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The Pillow Book Of Lotus Lowenstein (2009)

by Libby Schmais(Favorite Author)

4.24 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0385737564 (ISBN13: 9780385737562)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

publisher

Delacorte Books for Young Readers

review 1: This book was written in the form of diary entries, like a "pillow book" or the thing that she was reading in the book. It's not my favorite form for books to be written in, but it worked for this book, and it would have been weird if it weren't written in diary form.In general, the book was pretty decent. The plot itself was interesting enough, and it moved quickly and didn't bore me. But the downside? I HATED Lotus. I mean, with a fiery passion hatred. She was dead set on moving to Paris (without ever having been there), becoming an existentialist (without knowing what that actually is), and living the Parisian lifestyle (though she's not actually French and doesn't even SPEAK French!). It was ridiculous. Enter Sean. He was basically a loner with no friends who wandered ... moreinto their French club meeting, and started a thing up with both girls.Then Lotus got mad that he was also with Joni when Lotus told Sean she was fine with it. How is he supposed to know she's not unless she tells him?And then Lotus went on and on and ON about some French author's book and diet, but she didn't even follow it and was mad when she didn't lose weight. The main book was fine, but the fact that the main character was detestable in every way imaginable just dropped the whole thing for me. I just hated her.
review 2: It was pretty much set in stone that I would enjoy this book, seeing as how I'm a lover of (almost) all things French. I'm happy to say it did not dissapoint. Any Francophile will love this book for all the little French factoids alone. I love that it was written in diary format and that all the days of the week were written in French. I also love that the word "merde" was used several times. LOL, or as the French would say MDR. ;) I enjoyed the story, but thought it fell a little flat. For me, this story relied mainly on characters, particularly the character of Lotus Lowenstein, and of course, the country of France, which I think was a character all on its own. I love the fact that Lotus Lowenstein was not afraid to be originale, and think that sends a great message to teenage girls (the target audience). I also think that I would have enjoyed this book even more had I been 10 years younger when I read it. However, that is not possible, seeing as how this book just came out in December of last year. C'est la vie! less

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