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A Sideways Glance (2010)

by Amanda Lawrence Auverigne(Favorite Author)

2.04 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Lawrence Auverigne, Amanda

review 1: I wanted to like this, but it was clear from the first page that I wasn't going to. The scene description, character descriptions, dialogue.. it's all mundane. Twice in the story (and it is SHORT), the author wrote in the total bill for their lunches. TWICE. And described your run-of-the-mill school cafeteria, with absolutely no interesting or unique details.This is a short story which takes place in a cafeteria, and the main character is convinced she's in love with a guy she's never talked to. Heard that one before, right? And when you idolize someone you don't actually know, they often disappoint you. So, guess what happens...With an ending like that, I have no idea why the author even wrote this story. No character development, no lessons learned. It doesn't have a poi... morent, really.The good part: I finished this in about 5 minutes.
review 2: Okay, so I just don't know what to say about A SIDEWAYS GLANCE. For one, it's short. Really short. For another, I'm not sure if this is one of those things that makes no sense or if it's actually kind of funny. I think I laughed a little, so maybe it's funny?Basically, these two girls are sitting in a lunch room doing boring, monotonous things. Like, Barbara said she wanted a salad and a piece of meat, and then Barbara paid the lunch lady. And then Tracy just wanted a piece of bread, and then she paid the lunch lady. And then Barbara commented on Tracy's lunch, and Tracy commented back, and so on. Tracy is on a crash diet so she only eats bread, and Barbara thinks this is stupid. This is pretty much what it would be like if I wrote a minute by minute account of my life -- which is why I don't.Anyways, Tracy is madly and obsessively in love with some boy, just because he's cute, from what I gather. Okay, I remember high school -- that's realistic. But, she's basically stalking him in the lunch room, which Barbara thinks is pretty stupid, so Barbara introduces Tracy to the object of her stalker affection. Tracy stuffs her face with lunchroom food, meets the boy, and decides she was only obsessed with him because the crash diet screwed up her mind. Food > Boys, the end.Oh, and there were a lot of typos. BOO! less

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