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The Crazy Things Girls Do For Love (2011)

by Dyan Sheldon(Favorite Author)

3.24 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0763650188 (ISBN13: 9780763650186)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Candlewick Press

review 1: What do you call a guilt-trip that makes you feel inspired, not guilty? No, really, do you have any ideas? Because I'm struggling a bit with how to classify this book. Less preachy than Fat Cat, but still clearly and definitely on-point about its green (sorry, Green) theme all the way. Yet it isn't... unpleasant about it. First, do not expect to get sucked in anywhere near the first half of the book. I was putting off studying for a final, which is honestly the only reason I didn't put this down after like two chapters. A lot of characters are introduced right off, and the main love interest honestly isn't that likable, and everyone acts like a bit of an idiot. Everyone. Plus, with the omniscient-third-person narration breaking in every other sentence for a witty comment, ... moregetting into the plot felt like riding in a car with square wheels. (Or rather, riding a square-wheeled bike. More Green, y'see.)But if you stick around.... Man, can this author do endings. The characters you dubbed morons only a few short chapters ago start growing, changing, developing views and being slightly less idiotic about their crushes. By the final few chapters, the urge to get up and scream, "HALLELUJAH!" is incredible. See them stand for their beliefs! See them reject their idiotic leanings! See them actually acting likably! It's an awesome (albeit slow) transformation. So, to conclude, I don't know if I'd recommend this book -- but I'd definitely recommend you not give up on it.
review 2: Cover This is a terrible cover. There's nothing good about it. The only reason I bought it was because it was on the 3 for $10 shelf. It got lucky.Initial Thoughts I thought this was going to be a cutesy romance book about a bunch of teenagers. That's what the summary made me believe and that's what the cover looked like. I didn't like the characters at the start because they're all really annoying and they're all trying to impress the new guy. The book took and unexpected turn though.My New BFF I eventually came to admire Sicilee the most. She was doing all these things to impress this one guy and ended up actually enjoying what she was doing. I felt like I was proud of her for being less of a snobby teenager and actually focussing on something. It was kind of cute.My Crush No crush in this book. It's not the kind of book where you develop a crush because there were several guys being focussed on.Writing Style The writing was really light and fluffy. You could tell the author did a lot of research for this book and I actually learned a few things. I was actually pretty impressed with how it turned out. Closing Thoughts You start off thinking this is going to be a cutesy romance but it develops into an intense book about how to help the environment. I thought it was a fun twist and I enjoyed seeing the characters become passionate in that field. I really enjoyed how things turned out in the end too. There were a lot of good morals for any younger teenagers that read this. It wasn't a favourite but I was pleasantly surprised! It's kind of a feel good young adult book. It want something to surprise you and make you feel happy afterwards, this is the book for you. less

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