Final Thoughts Flapper series

[Angie, YA lovin mod!!]

Now that you are done what did you think of the book? Would recommend it? Going to read the sequel?

[Sleepy]

I actually really liked this. I would recommend it to someone looking for a quick read, and I do plan to read the sequel.

[Angie, YA lovin mod!!]

If anyone is interested you can create a flapper here!

http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/flap...

[Angie, YA lovin mod!!]

For this group having almost 3000 members I am surprised no one is really reading this book! It is a great breather from all the vampires, werewovles, fairies, and teens who are love struck. I thought it was fun to read about teens in the 20s rather then today. I think young adults would like this book too. To learn that teens were bad then too just not in the same way as today. It is nice to read about a time when girls really didn't want to look lose or easy at all. In fact, it could hurt your chances of marriage if a man thought you were lose. I loved to read about the dresses and the make-up, and a time when racism was shown right out for all to see. It might help young adults today who say things and don't realize that discriminating against someone or saying racist things even as a joke really came from a period in history when it was real. I really like this book. I love how this book took place in Chicago, and the next one in New York. My great grandmother actually ran away from Massachusetts to New York to become a flapper. She actually did go back home though but still fun to think that woman at one time did this.

[[deleted user]]

Loved this book to bits!i'm definately planning to read the next book...my favourite of all the girls would be Clara i guess because she's the most mature of all though i knew that she earned all her words of wisdom from her past setbacks in life.

[Tatiana]

Angie wrote: "For this group having almost 3000 members I am surprised no one is really reading this book! It is a great breather from all the vampires, werewovles, fairies, and teens who are love struck. I th..."

I feel bad for not reading this book, Angie. But when it comes to historical fiction, I prefer books a little more serious than this, more knowledgeable about the era, books not focused on Gossip Girl type story lines set in 1920s. I am sure some readers will find this very entertaining though.

[Angie, YA lovin mod!!]

To be honest I don't know if it was accurate to history or not? I don't know a whole lot about the 20s other then.... well flappers. So to be honest the book might have been totally off. There was one part though that I KNOW would've been total scandal at the time, which is where it was revealed that one of the girls had an affair at 17 with a rich man was was engaged. She got pregnant and miscarried. But what a scandal that would've been at the time. Now a-days we just bat our eyes at stories like that. I guess that was a cool thing about this book is the scandals are such a joke today, it is kinda nice to read about a time when people still were shocked. Now TV and movies, books, everything has made society not really be shocked by anything.

I haven't read Gossip Girl... but this could be similar? I found this book to be a mystery/romance novel.

[Stephanie]

I felt like I missed something with the girls driving around in cars that belonged to their parents. Wasn't driving still kind of a new thing for women then? Let alone prep school girls? I try not to deconstruct things too much, I realize this is a light read, but details like that can be distracting.

I think Clara was my favorite as well.

[Michael]

Yes its pretty similar to Gossip Girl (Rich beautiful people, upper-class, boyfriend-girlfriend drama) Maybe that's why I love this book? Actually I like this book better than Gossip Girl itself, which I wouldn't recommend to anyone(it reads like bad fan fiction) This happens to be one of my favorite books in 2011. I've read it in about four days. I'm looking forward to the next book.

[Angie, YA lovin mod!!]

Sounded to me like they stole (AKA borrowed) their parents cars without them knowing?? But I can't remember now!

[Courtney]

Maybe they should have taken more taxis? It didn't bother me that they were driving b/c they were being sneaky and didn't want anyone to know where they were going. I enjoyed this book and will definitely read the next one. Someone suggested I read another 1920s book and I can't find the title right now. It was a YA book, too.

[Rita]

Stephanie wrote: "I felt like I missed something with the girls driving around in cars that belonged to their parents. Wasn't driving still kind of a new thing for women then? Let alone prep school girls?"

This question came to my mind too. I thought that maybe it was because they came from rich families.

I really enjoyed this book. I kept thinking, "This is the time of my great-grandparents."

Do people really change from one generation to the next? Teenage girls still dream of love and of dazzling careers (singer, movie star), sneak out of the house, cut/dye their hair to rebel...

[Courtney]

I was thinking the teens were treated more like adults b/c it was illegal for both to drink. They were on more even ground. It was more of a cultural divide between the flappers and high society.

The other series I was thinking of:

[Rita]

Courtney wrote: "I was thinking the teens were treated more like adults b/c it was illegal for both to drink. They were on more even ground. It was more of a cultural divide between the flappers and high society.
..."

You're right. They were treated more like adults. Gloria was a senior in high school and engaged to be married.

When did they start issuing driver's licenses and put an age limit on driving?

[Angie, YA lovin mod!!]

Courtney wrote: "I was thinking the teens were treated more like adults b/c it was illegal for both to drink. They were on more even ground. It was more of a cultural divide between the flappers and high society.
..."

I keep hearing about this book too. It seems to me out on the book blogs that more people are reading Bright Young Things rather then Vixen. If anyone has read both I would love to know which one you like more!

[Angie, YA lovin mod!!]

Rita wrote: "Courtney wrote: "I was thinking the teens were treated more like adults b/c it was illegal for both to drink. They were on more even ground. It was more of a cultural divide between the flappers an..."

I looked it up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver%2...

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physi...

Interesting

[Amber]

The book wasn't accurate to history? If you are going to do a period book you need to stay true to history.

[Rita]

Thanks for the articles, Angie. The one about drinking age and driving interested me. Raine did a lot of drinking and driving, and I'd cringe every time she got behind the wheel. Not very realistic that she never got into an accident.

[Michael]

Angie wrote: "Courtney wrote: "I was thinking the teens were treated more like adults b/c it was illegal for both to drink. They were on more even ground. It was more of a cultural divide between the flappers an..."

I like "Vixen" a lot more than "Bright Young Things" I bought both books hoping I'll love them. I actually enjoy Vixen more(despite its flaws) and I think the author did a pretty good job! It kept me entertained. As for BYT, it was pretty bad book. Because I don't like Anna's writing and the characters were annoying to me.

[Courtney]

M wrote: "Angie wrote: "Courtney wrote: "I was thinking the teens were treated more like adults b/c it was illegal for both to drink. They were on more even ground. It was more of a cultural divide between t..."

Thanks. I've been planning on reading the Luxe series first. If I don't like it I won't bother with BYT.

[Angie, YA lovin mod!!]

Amber wrote: "The book wasn't accurate to history? If you are going to do a period book you need to stay true to history."

Is this a question?

[Dee]

I do enjoy the first book in this series, and I don't know my history really well but I think it had some flaws. I read the two follow ups to the first one and I felt like they just fell flat in comparison. Did anyone else feel this way?

[Angie, YA lovin mod!!]

I liked this whole series myself. I just love the time period I suppose. It's been a while though. I think I wrote about it in the threads for those books.