together in the first p...more
PROS:
Jen is witty and considerate even in depressed mode
The book is pretty funny at times.
Loved the Carla and Martha. And Todd. And Nana.
Loved the end.
The fact that an actual serious issue is raised in the book
CONS:
Jen is depressed, sad shocked and in total denial most of the time. The rest of it she is working to be a reporter worth noticing.
There wasn't much told about how or why Max and Jen got together in the first p...more
I was really looking forward to reading this book, especially since one of Melissa Kantor's other books is one of my favorites. I could not enjoy this one, though, and it made me kind of sad.
The main character was a little too emotional from a breakup with a guy that didn't even seem that great and there was a lot of unneeded things brought up. I set the book down after reading the 22 page. It was really disappointing. :(
Just because this book wasn't the greatest, don't be fooled. The author is...more
The main character was a little too emotional from a breakup with a guy that didn't even seem that great and there was a lot of unneeded things brought up. I set the book down after reading the 22 page. It was really disappointing. :(
Just because this book wasn't the greatest, don't be fooled. The author is...more
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“...[W]hen I told my dad why I was calling, he just said, 'Honey, you're so beautiful it doesn't matter what you wear.' I wondered how many dads in America were, at that very moment, giving their daughters the same useless advice mine was giving me.”
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“TEN BREAKUP COMMANDMENTS:
1. Move out
2. You cannot be friends
3. Do not process this break-up together
4. Do not bad mouth your ex to other people
5. Get rid of anything that reminds of him
6. Start and exercise regimen
7. Pursue an interest you could not have pursued while you and your ex were together
8. Take a vacation
9. Embrace Change
10. Go on a date”
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1. Move out
2. You cannot be friends
3. Do not process this break-up together
4. Do not bad mouth your ex to other people
5. Get rid of anything that reminds of him
6. Start and exercise regimen
7. Pursue an interest you could not have pursued while you and your ex were together
8. Take a vacation
9. Embrace Change
10. Go on a date”
