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Summary: Perfect "Lullaby"
Review: Last night, in spite of a migraine headache, I stayed up to finish THIS LULLABY by Sarah Dessen. That is a testament to how engrossing her novels are. The main character, Remy, does not believe in love after watching her mother go through marriage after marriage. Remy never knew her father, a rock star who wrote a song for her called "This Lullaby" which was a smash hit but included the line, "I will let you down." Remy is hesitant to get too close to people. Having seen so many men come in and out of her mother's life, she thinks that most people will hurt you and that most relationships are only temporary, so why get attached? She prefers to push them away instead - until Dexter stumbles into her life, pursues her and refuses to let her run away. Though Remy is not a romantic girl, she's had her share of boyfriends. Though she may be cyncial, she is not cold nor a "loner," enjoying the company of her three very different friends, Jess, Chloe and Lissa; her mother, a writer; and her older brother, who is slowly changing due to the influence of his prim and proper girlfriend. Remy has a life, a job, a love for Zip Diet Coke. After working her tail off in high school and proving everyone wrong about her, she has a future at Stanford. This book accurately shows how the summer between high school and college can change a person - and how, though others can influence you, you have to want to change in order for it to be true and beneficial. I highly recommend all of Dessen's novels, with SOMEONE LIKE YOU and THIS LULLABY being the best of the bunch. Realistic and unpredictable, heartbreaking and heartwarming, THIS LULLABY is a must-read.
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Summary: This Lullaby- This will not disappoint you!
Review: Remy has never been involved too long with a boyfriend, but who can blame her? Her mother is about to start her fifth marriage! Remy has actually come to believe that she has a heart of stone and that love is not real. When she's least expecting it, she meets Dexter, her complete opposite. He's a musician which has always been a warning sign for Remy considering her father, who is long gone, was one himself. Dexter's clutter and vices soon make up a part of Remy she's been missing.
This book will teach you that first impressions can either be everything or nothing. It is the ideal book for teenage girls who need a good novel to keep them interested for awhile. I found I could relate to a lot of what the characters were going through. Their antics will melt your heart and give you a good laugh. After reading This Lullaby, I was so motivated that I continued on to reading three other books by Sarah Dessen: she definitely won me over!
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Summary: Jaded girl meets Goofy boy
Review: Remy is a jaded girl with a hardened heart while Dexter is a lead singer trying to open her to love. Dexter and his bandmates are all hilarious. As a reader, you can't help but love Dexter and hope that he wins Remy's heart.
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Summary: This Lullaby
Review: Remy is a teenager who has lost faith in love after her mother's five marriages. She has broken up with any guy that she has ever been with, afraid that she might actual feel something real for them. That is her view until she meets Dexter. Who is the lead singer in a local band, Truth Squad. She just cannot seem to shake herself of him. Dessen captures the young adult mind spectacularly. She writes in a way no other author can, and it's almost as if she were that character. All in all this book is another 5 star for Sarah Dessen. I'm looking forward to May for The Truth About Forever. Suggestions: Dreamland is my favorite book, read it. =]
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Summary: Remy: Wry Perspective on Love. Dexter: Not Taking No
Review: Remy. Daughter of the repeatedly marrying and divorcing mother. Sister of the lizard collecting slobbish brother. That was her family and her life consisted of dating boys and breaking up with them before they got serious. Before she had a chance to fall in love. Of course she didn't want that to happen so she just broke it off when the time felt appropiate.
Fast fowarding through some of the story and we meet Dexter. Quirky, sloppy, musician. Three traits Remy wouldn't want in a boyfriend. But that darn lovable Dexter had to go and manage to keep Remy his even though he eats in her car, make useless bets, and keep a dirty dog named Monkey. What is this? Remy should have broken up with this fool a long time ago, but she ends up doing favors for him which raises the eyebrow of her best friends who knows Remy as the one who breaks up a guy before it seemed like it could get serious.
Worse, as Remy continues to date Dexter, her mother seemed to love her new husband, and her brother has changed completely for a nice rich girl. In Remy's mind, everyone is crazy to "fall in love" and yet she can't part from Dexter.
This is a very nice mixture of situational humor, conflicts, and of course, romance tied in together. Every character is unique in a way that it's hard to put it down. Make sure you don't stay up too late on a school night reading this.
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Summary: gives nonbelievers hope
Review: sara dessen really knows her stuff. she understands what it's like to be a teenager and penetrates through their mind with skill. when read more once this book gives way to any lessons that may not have been apparent the first time. "this lullaby" is a good book for people who don't believe in love. most, if not all nonbelievers, will have a change of mind at the end and maybe even hope.
