Review: It was okay
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 11, 2011
I decided to go with GoodReads two-star rating of "it was ok". I guess Parker just rubbed me the wrong way. One character in the book described it well by saying she had an "ugly personality". The reason I kept reading was because it seemed like she genuinely didn't know how she was coming off and really did want to make some changes and become a nicer person. She lost her dad and had put up some pretty big walls, but I thought she came across as just as mean, if not meaner, than the "mean girls" that she so desperately despised. But, at the same time there was something likable about her, maybe it was the fact that she was trying to change and does make progress. The ending wrapped up too quickly (and she ended up with someone I didn't expect), and one of the girls she hated throughout the book becomes a good friend. I wouldn't mind that storyline, but it seemed to come out of nowhere.I don't know why YA authors write leading characters that don't match up with the story. In this book for example, Parker starts off a loner with only one friend. Claims she isn't pretty and dresses like a tomboy. By the end of the book she's the prettiest girl on campus (and every guy has always thought so), wins homecoming queen and scores a super hot boyfriend. I guess it's to show that maybe we see ourselves differently than the people around us. I just don't see why we can't have a normal lead for once. Someone who has normal amount of friends, is nice, has a good personality, isn't afraid to admit their cute and ends up with someone who fits well with them. Can anyone recommend a book like that?Anyway, if you like story's with a high school setting than you might enjoy this.Content: Lots of swearing (I would have given it another star if it wasn't for the language), but otherwise clean.