Review: Good. Could have been better
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 14, 2011
Ally is a very, very emotional girl. I'm talking, crying every hour and crying, and crying and crying. I mean, seriously? I enjoyed this book, don't misunderstand me. But basically, it was only because of Griff. I loved Griff. Sometimes, I got really frustrated at him, but that was nothing compared to Ally's boyfriend. Man, I couldn't stand him. He's the p***y-whipped boy I can't stand. And yes, I totally agree with Ally: flirting, playing with another girls hair and kissing the girl with enthusiasm is DEFINITELY cheating.And second: Ally did. not. deserve. Griff. Griff deserve someone amazing and fantastic. Not some crazy, horrible, emotion wreck that didn't know how to live her own life.Holy crap this book frustrated me.I give it more than one Star because of the plot of this story, it had a good plot, but I felt like Melanie MArks tried too hard to write a teen's point of view. No one cries that much. Sure, some might, but no one likes to read about a heroine or a normal girl that run's to the bathroom and cries every hour, and on top of that, Ally is so pathetic it's sick. I wanted to scream at her to Grow Up so many times I lost count.But then again, Melanie Marks does have a way with writing. Maybe not the characters or all the "emotional" things, but her spelling and the way of putting the words together. I did cry myself at one point of the book, but I would have loved to get to know the characters a bit more. I mean, I can't even remember if Ally had parents.... And what about Griff? why does he likes to be the bad-boy? Does he even have parents? Does ANY of Ally's friends have parents? It sure didn't seem like that.What I actually think, is that most of the reviewers here that gave five stars is under the age of sixteen. I'm seventeen (more grown up than most my age, though), and I couldn't stand this book because I didn't get it at all.Melanie could become a very good writer, but I won't read any more of her books, most of all because the one I have read just weren't that good.. They seemed too forced and too much teenage drama..Two 1/2 Stars.