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Alice, I Think

Alice, I Think

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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Well...
Review: I'm at a bit of a loss as to how to describe this book. "Alice, I Think" is probably one of the oddest books I have ever read. It is the diary of a home-schooled girl named Alice who wants to accomplish a series of goals, one of them being going to a real high school.

As I read the book, I kept wondering if Alice had a mild mental disability. She just wanders around her town, not able to accomplish much without someone else's help. She is so naieve about everything.

The other characters were also annoying. What was up with Frank's sudden appearence, and equally sudden disappearance? It seemed as if the author had gotten bored with the story and decided to throw something in that may or may not be exciting. The only character I liked was MacGregor. He seemed capable and mature, something his older sister wasn't.

Alice's faux "better-than-you" spiel got boring quickly. She tries to be 'above' everyone else, especially when it comes to the music she listens to.

This book could be funny, in parts. I thought the funniest and all-around best part of the book was the first two pages, when she discusses her first day of school.

All around, this book was less than mediocre. I was annoyed with the characters, and most of the time just wanted the book to be over with already.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Very Disappointing.
Review: Read my title. That's the only way to describe this book. When I began reading it, I found it truly insulting to homeschoolers. Insulting to their intelligence both academcally and socially. Though it was very unrealistic, one is never happy to read slander about themself.
However, I soon realized that all the characters in this book are, indeed, suffering from some kind of mental illness. It's not just the homeschoolers who are socially retarded, it appears that Juby thinks EVERYONE is retarded. Reading this book is a painful experiance not only because of the slander, but simply because of the poor writing.
The only thing this book has caused me to do, is waste time and wonder if perhaps Mrs. Juby is suffering from some kind of mental illness herself. I would put this book on the level of a 12 year old's fanfiction.
Do yourself a favor and skip this book.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: If you want to read a good book, try something else.
Review: There's nothing like a good book and this is nothing like one. The best parts of the book are the author's bio and a few sparsely scattered funny one-liners such as "our haircuts cost almost as much as our car."

I only made it to page thirty. This slow moving book still is going nowhere and is filled with weird, sick people--not quirky people, sick ones.

It isn't clear until about twenty pages into the book exactly how old Alice is. Maybe I missed it the first time she said her age, but there aren't many context clues to really nail down how old she is. I forgot that Alice had a brother. I know she mentioned him early in the book, but forgot all about him by the time he came up again. This book moves at a snail's pace and is just plain weird. I have no idea where the author is planning to go with this story and I don't care to stick around and find out. I'm returning this $8.00 paperback book to the store from which I bought it and getting something readable instead.

I can't believe the reviewer who says you should read the book two or three times in order to enjoy it! There are so many books that are good on the first read, why waste your time with this one?

I hope the author realizes that there are more than two careers out there. Barring fashion design and writing, maybe she can find something else to do.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: "Alice, I Think" - my review
Review: When I checked out "Alice, I Think" at our downtown library, I thought I would enjoy it. Having read the inside cover and seeing that it was about a young, home-schooled girl coming back into society, I figured it would be interesting. For one, I dislike home-schooling a lot and I think it is very stupid, so I thought reading about it would be, well, interesting. I also read that it was told from a very sarcastic point of view, so I thought I would enjoy that. Turns out, I neither enjoyed it nor found it interesting.

After reading this book, I definitely don't recommend it. I may have gotten a few chuckles out of it, but it wasn't quite worth it. One thing that made it so hard for me to read was how ignorant the main character, Alice, was. She thought she knew everything about public schools, music, movies, people, and all kinds of things, and she even wanted to be a cultural critic. Truth be told, she hardly knew anything about any of those things, because she never really experienced much of it. She obviously didn't get out much. One cannot base their thoughts on what you see and read, you have to get out there and experience life for yourself.

With that said, I give this book a mere two stars, and I don't plan on reading anything else by this author.



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