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geenag90's review
3.0
I really liked this book as a teenager, nice and romantic and the protagonist is wholly likeable and at no point are you not routing for Jen. Always wished that there had been a sequel too long a gap now though I think :)
janecrich's review
1.0
as far as YA goes, the romance wasn’t terrible but that’s pretty much where the good things stop. this book is basically just the sweet innocent girl next door learning how to be a b*tch to ppl and them calling it standing up for herself. the cherry on top of it all is the constant fatphobia throughout this read. oh and not to mention the line where she says her town is pretty good place to live except for the occasional “bias crime” which they shrug off because they live in indiana. would not recommend.
edit: it’s now 3am and i cant stop thinking about the incredibly irritating use of the em dash throughout the book. stop putting em dashes, writing an entire paragraph, then putting another em dash and finishing the sentence i read a paragraph ago! AGH!
edit: it’s now 3am and i cant stop thinking about the incredibly irritating use of the em dash throughout the book. stop putting em dashes, writing an entire paragraph, then putting another em dash and finishing the sentence i read a paragraph ago! AGH!
caseyflemingo's review
3.0
I could always do with more from books like this, but! They are a perfect quick and fun read. I listened to the audiobook at work, and it made the day fly by. Very fun and charming, but it just doesn’t hit the same way when you’re an adult, sadly.
stephxsu's review
4.0
Even better than The Princess Diaries series, TEEN IDOL is the story about a girl-next-door who learns to use her influence to change the world. (Okay, not the world. But at least the people at her high school.)
Nice girl Jenny Greenley has a secret position on the school newspaper: she's Ask Annie, the unofficial school psychologist who gives advice to anyone who writes in. Only the school administrators and Scott Bennett, her friend and the newspaper's editor-in-chief, know about her extra job. Jenny is good at keeping secrets and not making a big deal out of things; that's why the administration chooses her to be the student guide for Luke Striker, a famous teen actor who's going undercover at Jenny's high school in order to research how normal high school students act for his next movie. If it had been anyone else being the guide, “Lucas’” secret would have been out and at the mercy of the high school’s extremely silly girls, including Jenny’s best friend, super-devoted fan Trina.
Through unforeseeable circumstances, Luke's real identity is exposed, and he jets it back to Hollywood--and safety. Before he goes, however, he gives Jenny a challenge: everybody likes her, why not use her power to inflict social change at her high school?
Doubtful, Jenny nevertheless tries to speak up more. The results are incredible. She gets Trina mad at her, helps turn a class laughingstock's life around, and stands up for herself for the first time in her life. The only problem is that with her newfound courage, she realizes she might be falling in love…with Scott.
As with all of Meg Cabot's books, TEEN IDOL has romance, humor, a bit of ridiculousness, and a happy ending. Jenny is a likeable protagonist, while Scott is a sweetheart. Fans of her other books will by no means be disappointed by this sweet tale.
Nice girl Jenny Greenley has a secret position on the school newspaper: she's Ask Annie, the unofficial school psychologist who gives advice to anyone who writes in. Only the school administrators and Scott Bennett, her friend and the newspaper's editor-in-chief, know about her extra job. Jenny is good at keeping secrets and not making a big deal out of things; that's why the administration chooses her to be the student guide for Luke Striker, a famous teen actor who's going undercover at Jenny's high school in order to research how normal high school students act for his next movie. If it had been anyone else being the guide, “Lucas’” secret would have been out and at the mercy of the high school’s extremely silly girls, including Jenny’s best friend, super-devoted fan Trina.
Through unforeseeable circumstances, Luke's real identity is exposed, and he jets it back to Hollywood--and safety. Before he goes, however, he gives Jenny a challenge: everybody likes her, why not use her power to inflict social change at her high school?
Doubtful, Jenny nevertheless tries to speak up more. The results are incredible. She gets Trina mad at her, helps turn a class laughingstock's life around, and stands up for herself for the first time in her life. The only problem is that with her newfound courage, she realizes she might be falling in love…with Scott.
