POSH
by Lucy Jackson
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Read in July, 2007
recommends it for:
Anyone who likes reading about where the super-rich send their kids to school.
I liked this book, but I didn't love it. It's a really good fast, summer read about some of the people involved with the exclusive high school where New York's ultra rich and elite send their kids. The book is told in alternating point-of-views of the school's headmistress, "Lazy", students Morgan, Michael and Julianne, Michael's mom, and Julianne's mom.
I liked the book, because the characters were complex and I was drawn into their lives early on in the book; however, the book...more
I liked the book, because the characters were complex and I was drawn into their lives early on in the book; however, the book...more
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Read in June, 2007
i think the reason this book suffered (and i found it on the discount-discount pile) was because it's kind of hard to describe. you automatically think from the book jacket, the blurbs, even the title, that this is another chicklit book about life on the UES - this time in prep school setting.
however, it's much darker and deeper than that. it's written extremely well, and from multiple character perspectives, in little vingettes that last no more than five pages (most ring in at three). but...more
however, it's much darker and deeper than that. it's written extremely well, and from multiple character perspectives, in little vingettes that last no more than five pages (most ring in at three). but...more
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Read in October, 2008
It took almost 3/4s of the book to go by before I became really disappointed. This was a story of 4 different characters. Each chapter was a bout a different character as their lives paralleled over a course of a school year (I think). Silly me I thought at the end their lives would all intertwine. Their lives crossed path, a common incident, but the characters didn't come together as I had come to anticipate. Once I started to suspect this I lost interested about 25 pages before the end. ...more
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Read in June, 2008
Liked the book. Early on however, I wondered if I would stick with it, as it moves in fairly short chapters between the "goings on" in the lives of 5-6 different people. Each chapter with the different characters' titles. All lives are intertwined, and I'm so glad I stuck it out. The finish was great! I think my main issue going is was it seemed somehwhat easy to put down because of the individual, short chapters. Now I think, based on the structure, it's one of those great reads...more
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Read in December, 2007
A posh (obviously) prep school on Manhattan's Upper East Side sets the stage for various dramas in this slim volume.
Main characters include:
Morgan, a senior whose mother just died
Julianne, Morgan's best friend and charity case
Dee, Julianne's mom who was a great novelist and now drives a cab
Kathryn "Lazy" Hoffman, headmistress and adulteress
Michael, Julianne's psychotic boyfriend
This was a quick, fun read. The characters are fairly well-developed and intere...more
Main characters include:
Morgan, a senior whose mother just died
Julianne, Morgan's best friend and charity case
Dee, Julianne's mom who was a great novelist and now drives a cab
Kathryn "Lazy" Hoffman, headmistress and adulteress
Michael, Julianne's psychotic boyfriend
This was a quick, fun read. The characters are fairly well-developed and intere...more
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Read in September, 2008
I finished this book in a few days and looked back on it, wondering what I'd read and why I'd read it. It tells no worthy story, has no redeeming qualities, and ends up going nowhere. The main characters all lead the kind of privileged, horrible life that I don't want to accept actually existing somewhere. Awful. The author, Lucy Jackson, is a pseudonym, and nobody, even her editor, seems to know who the real author is. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be Curtis Sittenfeld, who wrote t...more
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The jacket of this book is obviously very similar to the jacket of "Prep." However, I think this similarity does this book a disservice. "Prep" focused on one character who didn't seem to develop much over the course of the book--the conceit of the novel really hinged more on the idea of a "behind-the-scenes" look at student life at an elite boarding school than anything else. "Posh" follows several characters, all of whom are 3-dimensional and interesting...more
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Read in February, 2007
Beautifully written by an author who rips to the heart of life in the world of NYC's private high schools with a kindness not found in <Prep> and a rare sensitivity to the emotional lives of her characters. The issues feel real and the dialog never hits a false note. Jackson's portrayal of the beauty of unusual friendships and the bonds between women and those who touch their lives makes this a must read for anyone who has ever had a friend, a daughter or "an inappropriate" roma
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A YA story about a girl whose mother dies of cancer and the school year that follows. Best friend gets a new hunky boyfriend whose bi-polar. Tragedy ensues.
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Read in May, 2008
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teens
For what it was, this was a fairly good read...it's not like it has any illusions about being great literature. It was mindless at times, but fun at times as well. I picked this up in the YA section, but it also reads like an adult novel, with half adult characters. The problem was, I think, that most of the characters were just too darn selfish for me to really care much about.
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Read in January, 2008
This book is okay. I really liked it at first, but it quickly turn weird. I didn't think the ending ended the book. I think it needed more. I am not talking about leaving room for a second novel, but it's like the author said I think I'll stop and he did. I needed more closure, but then again, it's a thought provoking book and that was his intentions.
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Read in June, 2008
I expected a little more from this book after reading the published reviews. It felt like I was reading the 2nd book in a series, and that I missed reading the first book or something. Also, there could have been a bit more character development, although I appreciated that the characters were more complicated than at first glance.
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Read in March, 2008
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Jill
It wasn't the greatest book of all time, but it did keep me interested enough to want to finish it and see what happened. Not sure I loved the style of each chapter following a different character, but it made it easy to read in snippets and gave decent stopping points for when you need to put the book down.
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