liine95's review against another edition
3.0
me ha gustado mucho la verdad aunque tiene argumentos muy topicos y es muy predecible. una lectura rapida y divertida que recomiendo ^^
noura_rizk's review against another edition
4.0
I couldn't put it down. I enjoyed it. It was hilarious I couldn't stop laughing. I liked the idea of the club and how those girls changed each others lives, but what I really liked even more was how they stood for each other til the end. I was afraid that for some reason something bad will happen and will ruin their relationship with each other, but it didn't happen, and I couldn't be more satisfied :)
sandraagee's review against another edition
4.0
Take this book for what it is: A girly story about friendship, boy/girl relationships, and the Beatles. Very little brilliant is happening here and much of the plot is predictable, but it more than suited my mood and proved satisfying. I enjoyed seeing Penny Lane take control of her life and inspire her friends to do the same as the Lonely Hearts Club transforms slowly from an anti-boy club into a network of girls who work to make the most of themselves. The bumps that the club goes through provide an interesting, if not intended, lesson about planning and organizing a group/club.
Sweet and fun. Plus it made me want to listen to lots and lots of Beatles music.
Sweet and fun. Plus it made me want to listen to lots and lots of Beatles music.
blurrysaurus's review against another edition
3.0
es como un 3.5
hice vario coraje con este, pero no estuvo tan grave.
hice vario coraje con este, pero no estuvo tan grave.
sc104906's review against another edition
4.0
Modern day Lysistrata (kinda). After Penny's last relationship ended in flames (icky cheating boyfriend caught in the act), Penny uses her family's obsession with the Beatles to craft a Lonely Hearts Club at school. This is a girls only club, where all members have sworn off men and dating. Instead, Friday nights are dedicated to the club and they all work together to better their community. It is all going great, until Penny realizes that she is starting to have romantic feelings that can't be ignored. How is the leader of this movement going to be true to herself and her heart?
This was a great summer/beach read. Super easy, simple, and fun. I really enjoyed reading it. The characters were funny. The incorporation of Beatles information added a nice fluffy layer to the story. Loved it.
This was a great summer/beach read. Super easy, simple, and fun. I really enjoyed reading it. The characters were funny. The incorporation of Beatles information added a nice fluffy layer to the story. Loved it.
tefidemasi's review against another edition
3.0
Entretenido para pasar el rato. Es una lectura super rápida y bastante llevadera.
dtrumps's review against another edition
4.0
read it on Gone Pecan
Penny Lane, named of course for the Beatles song, has just been dealt a harsh blow from the guy she expected to be with for a long time, possibly even marry and have babies with. Granted, she bought into the whole “childhood sweethearts” crud, but was crushed by Nate because he was AWFUL! She then decides to start her own solitary club, The Lonely Hearts Club, obviously drawing from her fanatical obsession with the fab four, which basically entails her deciding not to date while still in high school. But then she brings in an old friend , Diane, who’s just broken up with her boyfriend of four years and it kind of snowballs from there, eventually becoming so big that it intimidates and threatens the male population at school. Just when she begins to think that all boys are scum, she starts to have feelings for one in particular.
This was a really cute book. I liked Penny, though she did go a little overboard with the “all boys are scum” mentality (though I understood how she reached this conclusion). I liked that Penny became a figurehead for this movement, making friendship with other girls more important than being with guys. I liked that she was so forgiving to Diane, who she hadn’t talked to in 4 years because Diane effectively dumped Penny when Diane started dating Ryan. This is a trap that I know a lot of girls/women fall into, making the boy/man (or romantic relationship) in their life the center of their universe and pushing their other relationships aside, until or unless that romantic relationship ends. It’s good to know that these girls (though they are ficitional) have learned this lesson early in life gives me hope that the real girls reading TLHC will learn it, as well. The club turned out to be not all about romantic relationships, after all, but how girls/women can lean on their friends for all sorts of issues.
The romance in the book was super cute. It starts with friendship, which is my favorite type of romance. Although I have to say, I didn’t know who the male hero would be initially because with my friends, it would not be cool to start dating your friend’s ex. Not cool at all. But it worked out. And Ryan was a great guy and very deserving of Penny, because of his personality and how he treated Diane during and after their breakup. He was definitely an example of a good guy. I wasn’t expecting him to be, of course, because he broke up with Diane and is the reason why Diane is in the club. But I loved that he stayed friends with Diane and was very helpful to her and respectful of Diane’s friendship with Penny.
This book is definitely a recommendation. I read it in just a few hours. Last week, I also read Elizabeth Eulberg’s Take a Bow, which I also read very quickly and was done very well. Ms. Eulberg has become a favorite. There was no sex, no angst, just a sweet romance and a lof of friendship.
Pecans: 4/5
Penny Lane, named of course for the Beatles song, has just been dealt a harsh blow from the guy she expected to be with for a long time, possibly even marry and have babies with. Granted, she bought into the whole “childhood sweethearts” crud, but was crushed by Nate because he was AWFUL! She then decides to start her own solitary club, The Lonely Hearts Club, obviously drawing from her fanatical obsession with the fab four, which basically entails her deciding not to date while still in high school. But then she brings in an old friend , Diane, who’s just broken up with her boyfriend of four years and it kind of snowballs from there, eventually becoming so big that it intimidates and threatens the male population at school. Just when she begins to think that all boys are scum, she starts to have feelings for one in particular.
This was a really cute book. I liked Penny, though she did go a little overboard with the “all boys are scum” mentality (though I understood how she reached this conclusion). I liked that Penny became a figurehead for this movement, making friendship with other girls more important than being with guys. I liked that she was so forgiving to Diane, who she hadn’t talked to in 4 years because Diane effectively dumped Penny when Diane started dating Ryan. This is a trap that I know a lot of girls/women fall into, making the boy/man (or romantic relationship) in their life the center of their universe and pushing their other relationships aside, until or unless that romantic relationship ends. It’s good to know that these girls (though they are ficitional) have learned this lesson early in life gives me hope that the real girls reading TLHC will learn it, as well. The club turned out to be not all about romantic relationships, after all, but how girls/women can lean on their friends for all sorts of issues.
The romance in the book was super cute. It starts with friendship, which is my favorite type of romance. Although I have to say, I didn’t know who the male hero would be initially because with my friends, it would not be cool to start dating your friend’s ex. Not cool at all. But it worked out. And Ryan was a great guy and very deserving of Penny, because of his personality and how he treated Diane during and after their breakup. He was definitely an example of a good guy. I wasn’t expecting him to be, of course, because he broke up with Diane and is the reason why Diane is in the club. But I loved that he stayed friends with Diane and was very helpful to her and respectful of Diane’s friendship with Penny.
This book is definitely a recommendation. I read it in just a few hours. Last week, I also read Elizabeth Eulberg’s Take a Bow, which I also read very quickly and was done very well. Ms. Eulberg has become a favorite. There was no sex, no angst, just a sweet romance and a lof of friendship.
Pecans: 4/5
freader21's review against another edition
3.0
Este no va a ser el mejor libro que he leído nunca o pues por lo menos ahora no lo es, pero aún así es agradable de leer, esto es una opinión personal ya que también tengo un guilty placer con los libros así, no son mis favoritos pero si me sacan muchas risas, por eso le pongo 3 estrellas o pues para mi es 3.5