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Tell Me If the Lovers Are Losers
In 1961, at a college for academically gifted women, three roommates who differ substantially from each other are brought together by a common interest in volleyball.
Mass Market Paperback, 208 pages
Published
May 12th 1983
by Fawcett
(first published 1982)
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3.5 stars. It was tooooo slow in the beginning... but it DID pick up and become quite interesting.
I'm still wondering what the title of the book is all about... ?? The books is about 3 girls who are roommates their first semester of an all-girls college in the northeast. They're VERY different from one another, and through volleyball (mostly), they become part of a team... But they still have their differences--ones that are more fundamental: religion, beliefs about what life me...more
I'm still wondering what the title of the book is all about... ?? The books is about 3 girls who are roommates their first semester of an all-girls college in the northeast. They're VERY different from one another, and through volleyball (mostly), they become part of a team... But they still have their differences--ones that are more fundamental: religion, beliefs about what life me...more
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This was another one I ended up reading because it was discussed in Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading.
But this ended up being one of the oddest books I've read in awhile. I truly have to question exactly what the author's intentions were. If Milton came back to life, and decided to write a YA book in which God and Satan were female roommates, it would probably read a bit like the dialogue between Hildy and Niki.
Voigt also relied a little too ...more
But this ended up being one of the oddest books I've read in awhile. I truly have to question exactly what the author's intentions were. If Milton came back to life, and decided to write a YA book in which God and Satan were female roommates, it would probably read a bit like the dialogue between Hildy and Niki.
Voigt also relied a little too ...more
Not one of her better ones, I'm afraid - I picked this up at the thrift store to take on a plane ride under the theory that I wouldn't feel badly about leaving a thrift-store purchase on a plane or in a hostel or something, and... well, I didn't feel bad about leaving this book in the hostel, end stop.
It's not that the writing's bad - after all, it's Cynthia Voigt. Actually, on that criterion alone I gave it three stars rather than two. But the characters are pretty flat (the only in...more
It's not that the writing's bad - after all, it's Cynthia Voigt. Actually, on that criterion alone I gave it three stars rather than two. But the characters are pretty flat (the only in...more
Cynthia Voigt also wrote the Homecoming/Dicey's Song series and I'm always happy to read a book by her.
The book is set in 1961 at a New England woman's college - and that alone is an interesting perspective from which to view the world. Ann, Niki and Hildy are freshmen and roommates. Their characters are almost caricatures - Ann, the balancing and moderate, Niki, the extreme and angry, Hildy, the opposite of Niki.
I think its a coming-of-age novel - the women in the book are...more
The book is set in 1961 at a New England woman's college - and that alone is an interesting perspective from which to view the world. Ann, Niki and Hildy are freshmen and roommates. Their characters are almost caricatures - Ann, the balancing and moderate, Niki, the extreme and angry, Hildy, the opposite of Niki.
I think its a coming-of-age novel - the women in the book are...more
I only made it to page eighteen of this book. The awful title matches what I read - not that it is anything about lovers, but that I felt the book and title are terrible. I am an avid Cynthia Voigt fan, so I thought I'd read this book despite the title, but by page eighteen she hadn't drawn me into the story. It is seldom that I start a book and don't finish it, but I don't care enough about the characters to read through another page.
This was an unusual one, not what I would call a typical Voigt at all. Though it was written in the 80s and set in the 60s, I thought the characters and situations were still very relatable, especially so for me because of its setting at a women's college. I thought the friendships, disagreements, and other interactions between the characters had a ring of truth to them, no one person always being right or rational all the time. The great strength of the novel is its insistence on the use of and...more
This is another one that I wish I could give 3 1/2 stars...it was a really good read. Except, the title is incredibly misleading! It has nothing to do with "lovers" in the least and everything to do with three roommates at an all woman's college in the early 60's who couldn't be more different from each other.
I loved the language in this book...I don't know how else to describe it except to say that Voigt is a very smart writer.
Some may find this book boring -...more
I loved the language in this book...I don't know how else to describe it except to say that Voigt is a very smart writer.
Some may find this book boring -...more
I don't usually review on here (I save it for my book blog), but when I read some other reviews I found that people seem to be confused about the title and how it relates to the book, so I figured I'd put in my two, spoiler-free cents. Obviously, the title's from the quote at the beginning of the book, but what it really refers to is that last argument between Ann and Niki, the argument about whether life is worth it or if it's meaningless. The Sandburg quote, and therefore the title of the bo...more
read this *a long* time ago, but still have vivid images of some of the chapters (don't want to spoil). WOW. so happy I found this book again!!!!
I read this book when I was a teenager and 15 years later I still get misty eyed when I think about it. Incredibly touching.
Margaret
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Another all-time favorite. I have read this more times than I remember and it always gets me.
Carrie Pirmann
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It was not what I had expected. It was OK but I was a bit disappointed. The title makes no sense to me with the book. (Maybe I missed some symbolism or something, but I don't see the title's meaning).
The characters were not very believable or real. I get it that they are three very different girls bound together by college volleyball. It's just that the story could have been better done.
And what was with Hildy's glasses? She was so stupid about them. Her character was a ...more
The characters were not very believable or real. I get it that they are three very different girls bound together by college volleyball. It's just that the story could have been better done.
And what was with Hildy's glasses? She was so stupid about them. Her character was a ...more
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Kind of a strange book--the characters are all sort of odd, and there's probably too much metaphor and introspection--but an enjoyable read, especially for those who like boarding school and college stories.
Read this in middle school but don't remember what it was about but i remember liking it.
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Cynthia Voigt won the Newbery Medal for Dicey's Song and the Newbery Honor Award for A Solitary Blue, both part of the beloved Tillerman Cycle. She is also the author of many other celebrated books for middle-grade and teen readers, including Izzy, Willy-Nilly and Jackaroo. She was awarded the Margaret A. Edwards Award in 1995 for her work in literature, and the Katahdin Award in 2004. She lives i...more
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