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emilyrbedwell's review
4.0
Oh, the ins and outs of dating and high school. Honestly, I don't miss those days often, but books like Dating on the Dork Side make me a little bit nostalgic.
Dating on the Dork Side is a quick and hilarious read about what happens when one of the smartest girls in school stumbles upon a website that just happens to be all about the girls in her school - and not in a good way.
In Olympia, football is life. The jocks are the kings of the kingdom and the cheerleaders, pom squad and other popular girls join them in their rule. Until smart and savy Camy Cavanaugh shows the resident queen what the boys are saying about her behind her back. Suddenly Elle and the popular girls are ready to take a stand. Things at Olympia High may never be the same once Camy, Elle and the rest of the girls are done.
Dating on the Dork Side is a smart retelling of the classic Greek comedy Lysistrata. If you're not familiar with the story, here's a wiki. So when the girls decide to boycott the boys, everything changes at Olympia High. With unlikely new friendships, more than one moment of drama, and a lot of laughs, Dating on the Dork Side is guaranteed to make you laugh, cringe and root for the underdogs. At the same time, Dating on the Dork Side reminds readers that people are seldom what they seem at first glance. The popular girl may just be a closet Star Wars fan. That kid you can't stand may have a passion for classical music. The cutest boy in school might just have a thing for the resident nerd. The mean girl may have a home life that makes yours look tame by comparison.
Authors Charity Tahmaseb and Darcy Vance have reunited to create a high school where the geeks and nerds have a say in how their high school experience turns out. Like their first book, The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading, Dating on the Dork Side is a seamless collaboration between two different people. Unlike other books where you can tell the authors and their styles apart, Tahmaseb and Vance work together flawlessly. Their unified voice creates believable characters that are guaranteed to remind you of someone you went to high school with (or even of yourself). Their books are smart and easy to read, with stories that move forward without a lot of the fluff that seems to come out in YA books sometimes.
Dating on the Dork Side is the perfect Christmas gift for the girls in your life - no matter how popular they are!
Dating on the Dork Side is a quick and hilarious read about what happens when one of the smartest girls in school stumbles upon a website that just happens to be all about the girls in her school - and not in a good way.
In Olympia, football is life. The jocks are the kings of the kingdom and the cheerleaders, pom squad and other popular girls join them in their rule. Until smart and savy Camy Cavanaugh shows the resident queen what the boys are saying about her behind her back. Suddenly Elle and the popular girls are ready to take a stand. Things at Olympia High may never be the same once Camy, Elle and the rest of the girls are done.
Dating on the Dork Side is a smart retelling of the classic Greek comedy Lysistrata. If you're not familiar with the story, here's a wiki. So when the girls decide to boycott the boys, everything changes at Olympia High. With unlikely new friendships, more than one moment of drama, and a lot of laughs, Dating on the Dork Side is guaranteed to make you laugh, cringe and root for the underdogs. At the same time, Dating on the Dork Side reminds readers that people are seldom what they seem at first glance. The popular girl may just be a closet Star Wars fan. That kid you can't stand may have a passion for classical music. The cutest boy in school might just have a thing for the resident nerd. The mean girl may have a home life that makes yours look tame by comparison.
Authors Charity Tahmaseb and Darcy Vance have reunited to create a high school where the geeks and nerds have a say in how their high school experience turns out. Like their first book, The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading, Dating on the Dork Side is a seamless collaboration between two different people. Unlike other books where you can tell the authors and their styles apart, Tahmaseb and Vance work together flawlessly. Their unified voice creates believable characters that are guaranteed to remind you of someone you went to high school with (or even of yourself). Their books are smart and easy to read, with stories that move forward without a lot of the fluff that seems to come out in YA books sometimes.
