Dramarama
by E. Lockhart
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Read in February, 2008
E(mily) Prescott has clearly been to drama camp. She gets that part of the book right-on. The rest of the book is quite a disappointment, though. The characters are flat; our narrator, Sadye, is set up to learn a lot through the people she meets, the criticisms she gets, and the experiences she has at drama camp, but she doesn't. She makes a grand sacrifice that gets her kicked out of camp, but not because she's really learned anything, except that her best friend, Demi, has more talent than she...more
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Read in October, 2007
recommends it for:
Drama and Musical Arts Lovers
I pretty much know I'm never going to be an actress or do something similiar like that (singer, dancer, you get the gist?), so I was kind of surprised when I picked up this book and decided to read it. If you look at the title, you can probably tell what it's about: yes, drama, acting, Shakespeare, musicals, and all that stuff. Actors, directors, teen star sensations, and on and on. I've just never been than interested.
The main reason I was attracted to this book was because of the author. ...more
The main reason I was attracted to this book was because of the author. ...more
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Reviewed by Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen for TeensReadToo.com
Sadye and Demi have been best friends since the very beginning of time; well, maybe not that long. But when they did first meet, they became inseparable. How could they not be inseparable when they both share the same interests, most importantly of which is the theatre. Both are able to identify with each other, even though Demi is a boy, and are able to see each other's true selves.
And now both of them are o...more
Sadye and Demi have been best friends since the very beginning of time; well, maybe not that long. But when they did first meet, they became inseparable. How could they not be inseparable when they both share the same interests, most importantly of which is the theatre. Both are able to identify with each other, even though Demi is a boy, and are able to see each other's true selves.
And now both of them are o...more
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Read in October, 2007
recommends it for:
drama lovers, fans of musical theater, kids who feel like an outsider
Loads of fun, had me wishing I could jump up on a stage and belt out a Liza Minelli tune or two...A fun book about a different kind of summer camp: drama camp! Sarah feels totally hemmed in by her boring small town life in Ohio. When she and her best friend Demi get accepted to a special summer school for theater students, it's their chance to shine and to show that they can really sing and dance and act well enough to maybe be on Broadway someday. Demi fits right in, and can finally be totally ...more
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Read in September, 2007
Sarah has always felt bigger than her razzle-dazzle-deprived hometown. She takes dance lessons, eats lunch by herself, and dreams of being on Broadway someday. Enter Demi. Demi and Sarah meet at auditions for a summer theatre camp and they become instant best friends. Demi is a talented actor and singer and he's got serious razzle-dazzle, despite the heterosexual drag he's forced to wear at school. Demi tells Sarah to change her name to Sadye (Sadie, but spelled with a "y") and they bo...more
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Read in July, 2008
Wow, as a self proclaimed theatre geek and drama teacher, I completely adored this book from beginning to end. It was charming, cute, current, relevant, refreshing, and honest, infused with fun references to Broadway musicals, theatre facts, and approaches to acting.
But theatre is really just the backdrop here: switching between the first person narration of the main character Sadye and transcripts of voice recordings between Sadye and her friends as they document a summer at drama camp, L...more
But theatre is really just the backdrop here: switching between the first person narration of the main character Sadye and transcripts of voice recordings between Sadye and her friends as they document a summer at drama camp, L...more
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Sarah, aka Sayde, can't stand Brentwood, Ohio and longs for glitz and fame. Along with her best friend, Demi, they go to Wildewood, a summer theater camp. But while Demi has real talent and passion, Sayde can't stand the fact that she lacks both and gets lousy parts. I thought she wined the whole time, and while, true, one director was a dictator and the other a new age experimenter, her constantly arguing with them said to me self centeredness, lack of discipline, and a lack of understanding...more
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This one makes up for how much I disliked "Frankie Landau-Banks'. Though it has its uneven moments--I find Demi to be pretty cardboardy--Sadye/Sarah really rings true as the ordinary girl trying to find her place in a room full of super talent.
Someone says she doesn't learn anything, but I think she does. What she's doing in the epilogue shows that. And this is a lesson a lot of us learn along the way:
"You can't only do things because you'll get a return on it later. You have to...more
Someone says she doesn't learn anything, but I think she does. What she's doing in the epilogue shows that. And this is a lesson a lot of us learn along the way:
"You can't only do things because you'll get a return on it later. You have to...more
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Read in April, 2008
Sadye (really Sarah) and Demi, two social outcasts who are joined together through their love of musicals are off to musical theater camp. Sadye quickly discovers that her talents are not as strong as she'd thought, and in the cut-throat competitiveness over roles, she's disappointed with what she gets. Meanwhile, Demi turns out to be star material and not only that, has the attentions of two boys. Their friendship is strained by these differences, and the fact that Sadye doesn't get that being ...more
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Read in April, 2008
recommends it for:
amy, a., punk
this is the best lockhart i've read. i love the characters, i love sadye, i love the way the story ended. it made me sad that it was the same sort of ending that happens in real life - it's hard to keep in touch with people. no matter how much you want to.
