No More Mr. Nice Guy (Sweet Valley Jr. High No. 26)

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Summary: Enough Is Enough
Review: Brian is tired of being ignored, and taken for granted. He's ready to break away from his "pushover" image, and little by little, he's becoming more confident, strong, and...hard to be around.

The book doesn't take enough time to make you feel like Brian's actually been taken for granted, I think. It pretty much gets straight to the part where Brian is sick of being pushed around. I also think Brian overreacted just a tad, but the book was still good! The lyrics to the songs Big Noise (Made up of Brian, Blue, Damon, and Salvador.) played were kind of cheesy, but Francine Pascal is an author, not a songwriter. This book was what got me back into Sweet Valley Junior High, and made me realize what I'd been missing.

If you like The Babysitters' Club, Luna Bay, or the Mary-Kate and Ashley series, then I'm sure you'll enjoy Sweet Valley Junior High.

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Summary: Great teenage drama
Review: Have you ever had someone call you nice and then you try to prove the opposite? Well in the novel No More Mr. Nice Guy Brian's girlfriend tells him that she does not understand why she deserves such a nice guy like him. Brian is in high school and as most of the high school kids understand that high school is rough. When Brian heard this remark from his girlfriend he blew up. He wrote a song called "Too Nice". He changed his whole style; he got his hair cut and wore his brother's clothes. His girlfriend Kristin could not understand what got into him so she started to hang out with her best friend's cousin. When she goes to her friend's barbeque her friend Lacey tells her to go get Brian back. When Kristin goes to get Brian she hears the song "Too Nice." She gets very upset, because she realizes Brian is singing about her.

I loved this novel because I had something in common with one of the characters. I had a great reaction to the book. I liked the book because it was about teenage drama. It was also fast-paced. Another reason I loved the book was because there were a lot of romances developing in the novel while Brian and Kristin were going through hard times. If you are older and out of school you might not like the book because it is about teenage drama. I did not like how the book was set up ; it was formatted in diary entries and I really don't like reading journals or diaries. Overall it was a great book.

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Summary: It was Great ... find out why!!
Review: I think this book was pretty good. It wasn't the best SVJH book I have read but it is still good. Brian and Kristen are always the nicest ones in the books so i'm like "gosh how can they be so nice all the time!" And finally you see a book where they are not so nice. Its kinda like a mid-teen crisis for Brian. Find out what happens when ya read it! Also you never really hear from brian so it is cool hearing from his perspective. I'm goin into 7th grade so i luv readin the SVJH books

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Summary: a good SVJH book
Review: In "No More Mr. Nice Guy" Brian gets tired of being stepped on all the time by his friends and family. They always expect him to give in and take it because he's always so nice. He decides it's time for a change, especially after his girlfriend Kristin puts her best friend Lacey over him. So he and his band write a song called "Too Nice", about a guy getting really sick of being a human doormat and how it's time for change. Kristin hears it without Brian knowing, and she's furious because she thinks it's their break-up song, but things get much better in the end. While all this is going on Salvador is acting really strange around Elizabeth, always grilling her about hanging out with Blue, and Sal is wondering if maybe he doesn't like her all over again. The author (Jamie Suzanne, NOT Francine Pascal) did a great job of writing about very real situations, and with very believable characters.

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Summary: It was Great ... find out why!!
Review: In "No More Mr. Nice Guy" Brian gets tired of being stepped on all the time by his friends and family. They always expect him to give in and take it because he's always so nice. He decides it's time for a change, especially after his girlfriend Kristin puts her best friend Lacey over him. So he and his band write a song called "Too Nice", about a guy getting really sick of being a human doormat and how it's time for change. Kristin hears it without Brian knowing, and she's furious because she thinks it's their break-up song, but things get much better in the end. While all this is going on Salvador is acting really strange around Elizabeth, always grilling her about hanging out with Blue, and Sal is wondering if maybe he doesn't like her all over again. The author (Jamie Suzanne, NOT Francine Pascal) did a great job of writing about very real situations, and with very believable characters.

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Summary: what's the matter with kristin?
Review: In this book, Brian decides that he doesn't like being "too nice," as Kristin said. He starts wearing his brothers clothes, gets his hair cut, and when he explains to his band mates: Blue, Salvador, and Damon about his problem, they write a song about it. Kristin hangs out with Lacey's cousin Trent while Brian goes through his "No More Mr. Nice Guy" thing. Salvador and Blue also like Elizabeth in this book, and Elizabeth tells Salvador she loves him (as a friend), but she likes Blue a lot as more than that. The reason I really liked this book is because I like Blue and Elizabeth, but the Brian and Kristin thing was okay.

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Summary: Sets Up for the Next Book
Review: This book was okay, a little boring though. Brian is sick of people thinking he's so nice and walking all over him. Kristen disses him for Lacey one too many times. They get mad at each other and stuff. Meanwhile Salvador realizes he might not be over Elizabeth and realizes that Blue also like Elizabeth a lot. But Elizabeth says that she loves him (she means as a friend) he misunderstand and think Liz still likes him.