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Ugly Shy Girl (2009)

by Laura Dockrill(Favorite Author)

3.29 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0007301286 (ISBN13: 9780007301287)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fiction

publisher

Not Avail

review 1: Peculiar finish to a peculiar read. I took it far too seriously and the ending revealed that fact. You can either make the same mistake and reach the same conclusion OR read it like you read Roald Dahl, if he ever decides to write about teen angst, bullying and... yeah. Just read it yourself. Can't explain. Note: may be difficult to get through if you have gone through similar experiences. Further note, I once acted like Rebecca Great and this was a heavy, long one-hour sucker-punch.
review 2: Ugly Shy Girl is such a cute book. It's imaginative and, despite being about a teenage girl being bullied, it's funny as well. The main part of the story is told by a narrator and it's less structured than most books so it seems very much like a teen writing it for say an... more English class or something - which really works for this story. The book follows seventeen-year-old Abigail Rodgers - aka Ugly Shy Girl - through a week at college. At first it's a normal week for Abigail, being made fun of and having to endure her 'buddy' Matt, an adult assigned to her supposedly to prevent the bullying but his presence is just another thing for the other kids to tease her about. Part way through the week though, Abigail actually makes a friend in Jade, a goth girl, and things start to change.The narrated sections are separated by Abigail's diary entries which retell the events from her point of view as well as including other random thoughts, so we really gets to know her character despite the book being really short.Parts of the book are sad but generally it really is funny. This is not done in a bad way in which you're laughing at Abigail along with the bullies. Instead it's the just the tone of the narrator and Abigail's own thoughts that provide the humour.Despite the shortness of the book, the style and the fact it's illustrated, this book is most definitely aimed at older teens. It's a fun quick read but has a serious underlying message as well. It's quirky and a little bit 'out there' though so it may not be every one's thing. less

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