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Summary: Amazing & Poetic
Review: "I Was A Teenage Fairy" by Francesca Lia Block is so far, the best book I have ever read written by her. The book is almost like poetry itself, and on the very first page you are drawn into a world full of cosmic candy and spun sugar. Absolutely a must-have teen book. You'll totaly love it. It has romance, drama, fantasy, comedy, and of course, class. Very, very good.
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Summary: Too shallow
Review: This book was too shallow for me. Barbie was a very confused girl growing up in a messed up family but was too passive and weak for my kind. She found a fairy named Mab outside. Mab was the best part - a pinky sized fairy with red hair and a wonderful attitude. Mab was strong willed and independent but you see a soft side of her at times. She's gentle and timid underneath a shield of stubborness. But Barbie, with her shallow, controlling mother and pathetic, passive father, was much too naive. Barbie was forced to be a model - beautiful Barbie with her rail-thin figure and blond hair - and was taken advantage of at a young age. One would think an eleven-year-old could see what was going on with the photographer, but you can see how something like that could happen. When Barbie's sixteen she's a gorgous too-thin model with a drunken mother. Barbie does drugs, lets guys leer at her and people take advantage of her, and can easily be considered a slut. Barbie, Mab, Barbie's lameass guy Todd and Todd's gay roomate make up the story that is at a loss of the magic it promises on the back. I wasted money buying this book and should have just checked it out at a library to save bookshelf space from a book I won't read again. This story covers sex, drugs, child molestion and a world of shallow people.
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Summary: A Random Rant On I Was A Teenage Fairy...And It's Readers
Review: first of all, i'd like to state that i am a huge fan of lia block and also a very harsh critic, so i hope other FLB fans don't get offended. i do not wish to discuss the actual summary of the book, that would be tedious and you can click on the whole 'look inside' thing for that, so rather i'll just share my opinion. i found barbie to be one of the must un-sypmathatic, shallow, vile, and boring character in any FLB book. i could not relate to her -at all- and was extremely upset upon finishing this book. FLB claims to write books about real girls for real girls, and i believe she did a much better and more complete job with characters such as weetzie bat, voilet (never was a big fan of claire), and especially lady ivory and albaster duchess (of 'girl goddess #9' fame). there are more obviously, but i felt a connection with them, i cared for them, and especailly for non-'cookie cutter' girls like the aforementioned lady ivory and albaster. while FLB claims every girl is uniquely beautiful, why does she continue to write mostly of conventionally beautiful and seductress girls? albaster, who was described as 'voluptous' and ivory who apparantly does not remember her natural haircolor (a tad ditzy, i suppose) seemed a little more real, because not everyone in l.a. is blond and rail thin... and i don't think all the girls FLB writes about should be either. another thing was that i found barbie's virtual muteness extremely nerve-racking. this was not the kind of girl i thought FLB should choose, one who was totally dependent and frankly pathetic, even in her incarnate, 'selena moon' (i'm sorry, but francesca, what were you on that night?!). i also get irritated by little kitsch punk culture nods, as can be found in IWATF. the only book i found where i felt it was real and appropraite was weetzie bat, not with some dumb sheltered supermodel the reader has no sympathy or patience for. lastly, i am appalled by angry parents proclaiming this book is inappropriate for teenagers. i read this book for the first time when i was 13 and did not find it unnerving at all. most teens and pre-teens are exposed to the 'horrors' described in IWATF (sex and drugs mostly, hopefully not molestation :) and would not find them shocking. i don't think virginal teens would pick this book up anyways. and if they do, and then find it offensive, they can always stop reading it, this is a so-called democratic nation and nothing in that book is john waters material or would scar a child for life. trust me, it would do more damage to plop your children in front of 'the man show' (hehe. althoughi have to admit i find it funny. when the juggies aren't on.)... in conclusion, if you are an avid FLB fan i recommend you read it anyways, just for common knowledge, but if you are a block virgin i suggest you start with the (way better) weetzie bat series, voilet and claire, or girl goddess #9, all of which are much betterly developed and altogether zesty...
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Summary: Poor Reading
Review: I bought this book for my 15 year old grand daughter and decided to read it before I gave it to her. I did not think the book was well written. It also was very sexually explicit and not appropriate for someone of that age.
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Summary: Beautiful
Review: This was a beautiful book. The writing is deep and emotions are real. My only complaints are that I wish it was way longer and the ending seemed a little to sicknigly sweet and perfect. It is the story of a girl, aged 11, and then 16, named Barbie, her "boyfriend" Todd, his male friend Griffen, and Barbie being pushed in to a modleing career by her mother. Not to forget Mab, a pinkie-sized, outspoken fairy who helpd Barbie and Griffen discover who they really are inside. I would recommoned this book for teen girls. This book kept me wanting more, even after it ended. This book tackles issues that are real today; teen deppression, love, figuring out yourself and your sexuality, child molestation, as well as drug and alcohal use, but all is presented as an appropriate and fitting part of the story with a beautiful use of the English language. This is a beautifully written book, I only wich it was longer and a bit deeper in to emotions.
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Summary: Short, Not so sweet, and to the point
Review: This book for me was just okay. I t was kinof flat, and didnt have much adventure or intersting parts in it. The book centers around barbie, griffin, barbies boyfriend,(all rebel teenagers) and Mab, a fairy smart allec. Mab was the only reason i kept on reading. without her, the book really would have been bad!
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Summary: I want to be a teenage fairy..
Review: Francesca Lia Block is a fantastic author, and this book is one of her best. It catches the pain and anguish of the teen model Barbie Marks. She (Block) uses the English Language in a whole new light, bringing together all your senses included taste, smell and sound. When you are read "I was a Teenage Fairy" you wont be able to stop yourself from saying some of the exotic words aloud.
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Summary: a dreamy ride
Review: Francesca Lia Block paints a deep and entoxicating story with memorable characters, whose traits reach out and grab you.She uses elements of fantasy and harsh reality to create a tantalising modern fairytale, which will sweep you away into the superficial world of cosmopolitan beauty and show you it's dark underbelly. Strangely disturbing and oddly dreamlike, with deeper meaning.
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Summary: uNiQuE & sPuNkY!
Review: I thought that this book was a lot of fun to read. I enjoyed all the characters very much, but my favorite was Mab (a pinkie-sized fairy). She was so spunky and truthful, what's not to love about a mini teenage girl that speaks her mind? The story itself was tragic, but with characters such as Mab, Barbie, Griffin, and Todd, it was a very exciting and colorful book to read. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in modern fairytales and likes to be entertained.
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Summary: Atention all FLB fans...!
Review: This book is a must read for all FLB fans. I was a teenage fairy is a story about a girl named Barbie, whose mom is making her participate in modeling. She struggles until one day she hears a noise in the backyard, she goes outside, and soon discovers the answers to all her problems. Mab may only be pinky-sized but her attitude and personality gives Barbie the strength she needs to continue on with life. After a tragic abuse by her photographer. The book then flash-forwards to when Barbie is 16...4 years has passed. Mab is still around and helping Barbie face with some big news at the end of the book. Near the end, Mab finds another fairy, and she must say goodbye to Barbie. This heart-warming story will have you relaxed and calm by the end of the book...and you will go out and get more by this author! Happy Reading! Christine Ebrahim
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