Dating on the Dork Side is the perfect Christmas gift for the girls in your life - no matter how popular they are!
valeriew's review
3.0
This book was cute but so obnoxious. There were inappropriate things I didn't care for and some language.
mumay's review
3.0
I would love to give this book a 3.5 instead of just a three but alas, Goodreads does not do half stars. There were many things to like about this book, i like the commaderie the girls have. I even really like the mix up of social groups. What I didn't really like about this book is there wasn't any depth (like Clarissa ... why was she such a mean girl to Camy) In the begining there was a comment like the Camy I knew wouldn's blah blah this made it seem like she did at one point consider her a friend and maybe something happen in Clarissa's mind or something or she was always using Camy from the start and here's why kind thing (like she played football and was friends with the hot guys or whatnot) but there was NONE of that. Rhino was likeable in a hot geeky king sorta way but Elle was annoying and Elle and Rhino was super annoying. Gavin was the most likeable boy but there was zero chemistry written there. It was and he kissed me the end...nothing that made your stomach flutter or you hold your breath and really imagine the kiss the share. In the end still fun and a good journey for Camy.
lavendermarch's review against another edition
4.0
A good book. Much better than "A Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading', which I felt lacked something. This book discussed a very serious issue. The website that boys shamed girls on, Hotties of Troy, really got to me. It was disgusting.
I didn't like Rhino very much. Some of the characters grew on me. I liked Mercedes, Sophie, Byron, and Lexy. I felt that the geek-jock/popular-nerd relationships could - and should - have been explored more. As for Camy as a character, I was a little eh. I liked her. But sometimes she could be kind of blind. Gavin was...nice. Being Adm*n and all. Elle frustrated me. She was nice and I liked her. She was a boss ass bitch. But then she was really a bitch. I don't know.
As for the plot line, I liked it. I really liked it. It kept me engaged, and interested. I wanted to know what happened next. 4 stars. 1 star knocked off because of the seriousness of the issue (Not its portrayal or anything, that was done very well. I just felt the synopsis made it out to be a lighter issue, though still rather serious) and the characters.
I didn't like Rhino very much. Some of the characters grew on me. I liked Mercedes, Sophie, Byron, and Lexy. I felt that the geek-jock/popular-nerd relationships could - and should - have been explored more. As for Camy as a character, I was a little eh. I liked her. But sometimes she could be kind of blind. Gavin was...nice. Being Adm*n and all. Elle frustrated me. She was nice and I liked her. She was a boss ass bitch. But then she was really a bitch. I don't know.
As for the plot line, I liked it. I really liked it. It kept me engaged, and interested. I wanted to know what happened next. 4 stars. 1 star knocked off because of the seriousness of the issue (Not its portrayal or anything, that was done very well. I just felt the synopsis made it out to be a lighter issue, though still rather serious) and the characters.
casseyt's review against another edition
4.0
An enjoyable read. I liked the protagonist and the supporting 'cast'. Moments of funny, but really just a great read about finding your space, navigating people and your sense of self with others while tackling the fact that words do matter and shape they way we perceive each other in an engaging way.
paula_woodruff's review against another edition
5.0
Great YAR read
With a well-developed cast of unique characters and an all-to-possible plot, Dating on the Dork Side shines with just the right mix of fun, romance, and good life lessons.
With a well-developed cast of unique characters and an all-to-possible plot, Dating on the Dork Side shines with just the right mix of fun, romance, and good life lessons.
caremary624's review
4.0
Sweet, fun a perfect YA book for our current world. Camy stumbles upon a secrete wiki website (hotties of Troy) where the popular boys in the school openly talk about the female population in a rounchy and less than favorable way. She teams up with the girls at the school and they begin a boycott of the males associated with the wiki. Eventualy Camy becomes the link between popular and unpopular and starts playing match maker. This story is more about the friendships than the romance and which is perfect. Also addresses the ever important issue of cyberbullying in a lighthearted way.
This would also make an adorable movie I would 100% so Hollywood let's get on that!
This would also make an adorable movie I would 100% so Hollywood let's get on that!
cctblog's review
3.0
Dating on the Dork Side is a book that I could easily see being made into a teen movie in the likes of Easy A or The Duff. It wouldn't surprise me at all to find it on the big screen one day. It's more about friendship than romance (though there is a bit of romance, too), which is a nice change of pace from most YA.
High school tutor Camy is surprised to find baseball star Jason "The Ab" Abernathy in the tutoring room on the first day of school. Even more surprising is what he's doing there—using the school computers to access a password-protected website. She's able to hack in once he leaves (his password isn't particularly difficult to guess), and what she discovers turns her world upside down: it's a wiki called "The Hotties of Troy," and most of the girls in school—including Camy—have pages devoted to them. After Camy alerts Elle, the school's most popular girl, to the presence of the wiki, the girls band together to get back at the boys ... and unexpected friendships and relationships spring from the chaos.
