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arieanstar's review against another edition
1.0
DNF @ 25%
Oh no, am I getting sick of YA romances or is this just super mediocre? At this point I'll never know. But here's what I thought, I found the main character a little bit self absorbed, even though she's supposed to be not super confident. So, I really didn't like being in her head. And then there's the fact that I didn't care at all for what she's going through? That sounds terrible but it's just so easy to zone out on her. That being said, this could potentially be a great story to read for someone younger (12-14?) because the character does have a strong voice, and there's some direction in where the story's going. But sadly, it's definitely not for me.
Oh no, am I getting sick of YA romances or is this just super mediocre? At this point I'll never know. But here's what I thought, I found the main character a little bit self absorbed, even though she's supposed to be not super confident. So, I really didn't like being in her head. And then there's the fact that I didn't care at all for what she's going through? That sounds terrible but it's just so easy to zone out on her. That being said, this could potentially be a great story to read for someone younger (12-14?) because the character does have a strong voice, and there's some direction in where the story's going. But sadly, it's definitely not for me.
yuliyono's review against another edition
3.0
Ada Apa Dengan John Mayer, wahai para wanita?
Summary
Aku, Marisa, bersedia menunggu sampai datang cowok impian yang akan membuatku bahagia. Selama apa pun itu. Tapi, dalam masa penantian itu, aku tak akan menyia-nyiakan hidupku. Ada keluarga yang selalu mencintaiku, Mom, Dad, dan si bossy Sandra, adikku. Lalu ada pula dua sobat terbaikku, Nash dan Sterling. Pada saat tertentu, aku merasa Derek, cowok paling oke di sekolahan, adalah cowok impian yang kutunggu-tunggu itu. Betapa tidak, dia adalah gambaran cowok too good to be true, but he’s true saying that he loves me. Aww, don’t be jealous. Dia memang bilang cinta padaku. Tapi, kenapa belakangan ini aku sering curiga pada Derek, ya? Terus, kenapa pula Nash mencoba menciumku? Dan, kenapa orang tuaku harus bercerai? Oh, John Mayer, save my life, please!
Ada apa dengan John Mayer? Apakah dia sekeren itu? Apakah lagu-lagunya benar-benar membiusmu, wahai para wanita?
Aku memang telah meyakinkan diri sebagai seorang pecandu chart-topper. Apa pun yang masuk dalam top list, bakal kucari. Termasuk lagu-lagu. Dan, John Mayer pernah masuk dalam top list. Sering, malah. Meskipun begitu aku men-donwload lagunya (segala album, single, dan videonya) aku jarang lagi mendengarkannya. Tapi, aku jadi makin penasaran sama penyanyi ini ketika banyak sekali novel, terutama romens, yang selalu ngebawa-bawa nama JM di novelnya. Entah, ketertarikan personal pengarangnya ataukah hanya sekadar upaya si pengarang untuk memperkuat karakter para tokohnya saja. Yang jelas, aku berkesimpulan, banyak cewek klepek-klepek pada pesona John Mayer. Pada orangnya atau pada lagunya? I have no idea.
Oke, back to laptop. Soal buku ini. Hmm, one word: klise. Another word: standar. Tapi: manis, legit, cerah, dan terkadang renyah. Wahh? Typically teen lit biasa yang sudah banyak beredar. Cinta segitiga. Secret admirer. Dan, sahabat jadi cinta. Ups. Lucky i’m in love with my best friend, kata Jason Mraz dan Colbie Caillat (song: Lucky). Bumbu penyedap ceritanya juga sudah biasa banget. So, aku sekadar menikmati bulir-bulir romansa remaja racikan Susane dan mencoba mencari keunikan dari gaya menulis pengarangnya. Hasilnya: not bad. It’s cute writing, by the way.
Beberapa lines yang kusuka dari novel ini:
“How can things go away and feelings change so drasticlly just because some time passed by? How can time change what happened?” (pg: 149) Ouch, this is sooo...me! aku sering bertanya dalam hati: kenapa seseorang yang katanya cinta mati seseorang, begitu putus tak lama kemudikan bilang cinta mati lagi pada orang lain? Segampang itu?
“I should grateful for what I have.” (pg: 161) nah, ini juga sangat inspiratif, mengingatkan kita untuk selalu bersyukur. Jangan selalu “memandang kehijauan rumput tetangga” cobalah untuk menikmati rumputmu sendiri.
Tak banyak yang bisa kukomentari dari buku ini selain dari segi ceritanya. secara aku baca ebook version-nya jadilah aku nggak bisa melacak typo-nya. Hahaha. Oh, I love it’s cover, by the way. More than the Indonesian version. Yang terjemahan Elex memang seide tapi kurang click dengan hanya menampilkan sesosok cewek instead of sepasang cewek dan cowok seperti di cover aslinya.
Yang jelas sih, aku suka dengan gaya menulis Susane, so, next...aku akan membaca buku-bukunya yang lain. Saat ini aku memang sedang terobsesi untuk membaca seluruh karya dari: Sarah Dessen, Elizabeth Scott, dan Susane Colasanti ini.
