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(You) Set Me On Fire (2012)

by Mariko Tamaki(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0143180932 (ISBN13: 9780143180937)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Penguin Canada

review 1: A fantastic older YA read. Mariko Tamaki completely nails the teenage voice in a way I haven't seen in a long time. This may not have been your college freshman experience (mine definitely had less fires!), but there are familiar elements that will bring you back to your own first year -- the newfound freedom of being away from home, balancing classes and parties, and all the new relationships. Allison's story is on the darker side of the frosh spectrum, but it instantly feels incredibly real and it's addictive to read.
review 2: The writing style is what kept it from being a winner for me. The story was fine, the characters were good, but the (constant) talking to the reader (usually using parentheses) was annoying. I was able to ignore (most) of them after aw... morehile (but I'm sure you can see how it can bug a reader after awhile). The entire book was written almost in the style of a blog post. And as much as I love blogs, reading 300 pages of that style of writing at once grated...though I would bet that the target market (teens) wouldn't mind it as much as I did. less

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