The first two-thirds of this book is simply fantastic! It's so entertaining and, at times, unexpected. The last third isn't as strong, as the plot goes down a predictable (the creator of the wiki), head-scratching (the "evil" teacher who apparently goes through a personality transplant in Camy's disciplinary meeting), and unbelievable (the aforementioned disciplinary meeting and its aftermath) path.
I still greatly enjoyed the novel—it's quite engaging and perfect for film. I just hope that if it is ever adapted, the filmmakers tweak the ending. 3-1/2 stars.
High school tutor Camy is surprised to find baseball star Jason "The Ab" Abernathy in the tutoring room on the first day of school. Even more surprising is what he's doing there—using the school computers to access a password-protected website. She's able to hack in once he leaves (his password isn't particularly difficult to guess), and what she discovers turns her world upside down: it's a wiki called "The Hotties of Troy," and most of the girls in school—including Camy—have pages devoted to them. After Camy alerts Elle, the school's most popular girl, to the presence of the wiki, the girls band together to get back at the boys ... and unexpected friendships and relationships spring from the chaos.
The first two-thirds of this book is simply fantastic! It's so entertaining and, at times, unexpected. The last third isn't as strong, as the plot goes down a predictable (the creator of the wiki), head-scratching (the "evil" teacher who apparently goes through a personality transplant in Camy's disciplinary meeting), and unbelievable (the aforementioned disciplinary meeting and its aftermath) path.
I still greatly enjoyed the novel—it's quite engaging and perfect for film. I just hope that if it is ever adapted, the filmmakers tweak the ending. 3-1/2 stars.
jadeshea's review
3.0
Dating on the Dork Side begins when Camy finds a website that is for the guys of her school to talk trash about certain girls, and guess what? She's on the list as well.
She hates that this is there, so she goes to the most popular girl at school, and from then on it spirals out of control when they do their best to get back at the guys.
However, as Camy tries to find the person who started it signs are pointing to people she thought she could trust, and her long time crush. This get more complicated when trust is broken, new friends and enemies are made and life is just crazy for Camy.
Dating on the Dork Side is actually not as dorky cute as you would think. It does have some really cool aspects to it, but it just wasn't what I was hoping it would be.
I really did like it though, and I enjoyed the plot line for the most part. Even if some of it seemed a bit repetitive.
And the characters were really interesting as well. But, this isn't a story that makes you laugh too much or fo you to spend to much time in. It is good to pass the time with though.
She hates that this is there, so she goes to the most popular girl at school, and from then on it spirals out of control when they do their best to get back at the guys.
However, as Camy tries to find the person who started it signs are pointing to people she thought she could trust, and her long time crush. This get more complicated when trust is broken, new friends and enemies are made and life is just crazy for Camy.
Dating on the Dork Side is actually not as dorky cute as you would think. It does have some really cool aspects to it, but it just wasn't what I was hoping it would be.
I really did like it though, and I enjoyed the plot line for the most part. Even if some of it seemed a bit repetitive.
And the characters were really interesting as well. But, this isn't a story that makes you laugh too much or fo you to spend to much time in. It is good to pass the time with though.
ania_star's review
5.0
OMG, I love this book so much. I read just few contemporary books a year, because I prefer fantasy and books with paranormal elements and I am so happy I picked up this one. I love the story, pace, characters, plot line all little twist and turn. It reminded me a bit on Mean Girl, not sure why, because story is not really like that. :)
Camy has a best friend and is a tutor. She sticks to the side lines, because she was betrayed by her then best friend long time ago. One day she stumbles on secret website, setup by guys in her high-school, where they talk trash about girls. She links iit to the queen bee of the school and next thing that happens is ban on dating guys.
It's such a fun book, that touches on really important subjects of friendship, trust and many more.
One of my favourite contemporaries this year.
Highly recommend it!
Camy has a best friend and is a tutor. She sticks to the side lines, because she was betrayed by her then best friend long time ago. One day she stumbles on secret website, setup by guys in her high-school, where they talk trash about girls. She links iit to the queen bee of the school and next thing that happens is ban on dating guys.
It's such a fun book, that touches on really important subjects of friendship, trust and many more.
One of my favourite contemporaries this year.
Highly recommend it!