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The Jelly Bean Crisis (2012)

by Jolene Stockman(Favorite Author)

4.08 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1477448950 (ISBN13: 9781477448953)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

publisher

CreateSpace

review 1: When I first read the blurb I was really like umm this far out of my normal genre of books. There is no horror, drama, romance you know all that. But when I glanced at a friend's review I was like you know what I am going to have to give this book a try and I am glad I did.Let me say that I do like the cover it is very magical looking and very unique. This is a story about Poppy who learns to find happiness for herself and not for others. I enjoyed how she wanted to take time to find something she wants to be happy at then just jump into something, after reading the story I realized that is something that we all should attempt to do in our life. I just wish I was fortune enough to try something like a 'gap' year when I left high school. Poppy is a very great student who wa... morents to excel and achieve on everything. Which I think is great! Kind of wish I had her determination back in high school. We see how Poppy uses her jelly bean theory to try new things in her life. For her the green jelly beans are not good to eat so that is like the not so good part of life. But the red jelly beans are the best and are the best things in life, makes sense right. I think it is a good theory to have and I have to applaud Poppy!We follow Poppy on her adventure in school, and out of school on learning how to do things for herself. Quit worrying about what everyone else wants, and most importantly you need to be happy for yourself.There is a great message written within this story that I think is perfect for young teens to read about. I think I enjoyed this story more than I expected to and that is a great thing. The only thing in the story that bothered me was the fact that word 'ass' was used twice. Being as I got to know Poppy as a character it seemed out of place for it to be used.
review 2: Jelly Bean Crisis is an analogy for going through crap and doing stuff you don’t want to do to get to the good stuff you do want. It’s a great story about a girl whose life is perfectly planed but she gets second thoughts about it all and decides to go on a search for her happiness by taking a month off for finding out what she wants to do in her life. It’s a good read with a great message. I could connect to Poppy and her situation and I admired her for standing up to her parents without any major drama. I wish there were a little more romance in it but that’s just my preference. I know the story was about Poppy and her life but I wished the friends were more developed characters as well. I feel it would be easier to understand them. All in all a good read. less

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