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Losing It (2012)

by Julia Lawrinson(Favorite Author)

3.46 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

014320565X (ISBN13: 9780143205654)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Penguin Australia

review 1: Well I totally wasn't expecting that. As soon as I found out the trend that was going on I became bored. I like the fact that this book is about development and not drama and gossip. These girls are relatable but the ones I felt like I understood the most were Zoe and Mala, I found myself bored by abby and Bree. Possibly because I thought abby needed to grow a backbone and Bree needed to be more true to herself. I understood how she felt and why she decided to cover everything up under her ice goddess persona. I myself act reserved but not for the sake of covering up a secret. As for abbey i think she is just a bit of a push over and all throughout her part of the story i was screaming at her to stand up to her parents. It wasn't until she started acting like a brat that I... more thought she was acting like a normal human should. I don't like the pressure these girls were under to do well in school and grades and mala's nana pi**ed me off so much. It's like these aussy parents are just using their kids as trophies to show off to other parents. I know all parents do that but it was just too extreme in this book. I guess they are scholars students after all so I shouldn't really be complaining, and I also know nothing about aissy culture. But its because i know what that pressure feels like and the reminder of it bothered me but also made the book more relatable. Zoe and Mala were my favourites by far. In reality I don't think anyone would be as gutsy or wreck-less as they were but I admired their girl balls and found their sex obsessed nature realistic and admittedly relatable. In fact the whole book was so simple that I found it more enjoyable . I like the idea of separate stories that all come together as one in a big reveal. This was like one of those chick flicks you need for a good laugh and I totally enjoyed it. There were plenty if things that just seemed too dramatic or coincidental to happen in real life but without them the book wouldn't have been as interesting. Matty for example is a guy i can hardly imagine being real, there is no way he could keep certain things to himself instead of bragging to other guys and he just pi**ed me off in general. Being nice but then a typical male at the same time. I suppose thats more realistic than the fantasy angels, vampires and werewolf guys in most YA fiction. The opening was hilarious and had me hooked onto zoe's story. All throughout I was on the same emotional roller coaster as these girls. The ending was a bit flat but it wasn't disappointing, heart wrenching or devastating at all. I feel like more emotion could have been expressed in the ending but as I said before this was like a chick flick and not a moving story. I am slightly older than the girls in this book so I've already been there and can understand them completely. I would definitely recommend this to girls my age but I'm not to sure about recommending it to girls also in their last year of school. It might give them bad ideas or help them make sensible decisions about sex and relationships. I don't think that early teen girls should be reading this simply because you have to be mature enough to understand what exactly these girls are going through and grasp the full effect of the story. However to the young curious mind this could be an emotional thriller that gives a somewhat realistic but brief overview of sexuality without giving too much explicit information.
review 2: I was afraid reading this would be too much like my own Year 12 experiences. That it would shame me by appearing in front of me in black and white print. Fortunately, Julia Lawrinson includes a plot-warp that left me off the hook. Enjoyable, a quick read, but just a little peculiar. Refreshingly, it wasn't the whole, "you can lose it when you're in love with that one person" message like I thought it might turn out to be. less

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