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swhite's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Bit too focussed on romance for my liking, but good story and fun moments.
stingo's review against another edition
4.0
I liked this book a lot more than I thought I would, especially since it is one I would never pick up on my own. I liked the author's nuanced view of the teenagers of which she writes, as strangers slowly transform into friends. I think this is the best YA book I have read in 2016.
carteremma's review against another edition
4.0
This was my first Melina Marchetta book. As soon as I finished it I was online buying up everything else she had ever written. After reading the final words I dried my tears and felt a sudden urge to go and hug my mum. This is the story of Francesca who is only of only a handful of girls who attend St Sebastian's boys school. Francesca has to deal with much more that the politics of being befriended by girls nothing like her and becoming the nemesis to Will, to whom she can't seem to say anything right. Francesca has a home life where her mother has not come out of her room for days and her father seems to be barely holding on.
I was expecting a usual high school coming of age book, with comedic situations and everything would be nice and happy and tied up with a bow. This was a little different from that, in fact it was a lot different from that. This was a raw book of a girl who is really struggling to make it though a normal school day. She is trying to keep it together and function like anyone else.
The writing in this book was beautiful. It felt raw and poetic at the same time. It pulled you in so quickly and kept you reading to see if Francesca's life would improve of get any easier on the next page. I wanted to hug this book and all the characters in it. Melina Marchetta is a magical writer and I can't wait to move on to the next book of hers that comes through my door!
I was expecting a usual high school coming of age book, with comedic situations and everything would be nice and happy and tied up with a bow. This was a little different from that, in fact it was a lot different from that. This was a raw book of a girl who is really struggling to make it though a normal school day. She is trying to keep it together and function like anyone else.
The writing in this book was beautiful. It felt raw and poetic at the same time. It pulled you in so quickly and kept you reading to see if Francesca's life would improve of get any easier on the next page. I wanted to hug this book and all the characters in it. Melina Marchetta is a magical writer and I can't wait to move on to the next book of hers that comes through my door!
thesuraya's review against another edition
5.0
reread: 14 July 2023, Brisbane City
The airbnb i stayed in at Brisbane had Saving Francesca (the Viking Children edition) provided on its bookshelf. I was super ecstatic and so I did a reread, there at the land of Marchetta. I read a Marchetta while being in Australia
The airbnb i stayed in at Brisbane had Saving Francesca (the Viking Children edition) provided on its bookshelf. I was super ecstatic and so I did a reread, there at the land of Marchetta. I read a Marchetta while being in Australia
mi_shell87's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
tense
fast-paced
5.0
p135k's review against another edition
5.0
I'm totally lucking out with books this month!
**all the feels**
This book made me go eeeee with glee. :D
For full review visit: http://acliffhangercrisis.blogspot.com/2015/07/review-saving-francesca-by-melina.html
**all the feels**
This book made me go eeeee with glee. :D
For full review visit: http://acliffhangercrisis.blogspot.com/2015/07/review-saving-francesca-by-melina.html
winnimartha's review against another edition
5.0
Kind of perfect. I'd love to start reading it over again, but I'll refrain. Very well written, emotionally honest. Loved it.
beingfacetious's review against another edition
5.0
A flawless book. I cried all over the last 40 or so pages. Marchetta is so good at writing large groups of wildly different people and she's so good at writing about those people loving each other and when I grow up I want to be her.
shizbizz's review against another edition
5.0
I devoured this book. I don't think it's grammatically correct to say that, but that's how it is. I've been wanting to read one of Marchettas' books for a while, they're infamous for their wit and characters. I don't usually write book reviews so i'll keep this fairly brief. If you're looking for a book that touches your heart, that leaves you laughing and weeping, that sweeps you off from your world into its world, then this is the book for you.