Selamat membaca, kawan!
Summary
Aku, Marisa, bersedia menunggu sampai datang cowok impian yang akan membuatku bahagia. Selama apa pun itu. Tapi, dalam masa penantian itu, aku tak akan menyia-nyiakan hidupku. Ada keluarga yang selalu mencintaiku, Mom, Dad, dan si bossy Sandra, adikku. Lalu ada pula dua sobat terbaikku, Nash dan Sterling. Pada saat tertentu, aku merasa Derek, cowok paling oke di sekolahan, adalah cowok impian yang kutunggu-tunggu itu. Betapa tidak, dia adalah gambaran cowok too good to be true, but he’s true saying that he loves me. Aww, don’t be jealous. Dia memang bilang cinta padaku. Tapi, kenapa belakangan ini aku sering curiga pada Derek, ya? Terus, kenapa pula Nash mencoba menciumku? Dan, kenapa orang tuaku harus bercerai? Oh, John Mayer, save my life, please!
Ada apa dengan John Mayer? Apakah dia sekeren itu? Apakah lagu-lagunya benar-benar membiusmu, wahai para wanita?
Aku memang telah meyakinkan diri sebagai seorang pecandu chart-topper. Apa pun yang masuk dalam top list, bakal kucari. Termasuk lagu-lagu. Dan, John Mayer pernah masuk dalam top list. Sering, malah. Meskipun begitu aku men-donwload lagunya (segala album, single, dan videonya) aku jarang lagi mendengarkannya. Tapi, aku jadi makin penasaran sama penyanyi ini ketika banyak sekali novel, terutama romens, yang selalu ngebawa-bawa nama JM di novelnya. Entah, ketertarikan personal pengarangnya ataukah hanya sekadar upaya si pengarang untuk memperkuat karakter para tokohnya saja. Yang jelas, aku berkesimpulan, banyak cewek klepek-klepek pada pesona John Mayer. Pada orangnya atau pada lagunya? I have no idea.
Oke, back to laptop. Soal buku ini. Hmm, one word: klise. Another word: standar. Tapi: manis, legit, cerah, dan terkadang renyah. Wahh? Typically teen lit biasa yang sudah banyak beredar. Cinta segitiga. Secret admirer. Dan, sahabat jadi cinta. Ups. Lucky i’m in love with my best friend, kata Jason Mraz dan Colbie Caillat (song: Lucky). Bumbu penyedap ceritanya juga sudah biasa banget. So, aku sekadar menikmati bulir-bulir romansa remaja racikan Susane dan mencoba mencari keunikan dari gaya menulis pengarangnya. Hasilnya: not bad. It’s cute writing, by the way.
Beberapa lines yang kusuka dari novel ini:
“How can things go away and feelings change so drasticlly just because some time passed by? How can time change what happened?” (pg: 149) Ouch, this is sooo...me! aku sering bertanya dalam hati: kenapa seseorang yang katanya cinta mati seseorang, begitu putus tak lama kemudikan bilang cinta mati lagi pada orang lain? Segampang itu?
“I should grateful for what I have.” (pg: 161) nah, ini juga sangat inspiratif, mengingatkan kita untuk selalu bersyukur. Jangan selalu “memandang kehijauan rumput tetangga” cobalah untuk menikmati rumputmu sendiri.
Tak banyak yang bisa kukomentari dari buku ini selain dari segi ceritanya. secara aku baca ebook version-nya jadilah aku nggak bisa melacak typo-nya. Hahaha. Oh, I love it’s cover, by the way. More than the Indonesian version. Yang terjemahan Elex memang seide tapi kurang click dengan hanya menampilkan sesosok cewek instead of sepasang cewek dan cowok seperti di cover aslinya.
Yang jelas sih, aku suka dengan gaya menulis Susane, so, next...aku akan membaca buku-bukunya yang lain. Saat ini aku memang sedang terobsesi untuk membaca seluruh karya dari: Sarah Dessen, Elizabeth Scott, dan Susane Colasanti ini.
Selamat membaca, kawan!
mbrandmaier's review against another edition
4.0
Well-written! Marisa is coping with an anxiety disorder, divorcing parents, and a nerdy guy who has a crush on her.
hpitcher15's review against another edition
4.0
i really loved this book. it's the usual story of one person liking another and the other person thinkning that they dont like them back but they really do and there's this whole story in between them finally getting together.
brennadf's review against another edition
3.0
Not my favorite YA romance of all time, but definitely enjoyable. A nice, quick read.
sruggeri's review against another edition
3.0
This was a fairly cute book. I'm glad the author decided to tackle the stigmas surrounding mental illness. However, the character of Marisa was flawed and relatable, but also inconsistent and unrealistic. Some things that bothered me, in list form:
1. Marisa's disrespect towards the "nerds." She makes fun of a passionate musician in orchestra and obsesses over how nerdy Darius and Nash are, dreaming up makeovers for them. Honey. You sit in your bathroom playing violin for an hour, laugh randomly in class, and have one close friend. You're on the same level as them and won't admit it. We're all geeks, embrace it.
