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A review by jacquelinec
Tangled by Carolyn Mackler
4.0
I tend to be wary of stories that have alternating viewpoints between more than two characters - it's so easy for things to get confusing and disjointed. However, I should have known that [a:Carolyn Mackler|27621|Carolyn Mackler|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1246243509p2/27621.jpg] would handle it well. She has a gift for telling young adult stories that feel so natural and real. That's what i remember loving about [b:Love and Other Four-Letter Words|538385|Love and Other Four-Letter Words|Carolyn Mackler|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175629593s/538385.jpg|525794] when I was in high school, and that's what i love this time around about Tangled.
Jena is the lovable girl-next-door type with a generally cheerful disposition and a hold on the last dregs of childhood innocence. Her desire to be liked, as both a friend and a romantic interest, is relatable and makes her one of the characters that you want most to end up happy.
Dakota, on the other hand, was harder to love. His initial ego, attitude and behavior made him close to irredeemable. It's when we see him recognize this for himself, on top of struggling with familial and social issues, that he shows how much more substance there is to him.
Sky is sort of an ice queen, but when her turn to narrate comes it's immediately understandable why. Her problems are the more difficult for her to deal with, thanks to her acting career and a stage mother in denial. Her story is, perhaps, the most poignant of the bunch.
Owen, like Jena, is one of those kids that you want to root for. He just wants to measure up and his difficulty with that causes him to hide behind his computer. When his mom throws him to the wolves at this program for teens addicted to a Facebook-like site, we get the funniest moments in the story and a way for him to bond more with his increasingly less distant brother, Dakota.
Tangled is a very worthwhile read...
To continue reading this review, head to my blog The Eclectic Book Lover.
Jena is the lovable girl-next-door type with a generally cheerful disposition and a hold on the last dregs of childhood innocence. Her desire to be liked, as both a friend and a romantic interest, is relatable and makes her one of the characters that you want most to end up happy.
Dakota, on the other hand, was harder to love. His initial ego, attitude and behavior made him close to irredeemable. It's when we see him recognize this for himself, on top of struggling with familial and social issues, that he shows how much more substance there is to him.
Sky is sort of an ice queen, but when her turn to narrate comes it's immediately understandable why. Her problems are the more difficult for her to deal with, thanks to her acting career and a stage mother in denial. Her story is, perhaps, the most poignant of the bunch.
Owen, like Jena, is one of those kids that you want to root for. He just wants to measure up and his difficulty with that causes him to hide behind his computer. When his mom throws him to the wolves at this program for teens addicted to a Facebook-like site, we get the funniest moments in the story and a way for him to bond more with his increasingly less distant brother, Dakota.
Tangled is a very worthwhile read...
To continue reading this review, head to my blog The Eclectic Book Lover.