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Summary: a touching story
Review: Sarah Dessen has achieved a tender, touching, unassuming and realistic portrayl of a 17/18 yr old young woman. She has branched out from her usual portrayl of the quiet, shy, sidekick characters and has created Remy, who is a hardcore, no BS kind of gal, and in charge of her life (as well as some of the lives of those around her). Dexter is charming and sweet, and the relationship tugs at your heartstrings as you become more and more invested in this unconventional love story. Everyone should read this book, it is truly beautifully written.
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Summary: A great new book by Sarah Dessen
Review: Sarah Dessen has been my favorite author ever since I first read one of her books, and since then I have read every book that she was written. I picked up This Lullaby right after I saw that it had come out. The story is about a girl, Remy, who is the daughter of dead rock star, who wrote a song for her called "This Lullaby" before he died. Remy has learned not to believe in love, after watching her mom get married and divorced 5 times. She has a constant cylce of boyfriends- a whole plan, and schedule, including when to dump them. All of that changes wehn she meets Dexter, and musician who approaches her one day and claims that they were "meant to be." In the next few weeks, they run into eachother often, and, although Dexter is everything that Remy hates, a romance is born, and Remy realizes that maybe she's fallen in love without knowing it. A great story with a lot of concepts on love, and is definitly a great read.
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Summary: Impeccable, Powerful Novel- Again!
Review: Sarah Dessen is by far the best of young adult authors, but I thought that after such a diverse and moving line of novels, this would surely be less effective. What can I say? I'm wrong about a lot of things. The book, which explores the life of Remy, daughter of a best-selling romance novelist, is perhaps Sarah Dessen at her absolute peak. Remy's father was a songwriter who left her mother shortly after discovering she was pregnant with Remy. Perhaps feeling ashamed, he wrote a song called "This Lullaby" to apologize in his own way. Remy has a ridiculous amount of stepfathers since her father. Her mother, forever the romantic, is planning her fifth marriage to used car salesman Don at the beginning of the book. The character development from there is just sensational. Remy meets Dexter, the up-and-coming local musician who ends up playing at her mother's wedding. Dexter believes in fate and true love, Remy doesn't believe in either. It leaves you asking.. who will be the one to transform and give up? All the characters are created with such depth, you feel as though you know every one of them personally. From the girls' nights out to get Diet Cokes and go to The Spot to the slow but steady realization that Remy's life is about to change forever as she heads off to college. Every detail is so meticulously and beautifully, you can't help being entirely engrossed. It's an enchanting, fresh look on young adulthood, and I would recommend this to anyone looking for a different kind of teen novel.
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Summary: Another winner from Sarah Dessen
Review: Sarah Dessen quickly became one of my favorite authors after I read her books "Dreamland" and "Someone Like You". I was super excited when I found her new book, "This Lullaby", and settled down to read it right away. I was not disappointed. This book is amazing! It made me laugh out loud in some parts (Dessen has remarkable prose, and just her word choice and descriptions make for a humorous time), gave me butterflies in others, and had me feeling pretty sorry for the characters during certain scenes. Remy has got the guy thing figured out -- once the first heady, romantic feelings start to fizzle and "cracks" begin to appear in the guy's personality, Remy's out of there. Remy has plenty of experience -- her father left before she was born, leaving her with his sappy one-hit-wonder, "This Lullaby". Not a great gift, considering the lyrics "I will let you down." Plus, Remy's mother, a romance author, is now on her fifth marriage -- "This time it will work, Remy." But Remy doesn't share her mother's hopeful outlook on love. Then she bumps into Dexter, quite literally. She avoids him as much as she can, but he manages to pop up everywhere, and just where she needs him the most. He's the exact opposite of her usual guy -- messy, clumsy, and, of all things, a musician like her father. She runs away from him until he crashes through her bedroom window, and she finally decides to take a risk with this guy. They're a couple from then on. But Remy's done this before -- have a fun time with a guy through the summer, move on in September. Remy wants to head to Stanford in the fall leaving nothing messy behind her -- but Dexter might make this hard. The Dexter/Remy romance is just perfect. Dexter is far from being the perfect guy, but that enhances it. The ending is not picture-perfect, but we are left with plenty of hope for our couple's future. Dessen has scored another winner with this book. I recommend it wholeheartedly. :)
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