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There are so many reasons why I like this book. One of these reasons is that it's a feminist book. It's tame by today's standards, but doesn't shy away from important issues like birth control, monogamy, abstinence, homosexuality--and even moving on from your first immature boyfriend who has inexplicably named his penis Ralph. It feels like a book that was written for teenage girls (without being preachy) and that's because it was, and it was very much needed at the time as an honest and realist
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I enjoyed the book. I enjoyed the book even more when I heard Judy Blume's afternote that she wrote the book at the request of her daughter who wanted a book where a couple of nice kids made the decision to have sex and no one died and no one got pregnant and nothing horrible happened. And Judy wanted to write a book where the female had sexual emotions and the boy had more than just sex emotions. That Judy Blume sure does know how to deliver!
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I remember feeling quite daring when I read this. But I don't really remember anything about it, so I guess it was only so-so.
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Wow. I was surprised at how many little details of this book I remembered. I do think I have read it at least 3 times: when I was like 12, maybe in my 20s and now in my 40s. It’s still quite good. It lost one star for some fat shaming, but everything else is so progressive!
I really enjoyed this young adult novel, even though I am no longer a young adult! I wonder what I would have thought of all the sex and Planned Parenthood as a young teenager? In any case, it was an enjoyable read now.
I honestly think I’m rating it this high because this is the great Judy Blume who wrote it. I know this book had big cultural significance in its time. I respect the topics it tries to cover, but did not like the way it was written, nor did I particularly like the characters. I’m glad to know what the book is about as it seems to come up a lot in pop culture, but in the end it felt rushed and underdeveloped.
Sep 01, 2015
Leeann
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