2. Her shallow expectations of men. All that she requires in a boyfriend is incredible hotness, then gets upset when her dream of a lasting relationship crumbles. "True love" isn't going to happen if the only foundation to your relationship is the fact you like his hair.
3. Her obsession with social status. When she gets some male attention, the only thing on her mind is having everyone see her with a boy. Instead of, oh I don't know, being nice and friendly, she thinks having a boyfriend will send her to the top and make her lots of new friends.
4. The language. Oh my goodness. I would rather read a book full of uncomfortable swearing than read dialouge that sounds like it came from an old Lizzie McGuire episode. According to Marisa, everything "rules", "sucks", or "rocks". Things are "lame", "cool", or "bogus." The past tense is real fun, too. It consists of "he was like" and "she was like" in excessive amounts. I know none of my fellow sixteen-year-olds talk like that, and I could feel my brain shrinking from the distracting, unintelligent language. It really ruined the impact of the story, since I was gawking at the horrific dialouge so much.
5. The John Meyer references. Marisa seems to have a limitless supply of cheesy songs that she uses to relate to her problems. For example, Marisa decides Sterling's life is like "Daughters", under the assumption that abandonment issues can be explained in a few verses. This happened incessantly, which only contributed to my extreme dislike of John Meyer's songs, which I hear enough of shopping at Kohl's.
In defense of the book, it was a sweet story full of your normal first world problems, all about the challenges of high school and love. It was an okay beach read that left me somewhat satisfied and glad my life isn't full of so much drama.
1. Marisa's disrespect towards the "nerds." She makes fun of a passionate musician in orchestra and obsesses over how nerdy Darius and Nash are, dreaming up makeovers for them. Honey. You sit in your bathroom playing violin for an hour, laugh randomly in class, and have one close friend. You're on the same level as them and won't admit it. We're all geeks, embrace it.
2. Her shallow expectations of men. All that she requires in a boyfriend is incredible hotness, then gets upset when her dream of a lasting relationship crumbles. "True love" isn't going to happen if the only foundation to your relationship is the fact you like his hair.
3. Her obsession with social status. When she gets some male attention, the only thing on her mind is having everyone see her with a boy. Instead of, oh I don't know, being nice and friendly, she thinks having a boyfriend will send her to the top and make her lots of new friends.
4. The language. Oh my goodness. I would rather read a book full of uncomfortable swearing than read dialouge that sounds like it came from an old Lizzie McGuire episode. According to Marisa, everything "rules", "sucks", or "rocks". Things are "lame", "cool", or "bogus." The past tense is real fun, too. It consists of "he was like" and "she was like" in excessive amounts. I know none of my fellow sixteen-year-olds talk like that, and I could feel my brain shrinking from the distracting, unintelligent language. It really ruined the impact of the story, since I was gawking at the horrific dialouge so much.
5. The John Meyer references. Marisa seems to have a limitless supply of cheesy songs that she uses to relate to her problems. For example, Marisa decides Sterling's life is like "Daughters", under the assumption that abandonment issues can be explained in a few verses. This happened incessantly, which only contributed to my extreme dislike of John Meyer's songs, which I hear enough of shopping at Kohl's.
In defense of the book, it was a sweet story full of your normal first world problems, all about the challenges of high school and love. It was an okay beach read that left me somewhat satisfied and glad my life isn't full of so much drama.
kaylareadsbooks's review against another edition
5.0
I dont remember this one much but I know it was good!
cosmosksj's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
yungokssss's review against another edition
3.0
This book wasn't terrible. No, not at all. BUT, it was kinda boring. The only good (aka exciting) part was when she kissed Nash in the end (and even that at first was like, what?). But it could've been a good book, so I'm giving it a three-stars 'cause everything was right, just the gist and the POINT was off. But I hope the next novels of hers that i read will be better.
kristid's review against another edition
3.0
This was my first time reading Colasanti, and I really enjoyed it! She definitely has a style to her writing, it was simplistic and enjoyable. It flowed very nicely, making it a very easy read.
Waiting for You is an emotional, fun, sort of coming of age story all centered around a first love. Although I predicted whom our heroine would end up with ultimately, it didn't keep me from turning the pages at warp speed! I liked the serious elements that Colasanti presented too. It was definitely not something I was expecting, but I think it really added to the overall prose of the story.
To me the characters were a little clichéd, not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, but it didn't make them stand out amongst the throngs of awesome YA characters.
I'm going to have to pick up a copy of her other novels, probably When It Happens, I've heard great things about that one. Colasanti will be an author I'll pick up in the future.
Waiting for You is an emotional, fun, sort of coming of age story all centered around a first love. Although I predicted whom our heroine would end up with ultimately, it didn't keep me from turning the pages at warp speed! I liked the serious elements that Colasanti presented too. It was definitely not something I was expecting, but I think it really added to the overall prose of the story.
To me the characters were a little clichéd, not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, but it didn't make them stand out amongst the throngs of awesome YA characters.
I'm going to have to pick up a copy of her other novels, probably When It Happens, I've heard great things about that one. Colasanti will be an author I'll pick up in the future.