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Summary: alright...i suppose
Review: i was really looking forward to reading this book it sounded really interesting i even went out and bought it in hardcover. this book was ...well i guess real disappointing i guess i just expected too much out of the book. if you are looking for another great story and you are looking at this book than turn around because it is nothing special. but if you want a great book than i advise you to read something like the sisterhood of the traveling pants, speak, forever, my darling my hamburger, or someone like you. if you are looking for a short easy read this is good.
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Summary: great for pre-teens
Review: This book is good if you're a pre-teen, or older and not really into heavy reading. It's easy to read and follow. I'd say the story itself is happier than the books I usually read, so it was a bit disappointing. Not that I'm a freak or anything, I just think books are better when the main character has major problems. Maybe that's just me, though.
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Summary: As Cliched as Vanilla Ice Cream
Review: Sixteen-year old Sammie Davis is smack-dab in the middle of a full-blown crisis. Not only have her parents (whom she felt would "always" stay together) divorced; her once-best-friend father is now journeying out west to complete a university sabbatical (far from their home state of New York) and Sammie is to live with her mother in New York City, as her mother attempts to finish an art degree. Sammie boils with resentment. What's she to do with a mother who's hooked on self-esteem books and in the depths of depression over her divorce? What about her almost friendless, boring existence in NYC? What to do about former "best-friend-forever", Kitty Lundquist, the popularity queen whose selfishness Sammie is finding more and more annoying, especially since Sammie has now made friends with quirky, loyal, and fun Phoebe? And last, yet far, far from least, what should Sammie do about her growing attraction to her mother best friend's son, the guitar-playing, tree-hugging Eli? OK, good news first. The best thing about this book is that Carolyn Mackler truly does seem to identify with teenagers and create a fairly true-to-life character. With the exception of the discussion about and the actual dealing with boy/boyfriend troubles, I understood what Sammie was going through and found that I identified with many of her experiences. (I don't have a boyfriend; too happy and busy for one, thank you very much :-)). Furthermore, Mackler's humor, infused throughout the character of Sammie, was REALLY funny. For example, how can you not laugh when Sammie refers to her chest as the "Grand Tetons" and likens her popular friend to a "sports car" and herself to a "Ford Taurus?" But despite these solid aspects of "Love and Other Four-Letter Words," the was a major problem at the root of the story-it was incredibly cliched. With other "I'm-just-an-ordinary-teenager-but-I-can-be-the-heroine-of-a-book" stories around (think Louise Rennison's "Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging," Meg Cabot's "The Princess Diaries," and Joan Bauer's "Hope Was Here"), this book really did just seem like more of the same. It is truly one of those books that I will probably not even remember six months from now, simply because it is soooooo similar to soooo much of the other pulp that is said to be young adult "literature." Realistic main character, occasional humor...yet too much "vanilla" for me!
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Summary: Love,and other life lessons
Review: I thought this book was so good! The characters seemed so real,I really do think this book is something every teenage girl should read. After Sammie has to move away (because her parents split up) she is totally devastated because she is living in a new city where she doesn't know anyone. Sammie is also having some problems getting along with her mom. Sammie meets a girl named Phoebe in the dog run, where she takes her dog to play. Phoebe is nothing like Sammie's best friend Kitty,and she helps change Sammie's point of view on a few things. I loved reading this book, and I loved the characters (especially Phoebe). I highly recommend this book to any teenage girl. It really is an excellent book :0)
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Summary: Ok
Review: I did not like this book very much. It threw around culture references that no one i know would ever say. Please, no one says something to this extent I thought our family was 7th Heaven. There were a few good moments like when she hooked up with that Eli person. But Johnny Depp? He is so ugly.
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Summary: Super Book
Review: A teen girl can totally relate to this book. Sam moves and she knows no one, until she goes to the dog part. That's where she meets her new best friend. Well, he old best friend comes and visits and doesn't approve, so there's a whole drama there. Another drama has to do with a boy, Eli, who is friends of Sam's family. Two words: CAMPING TRIP!! Great book, I couldn't put it down.
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Summary: Powerful
Review: This book is incredible. I've felt the same feelings before in my life, as I'm sure many other girls have. And the when everything just comes exploding out, near the end (does that totally give away the ending, no not really...) I could so relate to that, especially with my family problems recently. I laughed and I cried. It moved me.
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Summary: Great teen book, it will make you think
Review: Wow, that word describes this first-time novel from Carolyn Mackler. I finished it last night, and I kept thinking about certain parts. The story is no fairy tale, it goes though Sammie's changes very descripitively and you feel like you understand Sammie. I DEFINITLEY recomend this book for any teenage girl.
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Summary: Kristi and Erin's Book Review
Review: Book Summary Love and Other Four-Letter Words, by Carolyn Mackler, is the story of Sammie Davis and the summer her life completely changed. Sammie was an average teenager, with a best friend, two parents and a dog. Until, one day she came home to find that her parents were separating. Her father was moving to California and leaving Sammie to cope with her unkempt artist of a mother. Sammie is forced to pack up and move to New York City to start over with her mother, leaving behind her house, town and childhood friends. Sammie believes this move will be the death of her, until she finds that change is not always a bad thing. New York brings about a new Sammie Davis. One who learns the definition of a true best friend, how to make the best of a broken home and most importantly how to love. This book is great for 5th grade or above.You can use this book as a basis for a study of relationships with parents, friends, etc. As well as how to cope with changes from divorce to dealing with depression.
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Summary: An excellent and fun read
Review: Smart, funny, and true to life, Love and other four letter words follows teen Sammie Davis through her summer in the big apple. Sammie is in the midst of her parent's seperation, dealing with a friend who treats sammie like her pyschatrist and not a friend, and on top of it moving into a three-room apartment in New York from her small town of Ithaca. Told in first person narrative, Our Narrator never misses a beat. sometimes sarcastic, sometimes at loss for words, she is observant and no denier of the truth, no matter how brutal.
She deals with things we all deal with, feeling absolutely completely normal, always in second next to her best friend, feeling like she'll never have a boyfriend, frustration with her parents, New York, and her best friend.
Sammie is a true-to-life teen with true-to-life problems. Pick it up for a great and quick read today!
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