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This is the first Sarah Dessen I've read, after much prompting. Her plots always seemed cheesy and melodramatic to me (based entirely on wildly varying reviews I've read and, you know, the back of the books), the young adult version of Jodi Piccoult (another author I am judging without ever having read her, shame on me). And, well... I don't see myself seeking out any of her others. I finished it off in about three hours, and... The beginning was mostly me rolling my eyes and going "oh, please",
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I really enjoyed this book, and having been told that it’s not one of Dessen’s best, I’m now even more eager to read her other books, many of which are already on my to-read shelf.
From the book’s description, I thought it would have a somewhat different plot, but I wasn’t extremely disappointed, even though it was the description of an abandoned girl that made me particularly interested in the book.
I really liked the main character’s voice. I love how the story and characters evolved. The autho ...more
From the book’s description, I thought it would have a somewhat different plot, but I wasn’t extremely disappointed, even though it was the description of an abandoned girl that made me particularly interested in the book.
I really liked the main character’s voice. I love how the story and characters evolved. The autho ...more
Startling to have a Sarah Dessen heroine having sex with a drug dealer! That is not the kind of girl I went to high school with.
This is not by any means Sarah's best - the characters did not seem fully developed and the problems experienced by the sisters seem much too easily resolved or ignored - but it was still enjoyable.
For someone who is such a college basketball fan, she did not depict a (would be) swimming scholarship athlete at all realistically. Also, Cora had much too much time to co ...more
This is not by any means Sarah's best - the characters did not seem fully developed and the problems experienced by the sisters seem much too easily resolved or ignored - but it was still enjoyable.
For someone who is such a college basketball fan, she did not depict a (would be) swimming scholarship athlete at all realistically. Also, Cora had much too much time to co ...more
I'm listening to this book and it's OK. I'm a little annoyed by Ruby - I don't get why she's so angsty and wants to leave her rich brother-in-law and sister's house. But I do like Sarah Dessen's writing and it's fun to listen to the narrator. Recommended for Sarah Dessen fans and teen girls who like romance novels.
Update: Sarah Dessen didn't disappoint. She's a master writer for the teen girl crowd. Recommended. It was hard listening to this though b/c I'd get out of the car and want to continue ...more
Update: Sarah Dessen didn't disappoint. She's a master writer for the teen girl crowd. Recommended. It was hard listening to this though b/c I'd get out of the car and want to continue ...more
Teens in Trouble novels aren't really my thing, so I'm not sure why I picked this up, but I'm glad I did. Dessen does a great job showing that there is more to people than their problems or their surface persona. We start with Ruby, a messed up outsider, who moves to a perfect house with a perfectionist sister, a perfect preppy neighbor, and a perfect and scary prep school. Our understanding of the characters grows along with Ruby as their relationships grow, until we end with a whole group of m
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As usual, Sarah Dessen gives a great story about learning to love, without being all flowery and romance novel. Just a good story about normal people. The "special topic" of this novel was parental abandonment and abuse, and it was handled without feeling like an afterschool special.
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My very first Dessen book, and now I can totally see what the hype is all about. This book was heart-breaking and heart-warming in its quiet simplicity. Lovely, just lovely.
So melodramatic and angsty, and way too much obvious, overwrought metaphor. Her earlier books are better, or maybe I'm burned out on Dessen.
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I'm addicted to Sarah Dessen. What else do I have to say?
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Easy, breezy, cutsie.
Mar 04, 2008
Tara
marked it as to-read
Oct 11, 2009
Lainey
rated it
really liked it
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May 17, 2011
Jennifer
marked it as nook
Jan 09, 2014
Sharon
marked it as b-list
