Reviews

Cupcake by Rachel Cohn

rebbemcc's review against another edition

1.0

I refuse to finish this book. It is terrible. I would like to punch every single character in the face. And the author is trying waaay too hard.

creyno10's review

adventurous reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

charlibirb's review against another edition

3.0

This book was exactly what I expected it to be. Mediocre fluff. Read it in a day.

kricketa's review against another edition

3.0

i have to agree that this book did not live up to expectations. still, it was fun to get back into cyd charisse's hilarious head for a while. i love max but didn't really understand what he was doing in the story, except for being...convenient? i guess i felt that way about a lot of the characters: frances alberta, baldy, johnny mold.

i'm really curious about the review that calls this book mary sue fiction. sure, (almost) everyone loves cyd charisse, but isn't it sort of refreshing to read about a teenage girl with through-the-roof self esteem for once?

anyways. worth a read if you loved the 1st two. if you just liked them, skip this.

naomi41's review against another edition

4.0

This book is the third installment of the Cyd Charisse stories. Cupcake is about a girl named Cyd Charisse who has just connected with her biological father and her half brother and sister. She moves out to New York City from California to start a new life with them and expirience a new beginning. Not wanting to live up to the potential of her movie star name, CC tries to find a balance in her life [without going to college or any other school] between her brothers cupcake business and her addiction to the solution for great coffee. She encounters many people who have either been a positive influence to her or someone who brings her back to her troubling past. Most of all, she tries to live life without the love of her life Shrimp.
I think this book is extremely funny and witty because Cyd Charisse's sarcasm and unknown smartness is relatable and undeniably entertaining. She can be serious, and silly; her cravings for cupcakes,coffee and men can be a rollercoaster ride but her faithfulness in her true love is so sweet; and her connection with her new family prove that second chances can be given in life.

joha_010's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

chervbim's review against another edition

3.0

I loved how this story ended! I was so sad when it happened, but satisfied. The new characters were great, and Autumn was just an all around badass, just like I'd hoped! The book didn't have the same feel as the first two, but I liked the bigger city. It was a great setting.

coffeecass's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

karinaescobar28's review against another edition

2.0

I thought it was a good book however, its a aseries and I didnt know this was the second book in the series so it was a little weird for me. It was interesting and had a lot of dramatic momets that eventually just became normal and boring. It wasnt the best book I have read, it was still good but its one of those books that when you finish reading it you dont really care that it ended.

mhall's review against another edition

2.0

The thick red cupcake letter frosting on the cover slightly grossed me out. Cyd has just never grown on me. I admire Rachel Cohn's ability to channel the thought processes she goes through while making the decisions not to go to college and whether or not to chase after her on-again/off-again maybe-true-love Shrimp, and her changing, more mature dynamic with her mom and dad and half-sister, but I think what rubs me the wrong way is actually lightly touched on in this, the third in the series: Cyd has lots of money, but never seems to consider it. She thinks of herself as cool/punk/rebel/coffee shop girl, but the books feel incomplete to me because she doesn't face any real consequences or struggle in her attempt to define herself. So when she seems to be handed opportunities to go to school, or work at a cool cupcake business, it rings bells of entitlement and inauthenticity. And, while this is addressed in the book when she gets the smack-down from a girl who works at a manicure shop, after Cyd admits she works only for spending money because her parents pay the bills, it never really goes anywhere.