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The Life Of Glass (2010)

by Jillian Cantor(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0061686514 (ISBN13: 9780061686511)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Harperteen

review 1: This was quite possibly the most boring YA book I've ever read. The MC's dad recently died, and she lives with her mom and her older sister. Yep, that's about it. Mom starts dating, and the girls aren't sure what they think of mom's boyfriend. The girls are both in high school, but apparently the MC doesn't have any emotions, because this book flatlines pretty early on and doesn't revive. Also, the MC's biology class spends AN ENTIRE SEMESTER dissecting on frog. For one class period, their assignment was to cut out the heart of the frog and draw a picture of it. I can't imagine a frog specimen lasting that long. Ever. Really, nothing happened in this book, and I will not add it to my library's collection or book talk it to my students. I was unpleasantly surprised at ho... morew boring it was.
review 2: This was such a sweet story. It's not an action novel, it's not exciting, some will find this book boring/bad, but I really think that its realistic qualities overrule the non-action parts.I can totally relate to Melissa and her life. Jillian Cantor certainly knows what really goes on in a teenage girl's life. She doesn't make the characters super predictable, but I could well see the friendship turned relationship part. Overall a nice story and interesting read. less

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