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The Summer Of Skinny Dipping (2010)

by Amanda Howells(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1402238622 (ISBN13: 9781402238628)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Sourcebooks Fire

series

Summer

review 1: I cant ever imagined such a romantic love story in such a perfect set up. i cant express how much i found myself in mia, a breakup, get over... its just so realistic and unreal at the same time. :)i started reading book at the 2 am and after finishing 100 pages i decided to go slow as to enjoy as much as i can. loved all the small quotes and literally agreed with them with a happiness.like " i was in love with love, its not the same thing" and felt as the reality is caught in between words. its just so true. :)"Once i really got to know stacy, she was nothing like i dreamed of" well this one is true too as sometimes people disappoint us by not being what we had dreamed of them they will be. and my most favorite one, as it taught me something,"surest way to hurt yourself ... moreis to give up on love, just because it didn't work for the first time."when i was at the end of the book and i found out that there is sequel to this one, i was expecting mia and simon to be happily ever after together, even being together at some college or something. I still remember the moment when i was on my way to my college shifting, sitting in car, surrounded by rain pouring in in sweet droplets, the clara de luna tinkling in my ears on a rainy afternoon, where the environment in story was just the same with stormy night and the sudden change in story when something unexpected happens it hit me like a big rock or something. i couldnt believe what i just read, i totally went back few pages to see whether she was dreaming. but no... she wasn't. and then i started crying as i didnt expected this end at all... :(when i finished final page, i felt so good despite of disappointment . as sometimes some stories doesnt have happy end, but that doesnt mean they are not good. sometimes tragedy makes us more alert and i am darn sure that i am going to remember this one forever. i checked out "The green sea" too. and its beautiful, (Even though a dog can draw it) :)this book is now one of my favorites. great work amanda howells... :)
review 2: I picked this book up at the library randomly because I had just gotten my new library card and felt super excited to put it to use! Anyway, the library was relatively small and I was short on time so I grabbed the first thing that appeared to be relatively entertaining. I had never heard of The Summer of Skinny Dipping but I was all, “Hey, it’s summer. It’s probably a fluffy read, why not?”In the very beginning of the book, we meet Mia, our down-to-earth, naive, brown haired protagonist who is pretty much one of the most MarySueish characters I’ve actually read in a real book. Quickly the reader is engulfed by the multitude of family troubles that she is plagued with on their drive to stay with their perfect cousins in the Hamptons. So, middle class girl, staying with rich family members, already feeling like stories that I’ve read before.The majority of the book focuses on Mia’s selfish cousins Corrine and Beth and their Gen (who all have these crazy ragers and get drunk). Mia struggling with how much Corrine had changed since they last talked and that pretty much is 2/3 of the book.Then we meet Simon, the boy next door who’s family has money but not enough to impress with millionaires and billionaires strutting up and down the beaches. Of course, he’s the son who is an artist and want’s to backpack around Europe instead of going to Buissness school.Overall, Simon was an okay character. He was poorly fleshed out, and where he was it was compiled mostly of stereotypes so he didn’t feel like a real person at all.Of course, the last third of the book basically consists of literally everything that Mia thought to be true falling apart, as was quite foreseeable as the book had gone on. The last couple chapters felt unnecessary and the ending was typical and not at all a surprise.Howells was not a particularly graced author. She was not talented in her sentence structure nor her overall story arc. There were no metaphors or similes or anything to show off a lick of talent in this women.Conclusion: If you are looking for the most bland summer read ever, I say go for it. If not, try some nice old-fashioned fluff from Sara Dessen.*Dust Jacket Ramblings:There was nothing special about this cover. Of course it used my number one cover pet peeve (a model), and the model wasn’t even accurate for the book. (It is mentioned numerous times that Mia’s swimsuit is a two piece navy, not this flawy peach thing). The beach seen made since considering that this book takes place in the Hamptons, and the typography is alright.*Now, this book was just okay. However, I did read the blurb for the sequel, The Summer of Sneaking Out, and it was much more promising. I’m not sure how it connects to Skinny Dipping, but who knows? less

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