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ashleyholstrom's review against another edition
5.0
This book was a much slower read in comparison to my flying through the first two of the series in a week. Jessica Darling is at school in New York City and far, far away from her boyfriend, Marcus. Sadly, the journal entries are only from her breaks from school, sometimes skipping a break or two in between. So much changes between the segments and it’s sometimes hard to follow. But, of course, it’s still Jess and still super witty.
I sort of wish the series had ended with Second Helpings. Charmed Thirds just did not live up to what the first two books started. And, let’s be honest, I really love the books for Jessica/Marcus time. And there just wasn’t enough of that in this book.
Full review at Crooked Prose.
I sort of wish the series had ended with Second Helpings. Charmed Thirds just did not live up to what the first two books started. And, let’s be honest, I really love the books for Jessica/Marcus time. And there just wasn’t enough of that in this book.
Full review at Crooked Prose.
golden_lily's review against another edition
2.0
It's not me, it's you.
I can't with a main character who never grows up. Whose selfishness and callousness are supposed to be real and relatable, but are really just pathetic. Marcus may be sorry for taking two years to get his head on right, but Jessica is sorrier for making astonishingly bad decisions, leading people on, and faking every friendship she's ever had. The woman has turned into a sociopath, and that misanthropy that was cute at 16 isn't cute at 23.
doublearegee's review against another edition
4.0
Definitely the weak link in the chain, yet it gives two of the most memorable lines of the whole series (other than You. Yes, you.) - my thoughts create my world, and love has the longest arms. I can't quite put my finger on why this book doesn't work as well as the others, but when I started it, it felt like a hurdle I had to pass to get to the next one, which I enjoyed more. Maybe because this one feels like such a mishmash of characters? Hey, let's throw pretty much everyone from the previous novels into scenes in this one? I feel like the one person this book was missing was Mary "Call me Chantalle" DiPasquale. I suspect the reasoning behind this may be that the book is missing Marcus, the one person who constantly provided a mirror for Jessica to examine her life, so everyone else had to serve as the "look at yourself. Look at what you're doing. Look at your life" that he did, but still. Between that and the writing style, it just felt cluttered. I realize it does accurately portray the difference between college and high school- in high school you have oh so much time to focus on the minutiae in your day to day life, while in college it's different, but still.
averyreadsbooks's review against another edition
2.0
Delightfully funny as expected, though I found I didn’t like Jessica as much in this one as I did during her high school years. Marcus just disappeared for a chunk of the book and I very much liked him so that was a bummer. It was just kind of bad decisions and whining until a little happiness at the end.
penandpencil's review against another edition
Tough to read, but so honest. This series is great!
fachrinaa's review against another edition
4.0
I read both the English and Indonesian version, and both are great. I was actually a bit skeptic about the Indonesian version, since the publisher censored some parts of Second Helpings(Porsi Kedua), so I expected the same thing to happen in this book, especially since it's more explicit than the previous. Fortunately, the publisher doesn't do the same thing here. At least, not that I know of.
carteremma's review against another edition
3.0
Jessica Darling, you are such a complicated girl. Just when I think we are similar and I probably would have done the same thing in your position you turn around and do something completely different. I love you, but sometimes you make me want to never speak to or hear from you again.
I admit I am being a tad over dramatic with that, however I see that it is the mark of a good character that I feel so totally that she could be a real person. No matter if I like her or loathe her at any specific point in the book I can't help but think of her as a real person.
I think that this was my least favorite of the Jessica Darling books so far purely because it covers 3 years in the book and I would have preferred to skip most of it and look at a more targeted period in her life. What about Marcus, I hear you ask? Well let me just say that we see Marcus at the beginning of the 3 years but we have to bear in mind that he is at school across the country, and that kind of strain is hard on a relationship. There were some "romantic" (not really romantic at all) situations that Jessica got herself into that made me laugh as you can relate to all of them and may well have been in the same situations yourself.
I will read the final books in the series, but for me they have started to lose a little of the magic which made me devour the first two books in only a couple of days. Lets hope that the next books can recapture it and that it has not been lost along with Jessica Darling's youth.
I admit I am being a tad over dramatic with that, however I see that it is the mark of a good character that I feel so totally that she could be a real person. No matter if I like her or loathe her at any specific point in the book I can't help but think of her as a real person.
I think that this was my least favorite of the Jessica Darling books so far purely because it covers 3 years in the book and I would have preferred to skip most of it and look at a more targeted period in her life. What about Marcus, I hear you ask? Well let me just say that we see Marcus at the beginning of the 3 years but we have to bear in mind that he is at school across the country, and that kind of strain is hard on a relationship. There were some "romantic" (not really romantic at all) situations that Jessica got herself into that made me laugh as you can relate to all of them and may well have been in the same situations yourself.
I will read the final books in the series, but for me they have started to lose a little of the magic which made me devour the first two books in only a couple of days. Lets hope that the next books can recapture it and that it has not been lost along with Jessica Darling's youth.
shelbitedeschi's review against another edition
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
chalkycharo's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
justcrystalxo's review against another edition
4.0
i really enjoy this series. cant wait to find out what happens in the next books (but i have to cuz i looked in the wrong section of the library...gahh)