Tangled tells the story of four different teenagers over four months.

The book is broken into 4 main sections, each one narrated by a different character. It was like reading four short stories in one volume ~ each character had a distinct "voice" (Mackler did a great job with making them all unique) and own set of problems.

The four stories are in succession over four months, each character narrating one month. There was no doubling over (or retelling of events) ~ yet different characters appear More...

Tangled is about four teenagers, who couldn't be any more different, whose lives come together while vacationing in Paradise.

First, we have Jena who is the average teenager. She likes reading. She's goes through some self esteem issues; she's not stick-thin and finally decides that she is "luscious". She's the one I can relate to, her and Owen. Jena has this "everything book" where she jots down quotes and favorite sayings, anywhere from a book to a movie to something one of her friends might sa More...

I didn't like it, overall. It starts out with the POV of one character, on Paradise (Jena). You're introduced to all of the characters through Jena, even though she doesn't talk to all of them.
The next POV is Dakota, who you meet through Jena, obviously. I don't think that his stay at Paradise affected him at all. He didn't think about Paradise, much, and I don't think what he did there affected his actions much, and definitely not on his overall actions.
Then you have Skye. I think she's a selfi More...

this book is split up into 4 parts. A girl named Jenna a quirky, quote collector girl who wants a more interesting life. A boy named Dakota who's girlfriend just died and decides to leave his player self for a new person. Also a actress/model named Skye who is playing a role so her mom doesn't know she is depressed, and Owen who must take a leap from living life on his computer to reality. When they are all intertwined through "Paradise" a resort in the Caribbean, each of them change there live More...

I still remember the day I spontaneously bought my first Carolyn Mackler: I browsed through the musty shelves of a second-hand shop on Charing Cross Road, London, somewhat disappointed that most of what they had to offer were Penguin Classics (I had read a lot of those in an earlier reading phase of my life), coffee-table-sized volumes about gardening stuff and sticky, fly-poop-infested psycho-thrillers. In pre-internet times a trip to an English second-hand-shop used to be like Christmas Eve, b More...

Tangled by Carolyn Mackler is about four people named Jena, Dakota, Skye, and Owen. There are four parts to this book, each part has a different perspective from the characters. It all starts when Jena and Skye take a vacation trip to the Caribbean which happens to be where Dakota and his brother, Owen are for a few days. Dakota and Jena start a relationship which was going great until Dakota meets Jena’s cousin, Skye, who is a model. Dakota dumps Jena for Skye, which made Jena upset. “I couldn’ More...

I really wanted to like this book, but I just can't... maybe its because I had so much expectations for this book judging by its sypnosis. The sypnosis mentions about how "they will all connect-- or that their chance encounters will transform each of their lives" but the story wasn't like that at all.

The story is written starting with Jena's POV, followed by Dakota, then Skye and Owen. From the sypnosis, I thought they would all meet each other-- but no, not all characters get to meet each other More...

Tangled is an emotional reality check for Owen, Skye, Dakota, and Jena, four teens whose lives become tangled together while on vacation in the Caribbean. Through the experiences that each of these main characters encounter, they all learned that you can’t judge a book by its cover. This is the first book I’ve read by Carolyn Mackler and really love her style of writing. I loved how she separated the book by each characters story. I believe that it really helped me to understand more of what was More...

The title of this novel is what life is all about. Our lives are always tangled up with other people’s lives. Thus, part of how we become who we are is because of the people we live, work, and play with.

This contemporary story follows a month in the life of four different teens. All four teens appear in the first month because they all end up in Paradise during spring break. Because I love how Carolyn Mackler formatted this story—four vignettes that show how each teen’s life is tangled up with More...

Surprisingly, I think this book had done things that some books had failed to do to me in the past few weeks; the sense of enjoying a read, just because it was a read. And I really enjoyed reading this, although there are times when I think I would be totally fine with skipping the details of the books PG content.

