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bibliotequeish's review
As a kid every Saturday we went to Kmart, and every Saturday my mom would let me buy one thing, and it was ALWAYS a fabulous five book. (The cover looks like a spiral notebook cover... I thought that was very clever)
I also managed to track down all the Taffy Sinclair books at a thrift store.
Taffy Sinclair is such a misunderstood character. She was definitely not the nicest person, but I think a lot of that stemmed from insecurity.
I wonder if this series is still at my parents I would definitely read them again.
I remember in the Taffy books Melanie was chubby and it make references to her eating brownies and then one day she was like NO i don't want the brownie... and then she got skinny.
This is a very vague memory... so don't quote me on this one, what you CAN quote me on is that Taffy had a crooked bicuspid, and Jana ate cream cheese and jam sandwiches,... which I tried because of her and they were DIS-GUS-TING, and I never trusted her again.
I also managed to track down all the Taffy Sinclair books at a thrift store.
Taffy Sinclair is such a misunderstood character. She was definitely not the nicest person, but I think a lot of that stemmed from insecurity.
I wonder if this series is still at my parents I would definitely read them again.
I remember in the Taffy books Melanie was chubby and it make references to her eating brownies and then one day she was like NO i don't want the brownie... and then she got skinny.
This is a very vague memory... so don't quote me on this one, what you CAN quote me on is that Taffy had a crooked bicuspid, and Jana ate cream cheese and jam sandwiches,... which I tried because of her and they were DIS-GUS-TING, and I never trusted her again.
pastelpaperback's review
emotional
lighthearted
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
The Against Taffy Sinclair Club is a complicated book. Because at the root of it, forming a club to hate someone is pretty awful.
But when I put myself in the shoes of Jana and her friends, I can *feel* why they're so upset at Taffy. She's not an innocent character. She teases and torments the girls, and I remember being a Jana, and not feeling adequate and also being picked on by the same girls that seemed to have it all. You really understand why they've made her the focus of their adolescent wrath.
The book would be silly fluff in lesser hands, but Betsy Haynes really packs a lot of punch in the first entry in the series. Jana is such a sympathetic but complex character. She's going through a ton of emotions and changes and it just felt so true to life—worrying about your breast size, wondering if you have B.O., figuring out relationships with your family and friends etc..
I really didn't have many expectations going into this re-read, but I was pleasantly surprised at how well it held up and the emotional beats it struck. I'm looking forward to finishing the rest of the Taffy books and then finally diving into a full The Fabulous Five re-read.
But when I put myself in the shoes of Jana and her friends, I can *feel* why they're so upset at Taffy. She's not an innocent character. She teases and torments the girls, and I remember being a Jana, and not feeling adequate and also being picked on by the same girls that seemed to have it all. You really understand why they've made her the focus of their adolescent wrath.
The book would be silly fluff in lesser hands, but Betsy Haynes really packs a lot of punch in the first entry in the series. Jana is such a sympathetic but complex character. She's going through a ton of emotions and changes and it just felt so true to life—worrying about your breast size, wondering if you have B.O., figuring out relationships with your family and friends etc..
I really didn't have many expectations going into this re-read, but I was pleasantly surprised at how well it held up and the emotional beats it struck. I'm looking forward to finishing the rest of the Taffy books and then finally diving into a full The Fabulous Five re-read.
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