Tell Me If the Lovers Are Losers

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Summary: Great read
Review: Although the beginning was slow, this book was captivating once I got into it. It has so many metaphors for life lessons that it keeps you busy thinking. It did have many typos which I feel could have been prevented. However I do not agree with the other reader who said it's all describing volleyball games, so if you don't like the game, it's not a good book. I'm not a big volleyball person, but I thought the description of their games was great. Furthermore, if all you see in this book is three girls who play volleyball, you didn't read it correctly.

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Summary: I loved the book!!!! It is a great book for teenage girls!!!
Review: I really liked this book. It is a good book for teenage girls. I think it is good because these girls are so different but yet have some of they same problems. Ann is predictable most of the times but on a few occasions she gets a little wild and brash. She learns that friends come in many sizes shapes and actions but all make great friends. Niki is very vulgar, but makes her points well even though she is so brash and mean, she loves her sports and would not give the up for a thing in the world. She loses something she can never get back in the book. Hildy is the only girl in her family goes to church all the time and is a great leader but there is one thing that she can never get off her mind the fact that she can only go for one year and then has to go back home to the farm and marry a widower with kids. Don't let the first few pages dicorage you from reading the rest of the book because they are boring. Enjoy the book, because thier are many lessons to be learned about yourself and others!!!

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Summary: Excellent book for *older* teens and adults
Review: I suspect younger ones will be bored silly, or at least that much of the book will go over their heads. This is one of two books that I can remember (the other was Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451) that my parents requested me to wait until I was older to try to read. I'm glad I listened.

I saw the three roommates as the manifestation of Mind (Ann), Body (Niki) and Spirit (Hildy). Although they are so different that it seems that they won't get along, their differences are complementary rather than necessarily antagonistic.

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Summary: My thoughts on my book
Review: I wrote this book in hopes of arousing some "recognition" for teenage girls about the real life and the everyday struggles of tolerance and indifference. Many think that volleyball was the whole story line, but indeed it wasn't. I used volleyball throughout as a simularity that the three girls have in common, not to make people bored. I sincerely hope that teenagers everywhere can learn from my book and the deeper meaning it has for some.

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Summary: It's OK...
Review: I'm in between the other reviewers. This book was semi-interesting because of the way the three girls-Ann, Niki, and Hildy-became linked, yet were each very different. There WERE a lot of typos, but that usually doesn't have much of an affect on how good the plot is. Much of the time was spent telling about volleyball games, which was fun at first but got very boring towards the middle of the book. Hildy's death was a sad surprise that made Ann and Niki even better friends. All the characters were very well-defined. Niki's bad language was kind of amusing, but this is definetly for older girls. I could never call this book one of those "can't-put-it-down" novels, but then again, some people will find it worth reading, I'm sure.

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Summary: I was majorly disappointed
Review: I'm sorry to contradict the other reviewer, but I think this book was poorly edited and had a strange storyline. I must've found about 30 typos. Unless you are interested in volleyball, you will be quite bored throughout half the book. From the summary on back, it looks as if it has a little volleyball in it, but the game takes up much of the book. Things come out of nowhere, and for stupid reasons. I read this book vacationing at the beach, and I left it there. I recommend it only for deep thinkers who also enjoy hearing every detail of volleyball games.

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Summary: It wasnt that great....
Review: Tell me if lovers are losers is about three girls that become roommates their freshman year of college at Stanton. The three girls are all very different but are able to bond better than i thought. Niki is brass and vulgar. Ann is secure and sensible. Hildy is self assured and has deep faith. The three girls meet and try to start their normal life as a college student. Volleyball starts up and the three girls decide to try out. Hildy is very smart and expercined in the game. Niki is a very fierce competitor and has an attitude that she has to win.

The ending is the most surpising to me. I would have never thought that they would have ended it like that. I like to volleyball part of the game. I liked the idea of the book, three girls from different cultures come together to become great frends. I didnt like how it was written. The story dragged and has a boring intoduction that made me not want to read the book.

Overall the book was hard to follow and hard to get interested in. I disagree with people that say the book is all about volleyball, it shows that they really didnt read the book.