So this is a story..No make it four stories of teens. The first named Jena Gormik, second Dakota a nineteen years old boy, Skye is a new teen actress and Owen, a guy whose also a gork( More...

This book was a very good and entertaining book to read. It was about four teens that all had some form of relationship with each other without the others knowing. The characters Jena the girl that doesn't really do much but blog on her laptop, and Skye the beautiful model that is involved with everything, were on a vacation with each other because their moms were friends. They both got involved with this guy they met there named Dakota. Dakota was the jock type. Dakota and his brother Owen who More...

I really enjoyed reading the book, called Tangled by Carolyn Mackler I loved it at first this wasn’t the book I was suppose to read I was actually reading another book but once I started reading this one I instantly feel for it. I found it to be a really well written book it was funny, heart- warming, filled with tragedy but also filled with love. It really highlights the effect of small things on a persons life and builds suspense till the end of it. Every page I read kept me wanting to know mo More...

Summary: Four teens visit Paradise, a resort in the Caribbean, and their lives become tangled together after they meet. Jena is a shy girl hungry for romance, Skye is a sophisticated model and aspiring actress, Dakota is a handsome and popular screw-up who acts like he’s God’s gift to women, and Owen is his sensitive brother who lives through his online blog. As their lives intersect, they learn to look beyond their superficial impressions of each other and discover that each is much more compli More...

Tangled begins with four teenagers at a Caribbean resort. At first only tangentially interconnected, this novel reveals how actions we consider inconsequential can impact others. Told from four different viewpoints and taking place in four consecutive months, YA readers will enjoy the varying characters and how each one grows.

It can be argued that the four main characters are simply stereotypical shells of common YA literature personalities. Jena is the shy girl who would do anything for a boyf More...

Jena is one of those girls that talks way too much when she’s nervous. Babble, babble, babble. At least that’s how she sees herself, anyway. When her mom announces that she and Jena are accompanying her friend Luce and her daughter Skye on vacation to the Caribbean, Jena’s nerves hit boiling point. Spend an entire week with Skye, prancing around in a bathing suit? Please god, no! Skye is beautiful, popular, and a successful teen actor. Her life is oh-so-glamorous compared to Jena’s, and Jena can More...

4 parts, 4 reviews:

Jena: 4/5. Funny, interesting, and set in the Caribbean, (that sucker place where, if a book is set, I will read it, because of a series of movies with Pirates in the title). I read all of it eagerly, even though it wasn't super exciting, it was just a good set up. I liked how she got (for a little while) the guy who she thought was the guy of her dreams. Unexpected and good

Except for Part II:

Dakota: 1/5. When he's not cussing people out or lusting after his dead girlfriend (o More...

Tangled was not at all what I expected it to be, but it turned out to be a delightful surprise.

Jena, Dakota, Skye, and Owen all take a vacation to Paradise. Jena with Skye and Dakota with Owen. Jena has self-image issues, and isn't happy with herself. Skye's the perfect girl and has it all together, or so it seems. Dakota's your average male player, but he's not sure if that's what he wants. And Owen's stuck in a virtual world, blogging about his life instead of living it. Essentially each of th More...

I always expect great things from the author of Vegan, Virgin, Valentine and The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things, and she never disappoints me. Two girls (who have nothing in common other than their mothers are friends) are forced to go on a Caribbean trip where two brothers are also vacationing with their Mom. Their lives become tangled, overlapping in various ways during the vacation and after.

I admired that while Mackler decided to write this book in four distinct voices (each teen More...

Tangled follows the lives of four teenagers over a four-month period. Jena, Skye, Dakota, and Owen each narrate one month, starting with the month when their lives collided at a beach resort. It’s difficult to summarize this book, because I don’t want to give too much away, but each of the teens is dealing with some sort of insecurity or depression. Jena is concerned about her body, especially in comparison with skinny and beautiful Skye, who’s hiding some secrets about her perfect life. Dakota More...