As with all of Meg Cabot's books, TEEN IDOL has romance, humor, a bit of ridiculousness, and a happy ending. Jenny is a likeable protagonist, while Scott is a sweetheart. Fans of her other books will by no means be disappointed by this sweet tale.
mary00's review
2.0
2 1/2 stars. I have really enjoyed some Meg Cabot books, and others have been just OK for me. This one fell in the latter category. In fact, I ended up just skimming the last third of the book. I did really like the main character, who was a very strong female. I liked how she stayed true to who she is and didn't automatically fall all over the movie star in her midst.
kitsuneheart's review
3.0
So, in general, I LOVE Meg Cabot's work. She doesn't apologize for pop culture references or allowing her girl characters to act like girls, or like boys, or however they want. But this one didn't really resonate with me.
I think part of it was it reminded me too much of "Never Been Kissed." Except the reporter is actually a high school student, and the fake student is a celebrity. It adds a bit of extra plot, having Luke Striker, the celebri-student, be the impetus for Jenny Greenley to show some assertiveness, but, at the same time, she loses some agency by having her life-changing realization come from an outsider, and particularly one that has seen her for all of maybe a week.
There was also a bit too much relationship drama for my tastes. I actually had a hard time keeping the two main couples--Geri/Scott and Trina/Steve--apart, and wasn't entirely sure who was free for the end-of-book romances until they got resolved.
It's still a fun Cabot book, but not one I'd pass on to people as a recommendation. It's more a book for Cabot completionists.
I think part of it was it reminded me too much of "Never Been Kissed." Except the reporter is actually a high school student, and the fake student is a celebrity. It adds a bit of extra plot, having Luke Striker, the celebri-student, be the impetus for Jenny Greenley to show some assertiveness, but, at the same time, she loses some agency by having her life-changing realization come from an outsider, and particularly one that has seen her for all of maybe a week.
There was also a bit too much relationship drama for my tastes. I actually had a hard time keeping the two main couples--Geri/Scott and Trina/Steve--apart, and wasn't entirely sure who was free for the end-of-book romances until they got resolved.
It's still a fun Cabot book, but not one I'd pass on to people as a recommendation. It's more a book for Cabot completionists.
redsilva95's review against another edition
3.0
"Você não pode provocar mudanças sociais sem provocar algumas reações".
Que leitura gostosa! Meg Cabot é garantia de leitura rápida e fluída, e às vezes ela acerta (A Mediadora) e às vezes não (Cabeça de Vento) mas aqui ela acertou em cheio. É daqueles contemporâneos bem fofos que te deixa com um sorriso bobo quando o casal tá junto. Pra quem procura um romance bonitinho fica a dica!
"Algo acontece quando as pessoas veem uma celebridade. É como...não sei. Elas não percebem que somos humanos, como elas, ou sei lá o que."
"A vida é curta. Se a gente não tentar coisas novas, nunca vai saber o que consegue fazer melhor. E só se pode abrir tempo para as coisas novas deixando de lado as coisas que a gente sabe que não funcionam para a gente".
Que leitura gostosa! Meg Cabot é garantia de leitura rápida e fluída, e às vezes ela acerta (A Mediadora) e às vezes não (Cabeça de Vento) mas aqui ela acertou em cheio. É daqueles contemporâneos bem fofos que te deixa com um sorriso bobo quando o casal tá junto. Pra quem procura um romance bonitinho fica a dica!
"Algo acontece quando as pessoas veem uma celebridade. É como...não sei. Elas não percebem que somos humanos, como elas, ou sei lá o que."
"A vida é curta. Se a gente não tentar coisas novas, nunca vai saber o que consegue fazer melhor. E só se pode abrir tempo para as coisas novas deixando de lado as coisas que a gente sabe que não funcionam para a gente".