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Summary: a little frustrating! but all right I guess
Review: You can read the sum-up of the plot up above if you need to; I'm here to give you my personal perspective on it.Aunt Marti is annoying and overbearing, practically encouraging Christy to have low self-esteem! She's much too superficial---I don't know why a guy like Uncle Bob would marry her. Todd is such a GUY! Why does Christy have a crush on him, when he acts distant one second and warm the next? We've all been there, of course, but it's nauseating to read about it. Besides, she's 14 and he's 16---a big difference at that age, in my opinion. And later, when a Christian singer asks Christy "If you were to die today, would you be certain you were going to heaven?", I about threw the book against the wall. That is such a poor witnessing tactic, hello?! In my eyes, that just pushes people farther away from considering becoming a Christian. Well anyway, those are my rants about the book. But it still got me hooked on the series, probably because it's so simple and easy-to-read. See for yourself.
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Summary: Christy Miller series are the best
Review: You read it and the other 11 Christy Miller books before you read the Christy Miller college books. I had a hard time reading this book because of the fact that I had read The Christy and Todd: The College Years series first. I was used to the twenty-something Christy who had been dating Todd for awhile when I started this ( won't give away the ending of the College years trilogy) and then I got to read about Christy as a teen. It was a little hard to get rid of the annoying, child-like habits of Christy Miller aged 14. But this book does have some good points. Christy learns that decisions you make can affect your life. She learns this through Todd and one of Todd's friends. Her Aunt Marti is an overbearing character, though. For the bulk of the book Christy is trying to find herself and wants to be cool. But through Todd and his friends, she discovers that there is more to life than being cool, and she makes a summer promise she'll never forget. A good read overall. Just take my advice and don't read the college books first.
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Summary: you'll enjoy this if...
Review: You read it and the other 11 Christy Miller books before you read the Christy Miller college books. I had a hard time reading this book because of the fact that I had read The Christy and Todd: The College Years series first. I was used to the twenty-something Christy who had been dating Todd for awhile when I started this ( won't give away the ending of the College years trilogy) and then I got to read about Christy as a teen. It was a little hard to get rid of the annoying, child-like habits of Christy Miller aged 14. But this book does have some good points. Christy learns that decisions you make can affect your life. She learns this through Todd and one of Todd's friends. Her Aunt Marti is an overbearing character, though. For the bulk of the book Christy is trying to find herself and wants to be cool. But through Todd and his friends, she discovers that there is more to life than being cool, and she makes a summer promise she'll never forget. A good read overall. Just take my advice and don't read the college books first.
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