gellyfiish's review against another edition
2.0
This book was 2 things, it was funny. And it was nasty. This book should NOT be a YA book... I'll leave it at that
kandicez's review against another edition
3.0
This was a fun read. It wasn’t life changing. I didn’t learn anything. I wasn’t changed by anything on the pages, but I was entertained. Sometimes that’s enough.
hyebitshines's review against another edition
3.0
I can see why a lot of reviews compared this to Skins, and it's not only because it's about a group of partying British teens. There were so many odd coincidences, the trampoline Hannah almost loses her virginity on after being set up with a boy by her best friend, Stella. Stella was like a version of Mimi, and there was even a Panda. Sam read a lot like Sid, Chris was Tony, etc. There was a Grace too (yay!), although her loveliness turned a bit sour what with her cheating storyline (and the Grace in Skins would never oAo). I couldn't help making these small connections, but I had all the more fun with these characters because they felt like old friends.
This is the sort of laugh-out-loud writing that's easy to fall into, and I don't know, I appreciated just how realistic this was after the deluge of YA that keeps on stamping out true love and characters being held back from their true potential. Nope, all these characters-- Hannah, Sam, Stella, Robin, etc.-- were unglamorously ordinary, maybe except for their varying degrees of hotness. Side note-- I loved Robin's not-so-subtle obsession with Harry Potter, and his even less subtle ways of trying to pass it off as his sister's obsession.
Not a book I would necessarily choose to re-read, but I had a jolly laugh, as I say in my poor attempt to sound British <3
This is the sort of laugh-out-loud writing that's easy to fall into, and I don't know, I appreciated just how realistic this was after the deluge of YA that keeps on stamping out true love and characters being held back from their true potential. Nope, all these characters-- Hannah, Sam, Stella, Robin, etc.-- were unglamorously ordinary, maybe except for their varying degrees of hotness. Side note-- I loved Robin's not-so-subtle obsession with Harry Potter, and his even less subtle ways of trying to pass it off as his sister's obsession.
Not a book I would necessarily choose to re-read, but I had a jolly laugh, as I say in my poor attempt to sound British <3
emuhleesbooks's review against another edition
1.0
this book was NOT what i expected at all and i’m SO disappointed.
if i wanted to hear (for the entirety of this novel, may i add) about someone’s poor attempts at losing their virginity, i would’ve just taken one last stroll through the cafeteria at my old high school and listened in on the students’ conversations.
what the actual fuck was this
if i wanted to hear (for the entirety of this novel, may i add) about someone’s poor attempts at losing their virginity, i would’ve just taken one last stroll through the cafeteria at my old high school and listened in on the students’ conversations.
what the actual fuck was this
aayla_xiaan's review against another edition
4.0
A lire et à relire !
Ce n'est pas du tout le genre de livre que j'ai l'habitude de lire pourtant j'ai été bluffé la première fois !
Le point de vue de la fille est écrit par une auteure, celui du garçon par un auteur. Pourtant, ça ne fait pas tâche et l'écriture est très fluide. D'ailleurs les héros n'en sont que plus réels. Un roman que je recommande pour les ados, mais aussi aux plus vieux si vous souhaitez revivre cette période de votre vie.
Rien n'est surfait, en trop, les personnages sont vrais et on s'y attache vite. Ce pourrait être des personnes que nous pourrions rencontrer en chair et en os.
Bref, un petit chef d’œuvre avec beaucoup d'humour, qui retrace l'histoire de la première fois, du premier amour, avec tous les doutes que cela peut receler : sans aucun cliché.
Ce n'est pas un énième roman sur ce sujet, c'est LE roman.
Ce n'est pas du tout le genre de livre que j'ai l'habitude de lire pourtant j'ai été bluffé la première fois !
Le point de vue de la fille est écrit par une auteure, celui du garçon par un auteur. Pourtant, ça ne fait pas tâche et l'écriture est très fluide. D'ailleurs les héros n'en sont que plus réels. Un roman que je recommande pour les ados, mais aussi aux plus vieux si vous souhaitez revivre cette période de votre vie.
Rien n'est surfait, en trop, les personnages sont vrais et on s'y attache vite. Ce pourrait être des personnes que nous pourrions rencontrer en chair et en os.
Bref, un petit chef d’œuvre avec beaucoup d'humour, qui retrace l'histoire de la première fois, du premier amour, avec tous les doutes que cela peut receler : sans aucun cliché.
Ce n'est pas un énième roman sur ce sujet, c'est LE roman.
bokbubblan's review against another edition
4.0
Sweet, this was quite nice.
No, I actually loved this book. I was contemplating giving it five stars, but then again it didn't surprise me. So... that is my reasoning, no exploding milkshakes in their faces or distant relatives with sketchy motives like in Pride and Prejudice. Either way, I think my favorite character of them all is Robin. He is me, if I was dude, but I would never pretend to know less about Harry Potter.
