jerrica's review against another edition
3.0
Way better than that lame excuse for a movie Disney tried to pull. Very cute, the OMGs were a little, well, you know, but hey, Jamie's 14.
sarahschem's review against another edition
4.0
Jamie has always had a regular, non-popular life. Until one day, her teacher reads her private journal to the rest of class. Her story about how to defeat bullying goes from her best friend's laptop to a bestseller everywhere.
alylovesbooks's review against another edition
1.0
Wish I read this when the movie adaptation was released .
mon_ique's review against another edition
5.0
My report: The Power of Fame
I hated writing essays with an intro, body, and conclusion because my thoughts are always disjointed. So this review will be naturally me. (Was that an intro?)
I love how gradually the shift in mentality happened with Jamie, her friends, and her parents. The parents especially, just noting from 'no phone, no new laptop' to immediately 'we do need a new dishwasher and okay you can have a phone just temporarily, ok maybe new laptop would help you'. The introduction of not only a literary agent, but a stylist and publicist. Compared to the movie, it was slower placed and more drastic. Jamie isn't such a jerk so soon in the beginning of her fame either. At least one friend is included in training stuff, and she doesn't immediately abandon the other for the popular table. She drags her with her. And Connor isn't 'old best friend' which i definitely like better.
In this story, Jamie really cares about the plight of the 'normal' teen girl. The author adds some nice internal monologue throughout, and seems more motivated to help others than the movie's 'gotta save the family's pizza store ' drama. I also loved all the old Disney and Nick at nite references.
That whole scene with Jennifer2?? Was it too mature for Disney at the time to add it into the movie??? It screamed internet safety classes, but i thought very well done.
In the Battle of Book verses Movie, i will have to concede to Book in this round. (it shouldn't be surprising that i support movie adaptations, all thanks to Emma 2020 that made me like something of the story of Emma) The movie was a watered down, disnefied (not that i don't appreciate Disney reforming Cheetah Girls and Princess Diaries, adding the movie adaptation KO) cliche rework of this pretty fantastic book.
I hated writing essays with an intro, body, and conclusion because my thoughts are always disjointed. So this review will be naturally me. (Was that an intro?)
I love how gradually the shift in mentality happened with Jamie, her friends, and her parents. The parents especially, just noting from 'no phone, no new laptop' to immediately 'we do need a new dishwasher and okay you can have a phone just temporarily, ok maybe new laptop would help you'. The introduction of not only a literary agent, but a stylist and publicist. Compared to the movie, it was slower placed and more drastic. Jamie isn't such a jerk so soon in the beginning of her fame either. At least one friend is included in training stuff, and she doesn't immediately abandon the other for the popular table. She drags her with her. And Connor isn't 'old best friend' which i definitely like better.
In this story, Jamie really cares about the plight of the 'normal' teen girl. The author adds some nice internal monologue throughout, and seems more motivated to help others than the movie's 'gotta save the family's pizza store ' drama. I also loved all the old Disney and Nick at nite references.
That whole scene with Jennifer2?? Was it too mature for Disney at the time to add it into the movie??? It screamed internet safety classes, but i thought very well done.
In the Battle of Book verses Movie, i will have to concede to Book in this round. (it shouldn't be surprising that i support movie adaptations, all thanks to Emma 2020 that made me like something of the story of Emma) The movie was a watered down, disnefied (not that i don't appreciate Disney reforming Cheetah Girls and Princess Diaries, adding the movie adaptation KO) cliche rework of this pretty fantastic book.
stinalee's review against another edition
1.0
This book was so bad, I only made it through 1/3 before giving up, and I rarely give up on a book. I just could not connect or find any interest in the plot.
booksforlosers's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 Honestly I liked the movie more than this book. There was no developing of the characters and things happened too fast without any feeling. I love the idea but... eh. It was still good but not as good as I expected
silver_anchor4's review against another edition
2.0
There were some things about this book that I didn't love; but, overall I think it was pretty good. I actually liked the characters a lot and I though it was pretty entertaining. This is definetly a good choice if you're looking for a fun, easy-breezy read.
hannahsmanyhobbies's review against another edition
5.0
i really liked this and the movie based on it to!