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The Dirt (2011)

by Lori Culwell(Favorite Author)

3.36 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1935961365 (ISBN13: 9781935961369)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fiction

publisher

Booktrope Editions

review 1: I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads to review.The Dirt by Lori Culwell was a charmingly hilarious story about 4 female siblings. The Whitley family was doing okay since the scandal that rocked their world years ago passed. The scandal which involved their mother taking 2nd sister Megan away and to never return. Their father was moving on an re-marrying, 1st sister Sloane was the queen bee of school, and main character 3rd sister, Lucy, was the school nerd. Then absentee sister Megan shows up for the first time at the wedding.Lucy was a charming and easy to relate to main character. Her thoughts were often hilarious. Her suspicions of Megan and Sloane were often right. It was wonderful seeing Lucy discover this new sister. And seeing her finally have... more an alley as they bring down evil sister Sloane. Seeing her finally start to give Sloane a chance made it even more heartbreaking when Sloane made her move against Megan and Lucy. Megan's character turned out to be even more devious which made it wonderful when she took down Sloane at the end. I really liked how Lucy and Megan became friends. I was laughing so much through the food fight scene. Having a new cool sister really made Lucy's science nerd dreams come true and add a new cute guy to the mix made this story have a fairy tale ending.This novel was engaging, funny, surprising and endearing all in one short book. I am planning on reading more by author Lori Culwell.
review 2: What if your future depended on everything going smoothly with something that you had no control over? That is what happened to Lucy Whitley. She wanted to get out of Palm Desert, away from her family that is always in the press and go to Darlington Academy, a boarding school that is focused on the sciences. First, she has to get everyone ready and the wedding has to happen. The wedding is between her father and Lisa Sullivan. This is simple, right?Lucy’s sisters are not as easy to steer in the right direction. The oldest is Sloane. She is the president of a secret organization called “PG.” She does whatever she wants and doesn’t answer to anyone. Getting her to do what is asked of her for the wedding is a hard task. She also picks on Lucy for her being “ordinary.” Her younger sister is Frankie. She is the dread-wearing, skate board loving one who wears her converse sneakers underneath her bridesmaid dress.Everything is going as planned and Lucy has started the countdown until she can start at Darlington, when a surprise happens. Someone shows up to the wedding that wasn’t expected, her sister Megan. They haven’t seen or heard from Megan since their mother left with her nine years ago. Why does she show up now? What does she want? Is she really their long-lost sister, Megan?This book wasn’t one of those books that hooked from the get go. I find that true with contemporary novels. I guess it’s because I don’t read them enough. Like the contemporary books that I have liked in the past, I warmed up to the book and couldn’t put it down. I liked the dynamics of the relationships between the members of the Whitley family, especially Sloane, Lucy and Megan. This alone is worth reading the book for. Would I recommend this book? Absolutely. less

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