Amandine

Rating:
Summary: The Big Bad Amandine
Review: After reading the other reviews, I have to wonder if I
read the same book. People are calling this simplistic
and contrived, unoriginal and boring. Someone else
(whose emotional state I'm worried about) says lonely,
awkward Delia is "the nut case" and claims Amandine,
who is pure sociopath all the way, "doesn't do anything
wrong." Sorry, but I think intentional lies used as
"punishment", damaging libel and playing two people off
each other is "doing plenty wrong."

Maybe this story struck home with me because I had an
Amandine in my high school past. She was also a master of
playing her few friends off of each other, dramatizing horrors
that never existed for the benefit of teachers and parents,
and telling outrageous lies about herself in order to be the
center of attention. And, like Amandine, she had lots of
talent that went wasted because it was more fun to destroy
other people's lives.

No, the story is not loud and melodramatic. It is quiet and
subtle as Delia tries to sort out what her friend expects of her
tries to please parents who expect too little of her (and who
are clearly disappointed in her) and who has only one really
sympathetic adult to whom she can turn.

If you haven't read it, please don't go by the other customer reviews. If you are trapped in a friendship like the one Delia has with Amandine, it might help to know that you aren't alone.
And if you DON'T know an Amandine, consider yourself lucky and read this as a true horror story of what can happen in such a
friendship.

Rating:
Summary: Realistically Scary Portrayal of Controlling Friendship
Review: After reading the other reviews, I have to wonder if I
read the same book. People are calling this simplistic
and contrived, unoriginal and boring. Someone else
(whose emotional state I'm worried about) says lonely,
awkward Delia is "the nut case" and claims Amandine,
who is pure sociopath all the way, "doesn't do anything
wrong." Sorry, but I think intentional lies used as
"punishment", damaging libel and playing two people off
each other is "doing plenty wrong."

Maybe this story struck home with me because I had an
Amandine in my high school past. She was also a master of
playing her few friends off of each other, dramatizing horrors
that never existed for the benefit of teachers and parents,
and telling outrageous lies about herself in order to be the
center of attention. And, like Amandine, she had lots of
talent that went wasted because it was more fun to destroy
other people's lives.

No, the story is not loud and melodramatic. It is quiet and
subtle as Delia tries to sort out what her friend expects of her
tries to please parents who expect too little of her (and who
are clearly disappointed in her) and who has only one really
sympathetic adult to whom she can turn.

If you haven't read it, please don't go by the other customer reviews. If you are trapped in a friendship like the one Delia has with Amandine, it might help to know that you aren't alone.
And if you DON'T know an Amandine, consider yourself lucky and read this as a true horror story of what can happen in such a
friendship.

Rating:
Summary: Amandine
Review: Amandine is a very interesting book. You will really anjoy this book if you like reading about how someone's friendship works out. This book is very easy to get into. You can start reading and read for hours. I can relate to the friendship in this book. Amandine and Delia are two totaly diffrent people who get along really well.Most guys will probably consider this a "girly book" because the main charcters are females. Girl readers, on the other hand, can relate to their friendships to Amandine and Delia's

Rating:
Summary: Allie's All Time Awesome Review
Review: Amandine who is a creative yet crazy girl, has opened up a whole new life for her new best friend Delea. With art and acting as their interests no other best friends could compare. Everything was adventerous and smooth until Amandine met Deleas parents. Amandine starts to become very close with Delea's father. When things at school get out of hand with Delea and Amandine, a new best friend steps in and Amandine creates horrible lies; one that may even effect Delea's family. Delea's almost perfect life immediatley gets flip-flopped and she now becomes scared of the truth and friends who she thought would never turn on her. We meet characters with totally different personalities and learn how one lie can ruin one family.
Amandine was an awesome story of friendship and lies. The story was grabbing and it really came to life. I cold relate the realisitc friendship of Amandine and Delea. Their relationshp became a part of me and taught me to solve conflicts to be honest with my friends.
Amandine is a great book to read if you have had lies told to you about your friends or about love lifes. It also teaches us a bit about highschool and the 'social ladder.'