Indeed a worthy read if you are looking for a easy going story, the main characters are annoying at times, but stupid is human.
ereece13's review against another edition
2.0
This book is all about losing your virginity. At times it goes into great detail. It was a good book at certain moments but other times it fell flat. I usually don’t dislike books, but this one just was not for me. It wasn’t spectacular, but it wasn’t terrible.
capesandcovers's review against another edition
1.0
Warning: Possible minor spoilers, but nothing I considered to need to be put undercut.
To start off, despite almost DNFing, this book made me laugh. I enjoyed certain parts of it at the beginning, like the nicknames and the lobster door. Those were cute and entertaining while showing us what a great friendship the four girls (Stella, Tilly, Grace & Hannah) had with each other. Hannah's relationship with her Nan was great too, it was nice to see that she had an adult actively taking part in her life. The writing pulls you along quite nicely too. Unfortunately, after that it all just kind of falls apart.
The main reason I kept reading this was because the book was a gift, and because I was really hoping to see Hannah mature and tell Stella off. Now, if you haven't read the book you're probably wondering why this would need to happen. So, let me tell you: this book has quite possibly the most toxic friendship I have ever read in a book. And there's no resolution too it, Hannah just remains spineless and abused. Her friends see it and are fine with it, and she has literally no reason not to have stopped being friends with her so-called BFF but she never does.Honestly, all of the friends, both Sam's & Hannah's, are terrible people (with the exception of Tilly and one of Sam's friends who had no personality). There's a point where I think she was supposed to have matured, but literally a page later it's all retracted and she's back to begging Stella for forgiveness.
I really hadn't been expecting that in the book, since almost everything I had seen about it made it seem like a fluffy romantic-comedy. For the most part this book has been marketed in two ways; mainly as a cute coming of age love story and as a book about virginity. Trust me when I say the latter is the more accurate one. The entirety of the book from start to finish is about sex and not wanting to be the last virgin of the friend group. There was so much sex and so much drama I almost DNFed. It wasn't in a coming of age way either, like the DUFF was either (which it was compared to in the blurb).
There was no love story in this, it was more like "The Summer of Bad Hookups" than a "Totally Awkward Love Story." Because when it came down to it, there was no love, just drugs, sex and alcohol. It was so unrealistic at times it became laughable. I don't mind having any of the above in my books, but the way it was used was terrible and came across as almost mocking teenagers. Overall this book was just so unbelievable from the depiction of the teens lives, (no parents in their right mind let teens go to a known drinking festival) it came across like it the authors' main source of knowledge on teens was from Seth Rogen and Mean Girls.
All in all this book was just every negative social behavior rolled into one book, it had sexism, slut-shaming, lying, cheating and abuse to name a few. It was just...bad.
To start off, despite almost DNFing, this book made me laugh. I enjoyed certain parts of it at the beginning, like the nicknames and the lobster door. Those were cute and entertaining while showing us what a great friendship the four girls (Stella, Tilly, Grace & Hannah) had with each other. Hannah's relationship with her Nan was great too, it was nice to see that she had an adult actively taking part in her life. The writing pulls you along quite nicely too. Unfortunately, after that it all just kind of falls apart.
The main reason I kept reading this was because the book was a gift, and because I was really hoping to see Hannah mature and tell Stella off. Now, if you haven't read the book you're probably wondering why this would need to happen. So, let me tell you: this book has quite possibly the most toxic friendship I have ever read in a book. And there's no resolution too it, Hannah just remains spineless and abused. Her friends see it and are fine with it, and she has literally no reason not to have stopped being friends with her so-called BFF but she never does.Honestly, all of the friends, both Sam's & Hannah's, are terrible people (with the exception of Tilly and one of Sam's friends who had no personality). There's a point where I think she was supposed to have matured, but literally a page later it's all retracted and she's back to begging Stella for forgiveness.
I really hadn't been expecting that in the book, since almost everything I had seen about it made it seem like a fluffy romantic-comedy. For the most part this book has been marketed in two ways; mainly as a cute coming of age love story and as a book about virginity. Trust me when I say the latter is the more accurate one. The entirety of the book from start to finish is about sex and not wanting to be the last virgin of the friend group. There was so much sex and so much drama I almost DNFed. It wasn't in a coming of age way either, like the DUFF was either (which it was compared to in the blurb).
There was no love story in this, it was more like "The Summer of Bad Hookups" than a "Totally Awkward Love Story." Because when it came down to it, there was no love, just drugs, sex and alcohol. It was so unrealistic at times it became laughable. I don't mind having any of the above in my books, but the way it was used was terrible and came across as almost mocking teenagers. Overall this book was just so unbelievable from the depiction of the teens lives, (no parents in their right mind let teens go to a known drinking festival) it came across like it the authors' main source of knowledge on teens was from Seth Rogen and Mean Girls.
All in all this book was just every negative social behavior rolled into one book, it had sexism, slut-shaming, lying, cheating and abuse to name a few. It was just...bad.
milliebooksonly's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0