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Summary: The Truth about The Truth About Forever
Review: Oh my God, this book was amazing. After I finished it I couldn't stop smiling. It felt so good. By far Sarah Dessen's best book...so far.
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Summary: Definately Something Good to Read
Review: Sarah Dessen does it again! Her book, The Truth About Forever is the story of Macy, whose father died 1 and 1/2 years ago. Since then, she's set her sights on "trying to be perfect". Taking place during the summer of her 16th year, her "perfect", boring boyfriend, Jason is away. After Jason emails her saying he thounks it would be better if they take a breather, Macy goes out on a limb and takes a job catering. There she meets some fun-loving, good, kind-hearted teens and learns the real truth about forever. I loved this book because it was so realistic. It showed how chaos and disorder isn't always terrible.
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Summary: Dessen Does It Again
Review: Sarah Dessen follows up This Lullaby with another genius novel about teen romance and angst. The characters brought a certain tone to the book that is unforgetable, and Macy was the perfect compination of sweet and sour. Dessen added a neat thing for fans by adding characters and places in this novel that hinted to her other books.
Bravo!
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Summary: Another Fantastic BoOk by DeSSen*
Review: Sarah Dessen's new book "the truth about forever," is to me a awsome book. What I liked about it was it taught you lessons, about forever, and your life. On the morning when Macy's father dies he comes in and tells her to get up and go running. She mumbles and he goes without her. Her gulty concious does something to her and she goes pulling on her jogging things. It doesn't take long for macy to see her dad dead from a heart attack and a stranger giving him CPR. She can't cry and she is suddenly thrown into the "girl's dad died role." She wants everything to be perfect which drawls her to Jason. Jason, the smartest boy in her school has everything that Macy likes perfection. She won't allow herself to grieve, over her fathers death. When Macy helps Jason pack for brain camp for the summer she has to take his library desk job. Which doesn't work out so well. But when her mother throws a party for her newly bult condos. Macy is drawn to Wish catering and a seperate life she is finally happy. But things threaten to change that. Her mom's feelings about her and her fathers death. The fixing of the fathers precious beach house. And Jason and Becky coming home. She begins a relationship with Wes, and every girl who meets him thinks he is handsome, and as isabelle and morgan wish catering workers and macys friends...say that she is sa-wooning over him It shows there relationship develop and how Macy changes
I loved this book I thought that it was Fantastic I have already read it twice, If you loved sarah dessen's work you should get this if you never read her, you should read all of her books there great..her characters just come alive i love her what a great author...14 year old~*~
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Summary: awesome
Review: Set in present time, The Truth About Forever, talks about a sixteen year old girl named Macy Queen. Since her father died of a heart attack, Macy has been keeping a simple perfect life. This summer, her boyfriend Jason went off to brain camp and they went on a break. She ends up working part-time at Wish Catering where she meets Delia, Wes, Kristy and others who help her understand that she can have some fun and that sometimes you just got to take risks. As the summer progresses, Macy and Wes get to know each other more and more.
When reading this book I really gor hooked onto it and wanted to read on and on to see what shall happen next. I enjoy these kinds of books about teenage girls and their lives and how they deal with problems. This book was no exception because I liked the way each character's lives were pieced together in the story.
I learned the same lesson that Macy learned, that being perfect is not the best thing to be. It is just better to be yourself. I also learned that anything can look beautiful because of the way Wes turned junk into beautiful creative things that people like Caroline, Macy's sister, wanted to buy.
Just like every other book by Sarah Dessen such as This Lullaby, Someone like You and Dreamland, I would definitely recommend this book to any pre-teen/teen girl because she writes stories that we can relate to and learn things from.
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Summary: What is the truth about forever?
Review: The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen is an excellent book and should be read by girls everywhere. It is happy, sad, encouraging, and life changing all in one book. It is not a hard read, but will keep readers engaged for hours on end thrown into the life and world of Macy Queen, the perfectionist, runner, and main character of this story.
Macy is overcome in grief from her dad's death, but keeps it all inside. Her mother and over accomplishing boyfriend expect too much from her and want her to be perfect, if there even is such a thing. Her whole life is based around doing what others want and expect out of her, working at a job that she hates, and studying a SAT wordbook every night for next year. That is not a great life style. She doesn't do anything that she wants to do and has no fun in her life. But that all changes when she joins Wish, a catering company. She makes great friends, gets to work at a fun job, falls in love, and learns lessons on life in the process.
The Truth About Forever is a great book and readers, girls especially can get a lot out of it. The lessons that readers can get out of it can really be useful in life. It teaches that no one is perfect and to be yourself, and that a hole in the ground can teach you a lot. "There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is." This is a great book if you want to cry, laugh and be moved. There's so much that can be taken out of Sarah Dessen's work and be thought deeply upon. So what is the truth about forever? You'll just have to find out for yourself.
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Summary: Praise to Sarah Dessen...
Review: The Truth About Forever is very put together novel. It doesn't leave you with those uncertainty questions like: Well, why did that happen and how? Macy's father died a year and a half ago but she still hasn't really grieved yet. She also has a "perfect" boyfriend, Jason, who she thinks will make everything better. Wes and her other friends at Wish Catering show her what it's like to live. Macy learns to live and love life. Her and Wes's relationship grow stronger due to the fact that they share a common ground. But that's not all to it. I highly recommend this book of love, life, and death, to everyone who is willing to read it. Enjoy! P.S. It has nothing to even DO with Dawson's Creek. The two stories are completely different. Not to mention that this book was way more interesting than Dawson's Creek ever was.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: This book is absolutely amazing. I've read all of Sarah Dessen's books and she continues to amaze me, not only because the stories are intersting but because she writes the stories so poetically. Also there are little connections in this book to her books Keeping the Moon, and This Lullaby, for anyone who wants to read a truly awesome book, I would recommend this in a second.
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Summary: a really good book!
Review: This book is great! I read it in one day. Everyone knows Macy as the girl who saw her father die, her mother never talks to her and her boyfriend Jason is going away for the summer to Brain Camp. Macy, then meets the Wish Catering crew. Pregnant Delia, nerdy Bert, friendly Kristy, quiet Monica and gorgeous Wes. Wes has his own share of problems, he got busted for breaking into a house and he is an artist. Macy feels that everything has to be perfect, her boyfriend is perfect and she accepts that she will never be. Wes, though likes flaws. One night they began a game Truth. They keep asking questions back and forth and whoever passes will win the game. Macy begins to accept that her father dying was not her and begans to move on with her life, with the help of Wes.
I really enjoyed this book, I thought it brought out a lot of topics about being perfect and if anything would last forever. Macy was a great main character who was easy to identify with. Read it!
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Summary: Sharply drawn characters
Review: This books is a perfect nighttime companion. Watching Macy deal with her father's death and the difficulty in trying maintain a facade of perfectionism, kept me reading long past the time I should have been asleep. I particularly loved the supporting characters, Delia, Caroline, Kristy, Monica and Bert. Bert who was so uncomfortably spot-on and recognizable as so many of my friends with their intensity and bravado. Each of these characters felt whole and real, with a fully fleshed out life, with lovable quirks and foibles. Yet they were more than just quirky. My only criticism was the too-perfect-ness of Wes. He felt more like a wish fulfillment than a real person, though he is fantastic at the role of being an object of affection. These characters will stay with you, and you'll find yourself paging back to reread key scenes, especially the extended game of Truth, because you don't want to let these characters go
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