Rating:
Summary: Interesting - kinda freaky..
Review: I picked up this book at a half - price bookstore because it looked interesting. It's about two girls - Delia & Amandine - who form a friendship which soon turns down the wrong path. It was an OK book, not something I would read again, though. At the beginning it was interesting, but as I got deeper into the book, I got bored with Amandine's character and put it down. I ended up skipping to the end - just to see what happens and get it over with. It kind of disturbed me too, the way the author potrayed this girl - really evil. Amandine is supposed to be that way, but it just bothered me. I guess I would recommend this book - as long as you don't expect it to be superly outstanding. A good one-day, rainy-day read.

Rating:
Summary: Amandine by skittles
Review: I seem to be the only person who hated this book. I got it because i thought it was more about theater then Amandine just being a good actress and being good at impressions.I thought it was stupid and both of the main characters needed to be sent to a nuthouse. I think everything in this book was overdone. Its basically about a girl who moves from place to place and can't make many friends untill she meets Amandine. When you have a friendship based on nothing except that you want to have a friend...then this is what happens. The friendship in this book (which is what the whole book is based on) is unrealistic because these girls are basically considering themselves best friends when they know each other about as well as i would know someone who wasn't even my friend. I honestly could have stopped reading this book in the middle and not ever thought about it again, but i always give all the books i read a fair chance incase they turn into something worth reading. It wasn't. If your reading other reviews and are expecting some kind of thiller...try an actual horror book, cause this was about as scary as saturday morning cartoons to me.

Rating:
Summary: Allie's All Time Awesome Review
Review: I think that Amandine by adele Griffin is an exellent book. It tells how tough it is to move from one school to the next and having to worry about making new friends and fitting in.Sometimes in the process we don't always make the right choices. thats what happens to Delia in Amandine. when Delia,an only child, moves from the city to James DeWolf High School her parents constantly badger her on making new friend.And as soon as Delia meets Amandine her parents encourage her to invite her over.When Amandine does finaly come over things take a turn for the worst. Delia is sucked into amandines world of lies.and when Delia tries to get out Amandine makes a move that could hurt Delias entire family and expose the real truth about Delia.

Rating:
Summary: SCARY! (honestly, this book gave me the heeby-jeebies!)
Review: I'll be brief and tell you that this book was really intriguing and well-crafted--however the ideas in it were a little creepy. Our main character, Delia, has just moved to a small town. She doesn't fit in well at school, and feels as if she is a disapointment to her charming and popular parents. One afternoon, she meets Amandine, a strange, artistic girl waiting for her father afterschool. Amandine offers Delia a chance to see her drawings of the "Ugliest Things you ever saw"...for money. Delia refuses and they are friends ever on out. (Not your average friendship, eh?)

However, Delia is dragged into the dramatic world of Amandine; a girl who does not have a self, rather, many characters of whom she plays. Amandine is an actress, an artist, and--sadistic? When Delia realizes the true Amandine is not at all the nice character that she plays when she is with Delia, she flees her friendship thinking that everything will be all right. However, the last thing anyone needs is to be on the wrong side of Amandine...a lesson Delia learns very quickly.

Scary. I wouldn't read it again. This book shines with bitter revenge, false friendship, and the unbalanced human mind. yet, the writing was very good and if you are into the dark, vampiry side of human nature, this is the book for you.
Happy (or unhappy, I suppose w/ this book) reading! -lia

Rating:
Summary: Okay Book, With A Twist
Review: If you love reading books that keep you wondering what's coming, even when you've read the reviews, you'll love this book. It keeps you wondering the entire time..."What's so bad about Amandine?" (if you've ever heard the frog in the boiling pot expression this is definatly a time when it shows you how that is very true)The whole time things that are wrong with Amandine are being exposed to you and you seem to never notice it, untill you think back on what you just read. I recommend this book, but its a one day read...you can't put it down!

Rating:
Summary: WOW
Review: This book is an amazing story about the dark side of human nature that we typically keep hidden from that world. All of us have a little Amandine and a little delia in us somewhere its alittle like the two oppisite sides of the spectrum. You have Amandine, the little devil on your sholder and then you have Delia who is more like the angel only she is being pulled every which way and must learn to be stronger. This is a great analogy to the way things are in real life, the bad always seems to prevail until the good can find its voice. I really suggest this book to anyone.