It's been a couple of years since I picked up a Carolyn Mackler novel. I started with the wonderful Vegan Virgin Valentine and enjoyed it so much I followed it up with her Printz Honor-winning The Earth My Butt and Other Big Round Things, which I also thought was an entertaining and thought-provoking read. And while Mara from Vegan Virgin Valentine is my favorite of her protagonists, I particularly enjoyed Virginia's journey to self-possession in The Earth My Butt and Other Big Round Things, wit More...

Tangled by Carolyn Mackler is a well-written book. It highlights the effect of small things on a persons life. It is the story of four teens who spend a few days at Caribbean resort called Paradise. They all are going through something deep, personal, and kind of painful in their lives. Jena is an insecure 16 year-old girl who religiously follows the acting career of her mother's best friend's daughter. A small fling with a really cute boy at Paradise leaves her heartbroken but stronger than eve

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Tangled by Carolyn Mackler is a story about the interweaving of the lives of four teens. Set on a resort island called Paradise, the beginning introduces us to four troubled characters: Jena the over-talking, over-eating girl with no life, Skye the beautiful actress who can't find a reason to be happy, Dakota the model of a jerk, and Owen the loser with a laptop. As each characters finds their way into each others' lives Jena will collide with a romance comparable to the life quotes she uses in More...

I think it's hard to expect too much with a book that's told from four different perspectives. Granted, Mackler does a good job with voice, and trying to differentiate her characters mostly by the manner they spoke in, but she gave so little time for each person that I felt cheated. Skye's story was especially abrupt, and I braced myself for the worst (which would hit another climax in the story), but everything turned out to be peachy-keen (I still don't know if this is a good or bad thing). Je More...

As expected, I loved this book. I just think Carolyn Mackler is super, and would recommend this book to any reader that has plowed through Sarah Dessen and is looking for something else.

This book is told from the perspective of four different characters over the span for four months. Their lives intersect very briefly on a Caribbean vacation over Spring Break. Each character's section reveals more about more not just about that particular character, but also about the other three.

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The book switches between the POVs of the four main characters; while this helps to gain insight into said characters, it also breaks the flow of the narration in the most irritating way -- which ultimately, is the book's greatest weakness.

I'm puzzled by how the novel handles mental illness, though it gets kudos for portraying depression somewhat realistically, I guess.

The ending was sweet; it operates off the serendipity effect where even socially awkward computer nerds are able to form meaning More...

Spring has sprung and in just 4 short months, 4 teenage lives will change.

Jena is the bubbly Jewish girl with lots of curves. She loves quotes and will learn a lot on a spring break trip to Paradise. Skye is an actress, curly dark hair, body of a goddess and a lot more problems than is willing to tell everyone. That is until she learns a little about her father and everything starts to make sense.

Now to the boys. Dakota is having some major teen drama. He may look like a heart throb, but a broke More...

As someone who really enjoyed all of Carolyn Mackler's books so far, i was looking forward to reading Tangled. However, the book was a disappointment for me.

First of all, none of the characters had a spark for me that made me feel like I wanted to know more about them. Jena had potential, but still didn't interest me at all for some reason. Dakota was kind of an a-hole, but "changed his ways" by choosing to... Not sleep with an older, single mother. Skye was just kind of flat and depressing to r More...

I really wanted to like this book, because I loved "The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things" when I read it in fifth grade. I haven't read a single Mackler book since.

"Tangled" is about four typical teenagers (Obsessive Shy Girl Archetype, Beautiful Screwed Up Girl Archetype, Jock Archetype, Computer Nerd Archetype) who meet briefly in Paradise and then live the rest of their lives, as we see how that meeting plays out in their lives. It sounds like an interesting construct, and that's wh More...

Tangled is a quick, yet intensely great standalone novel. It tells the story of how the lives of four strangers intersect and affect one another after spending some time in a place called Paradise.

Normally, a book with that many POVs is pretty much just setting itself up for trouble but here, it works well. Mackler has a distinctive "voice" for each character so you'd automatically know which POV you're in and of course, it helps that it doesn't switch back and forth.

The characters are all flawe More...