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Stuck In Downward Dog (2013)

by Chantel Guertin(Favorite Author)

2.92 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1770411607 (ISBN13: 9781770411609)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fiction

publisher

ECW Press

review 1: Stuck in Downward Dog gets points for being the first book I've read where part of a character's story line involved realizing that her friends are real people with real lives outside of her story line. Extra points for not feeling the need to include a love interest despite the genre. Even more points for the well-written and realistic characters. Unfortunately, I never felt particularly engrossed in the story. It just didn't interest me.
review 2: I actually read this book (well, the previous edition) when I was 18 in university. I was on a huge chick lit kick at the time, and my university's library had a terrible fiction section. Lo and behold, there was this cheerful looking book sitting on the shelf. I checked it out, and read it within a few hours. For a... morenyone who has ever had a total crash and burn period of their life (and who hasn't?), Mara will make you feel a little bit better about it! The whole time I was cheering for her, yet simultaneously saying "Oh God, do NOT do that." She makes all the wrong decisions, but once she finds something that speaks to her, she starts to turn it around. Something else I loved about the book was that it had no romance aspect! So many chick lit type books are about getting a guy, and while that's great (really!), it was so refreshing to read a book about a girl who's trying to get herself together and improve her life all on her own. The character voices are authentic and funny, and by the end of the book, Mara feels like she could be a friend of yours as well. less

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