At the elite Hilliard Preparatory School, the competition is fierce, the gossip is worse, and Blake Dorsey has just arrived back on campus after an...
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Jul 09, 2007
Carly
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I knew this book would suck and I read it anyway. Guilty as charged. Some part of me held out a thin wisp of hope that it would eventually get better, but of course it didn't.
Another part of me wants to say I've got to hand it to the author for writing a publishable book at the age of 17, but a bigger part of me is saying that the book is pretty darn terrible and who knows how many 17-year-olds are out there who have written better books than this.
DON'T READ IT; SAVE YO
Another part of me wants to say I've got to hand it to the author for writing a publishable book at the age of 17, but a bigger part of me is saying that the book is pretty darn terrible and who knows how many 17-year-olds are out there who have written better books than this.
DON'T READ IT; SAVE YO
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Feb 26, 2010
Alyssa
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There were a few things I liked and disliked about this book.
For one, Blake and Marissa seemed like poorly developed characters, especially compared to Skylar and Charley. I didn't really see how they were all friends with Marissa because she was barely described at all.
Second, it was way too short. Usually I don't base my likings of books on the length, but this one was seriously laking something. It needed more, more, more! The action was minimal and everything went by More...
For one, Blake and Marissa seemed like poorly developed characters, especially compared to Skylar and Charley. I didn't really see how they were all friends with Marissa because she was barely described at all.
Second, it was way too short. Usually I don't base my likings of books on the length, but this one was seriously laking something. It needed more, more, more! The action was minimal and everything went by More...
Oct 13, 2011
Mikayla
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Better Than Yesterday was a very intresting book. I couldnt put the book down. The book is about a girl named skylar and her three main friends Charley, Marissa, and Black. These Three all attend Hilliard Prepratory School. They were all friends Freshman year but they slowly started going seprate ways and in their senior year reunited. Charley and Skylar are always trying to see who is the best at things in school such as valedvictorian. The real truth is that they book like each other a lot. Du
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Jul 13, 2011
Vanessa
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Even though the book is set at an elite boarding school (a la Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld), I don't think it was merely the author's intention nor the point of this book. Instead, the point of this book was that four students at the boarding school (two whom are friends and two others whom are basically acquaintances) vow to get away to nearby New York City for awhile which is different from what they are accustomed to. There is name dropping (which gets annoying after all but could be satirical
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Dec 20, 2011
Jennifer
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Reviewed by Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com
Four friends together again in summer session at boarding school. Can you even imagine the adventures?
Skylar, Marissa, Charley, and Blake are seventeen. It's the summer before their senior year. They are moving into Hilliard Preparatory School for the summer session. They spent summer session their freshman year together and are hoping to relive those great times.
However, things have More...
Four friends together again in summer session at boarding school. Can you even imagine the adventures?
Skylar, Marissa, Charley, and Blake are seventeen. It's the summer before their senior year. They are moving into Hilliard Preparatory School for the summer session. They spent summer session their freshman year together and are hoping to relive those great times.
However, things have More...
Dec 10, 2007
Nian
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So here's what I've noticed about a good portion of the books I've read: that the beginning tends to be really nicely written and attractive, but once you progress and read the end, it's not nearly as good. Maybe it's just because the story fades out, or that the author just needed a faster way to finish the book. It's not really a big deal, actually--barely noticeable--but somehow, I just managed to catch it.
Better than Yesterday is written from two points of views: Skylar's (the g More...
Better than Yesterday is written from two points of views: Skylar's (the g More...
Aug 22, 2008
Sarah
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I read this book hoping, HOPING, praying, wishing that all of Robyn's big talk was the real deal. She was promoting this YA novel at least a year and a half before it was actually published. I met her one night at dinner and the first thing she says is "Hi! My name is Robyn! I'm 20 but I wrote my book when I was 17! IT'S GREAT! Nooooo, really, I'm a real author and you'll be super excited when you read my book! Oh, did I tell you I like to wear designer shoes? Yup, these are *real* COACH! C
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Oct 15, 2011
Macy
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The book "Better Than Yesterday" was very enjoyable to read, at points in the story I couldn't put the book down. I thought the book had good drama and characters that people reading the book could relate to. In this book the main characters get into trouble but come together to help out a mutal friend finding out love is in the air. The only downfall I thought of the book was the inappropiate language that could of been removed and still could get the content across without using a
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Jun 24, 2011
Fallon
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Its far from amazing, and it had some inconsistancies. The characters were not all that strong, but i liked it. I went to an elitist high school where a lot of my friends we accepted to penn. Like charley, my parents wanted me to go to the school of THEIR choice, not mine. It was a well written, quick, fun read. :))
May 18, 2010
Li Xian
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I thought this book was okay. It talks about 4 friends in a school, but one day one of them runs away. I thought each character had different personalities and they were friends. One was friendly and outgoing, another was shy and liked to read fantasy books. This book didn't really seemed like a story to me, it was like their daily lives and what they did.
Mar 04, 2011
Sunny
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very werid dnt read it if you dnt lik reading aboutppl getting raped lolz it was a good book ........ ;P
Nov 24, 2008
Christine
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Ehh... not the greatest, but pretty good. Totally reminded me of Catcher in the Rye. It was like a toned down version of Prep (which i hated), but yeah.
Jul 15, 2007
hannah
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i'm not a big fan of YA anymore, unless it happens to be amazing. this was far from amazing, but it was incredibly clever, and i have to respect robyn for being a young writer, and by way of that, writing realistic dialogue and creating believable characters. it was kind of a heightened academic world, with really smart jokes from intelligent-than-most teenagers. but it was so clever that i loved it for that.
Jan 27, 2008
Anya
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It wasn't that great at all, and the summary was misleading. The actual "New York" aspect of the book wasn't as prevalent as the Hilliard aspect...and I've never met anyone with 2400 SAT grades. It was so-so.
Aug 03, 2008
Katherine
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I liked this...fun and light...great for a quick beach read. Definitely gives the perspective of teens today.
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