i loved sadye, i loved demi and lyle and nanette and candie and iz and theo. i even liked james - despite his role.
i don't want to spoil the whole thing, but it's two best friends, boy/girl, gay/straight, in love with musicals and dra...more
i loved sadye, i loved demi and lyle and nanette and candie and iz and theo. i even liked james - despite his role.
i don't want to spoil the whole thing, but it's two best friends, boy/girl, gay/straight, in love with musicals and dra...more
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Read in June, 2007
Sarah always knew there was more to her than her boring existence in Ohio. When Demi comes to her school she befriends him, and he helps to bring her out of her shell. So when they get accepted to summer theater camp, Sarah reinvents herself as Sayde and the theatrics begin, both inside the theater and out. There is competition, boys and the fact that she can't keep her opinions to herself...especially from her directors. The story has some good twists and turns, and an unexpected ending. It was...more
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Read in May, 2007
recommends it for:
musical theater types and those that long to be at summer camp!
What fun! I want to go away to the summer camp...maybe not musical theater camp, but some kind of camp! Sadye and Demi are both lucky enough to get accepted into the elite Wildwoode Academy's summer program and they are sure this is the beginning of their greatness! Then come the challenges...their love lives are challenged, their friendships are challenged and their talents are challenged! This book is a great reminder of all the wonderful things and all the awful things about adolesence! ...more
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Read in February, 2008
When Sadye goes off to summer drama camp she expects to be the "queen" while her best friend, a half-in the closet gay Africa-American, will be "king." It doesn't work out that way at all. Demi becomes openly gay and falls in love for the first time. While Sayde doesn't fit in at all the way she thought she would.
There are a couple of plot holes toward the end but Lockhart tells the story in such a true and honest way that they are easily overlooked. The language and dialog...more
There are a couple of plot holes toward the end but Lockhart tells the story in such a true and honest way that they are easily overlooked. The language and dialog...more
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Read in March, 2008
Good but not great. Sadye is a fabulous character (just as she would like to be), big and bright. Demi was fabulous as well, but in completely different ways. The "transcript" bits came very close to being annoying, but never actually crossed the line - they worked, for the most part. I liked that the ending was unresolved, because real life so seldom has those clearly defined beginnings and endings - the epilogue still worked for me, though. And I really wanted to give Nanette a
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Read in May, 2008
I thought when I picked this book up it'd be fun and enjoyable, but honestly, I didn't like this book. It seemed that there was no apparent problem in the book, and if I was the author I would have changed the ending so that Demi realized he wasn't gay anymore or something, and really fell in love Sayde, but the ending to me seemed depressing and kind of stupid. (No offense to the author or anything.)
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Read in July, 2007
I didn't enjoy it as much as I enjoyed The Boy Book or The Boyfriend List, but it's an entertaining read and Sadye is an engaging heroine (to whom I felt a great kinship, having considered myself "gawky-sexy" all my life). The ending felt a bit rushed and disjointed, but the theater references were charming and the relationships really rang true to my own theater experienc
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Read in July, 2007
Sadye and Demi, two friends from a town too small for their bigness and boldness and out-of-the-boxness, come into their own at Summer Drama Camp. Lockhart does a good job capturing the joy/pain of having one superclose friend, the extreme fun of that and the growing out of that. I'm betting YA-readers who are into performance and musicals even a little bit will love this.
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Read in April, 2007
Drama, indeed. Theatre camp for a pair of oddly-matched best friends turns out differently than they expect. Lots of fun and some well-done cringe-worthy teen moments. The characters were believable and real, and the maturation that took place over the space of the camp was utterly true-to-life. I liked it a lot.
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Read in July, 2007
recommends it for:
late-teens
I think this book is fantastic for a high school aged audience. Again, I would probably give 4 and 1/2 stars (why can't we have a star search rating system?). This book is great for anyone in high school who has felt too "big" for it; for those who were pretty in an unconventional way, in a "gawky-sexy" way.
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Read in September, 2007
E. Lockhart is a sublime author.
I'm writing this on 42nd street.
E. Lockhart is a sublime author, nevertheless, there's something a little too perfect about her. I can't figure it out. However I love how she nails conversation.
This is not a sublime night, but it's pretty nice.
I'm writing this on 42nd street.
E. Lockhart is a sublime author, nevertheless, there's something a little too perfect about her. I can't figure it out. However I love how she nails conversation.
This is not a sublime night, but it's pretty nice.
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