Sloppy Firsts : A Novel

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Summary: a realistic book! finally!
Review: I think this book was great. A tad depressing but it is so true! If your a teenage girl i totally recommend it!

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Summary: "Sloppy Firsts"
Review: I like this book a lot. The main character reminded me a lot of myself.

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Summary: A Very Good Book
Review: I picked up this book at borders cause it had a cool cover and i wanted something to read on my plane ride home. I can't tell you how happy I was that I did. I couldn't put the book down. Jessica is such a real character because she could be the girl who sits next to me in science or math class. She has real problems and real solutions. I think that the book is witty, humourous, poingant and moving. An impressive debut. Can't wait for the next book.

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Summary: just another adolescent book
Review: I read so many great reviews on this and saw it in numerous teen magazines that it seemed worth a try. but by the time i was nearly finished and my friend asked how it was, still nothing exciting had happened. it's a boring diary of an average teenage girl dealing with average problems in a very clique-y school where everyone has a label and all the girls care about are clothes and make up and boys. It could've been better if it had ended in a good way but even the ending felt like a roll of film run out. it just dribbled off to nothing. maybe worth reading, definitely not worth buying.

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Summary: A Truly Touching Coming of Age Story
Review: Young adult fiction is my secret vice. I admit it! Every now and then there's nothing better than a re-read of a childhood favorite, or, as in the case of Sloppy Firsts, the discovery of something new and wonderful. Quite truthfully, I expected Sloppy Firsts to be nothing more than a pleasant romp. I was surprised to find that though the book was immensely easy to read, it was also thoughtful and substantive. Ms. McCafferty manages to touch on so many of the universal strains and pains of adolescence; it seems like one would be hard pressed to find a woman or girl who can't in some small (or large!) way relate to the misunderstood Jessica Darling. If I had to criticize the book in any way, it would perhaps be that it's _too_ perceptive and well-written. As the novel is written as excerpts from Jessica's diary, it's a bit of a stretch to believe that a high-school sophomore would be quite so eloquent and insightful. That tiny little peeve aside, I highly recommend Sloppy Firsts to anyone who has ever been a teenage girl.

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Summary: Sloppy Firsts *rox*
Review: I first found Sloppy Firsts at my local library, and then I read it in a day. It's a great book which I think a lot of kids can relate to, especially girls, even though it's not incredibly girly. It has a lot of truth in it, and you can really relate to Jess Darling, the main character of the plot. Even though the book is written in the form of person to diary, or notebook, it's not overly diary, like dear diary, when the person gives too many personifications to the book. I can't wait for the sequel!

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Summary: wow...
Review: this is one of the best books i have ever read. i mean seriously its really good and i would recomend it for any teen. im 15 and i loved it. the way the story unfolds into a series of twisted events is just great. there is supossedly a sequel coming for this book....i would read that too. this book left me wanting to know more, to know what happens to random characters. i would really read this if i were you (the person reading this)

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Summary: was she spying?
Review: I LOVED this book. From the minute I read the inside flap in [local store] I knew I had to get it.
I recently moved across the country, away from all my friends [sort of like Hope], and I could relate so much to Jessica Darling it was scary. Even though she wasn't the one that moved, she was still experiencing all the lonliness and confusion that I am [and that Hope was].
In one part of the book, she's standing in the bathroom stall during lunch thinking, "If Hope had been there, I wouldn't be here" - and I've done the exact same thing.
Sloppy Firsts makes you feel allthatmore normal because Jessica is thinking all the things you are, too. It makes you smile, and it makes you want to cry. It also makes you want to scream, "ME TOO!"
Go out and read this book if you're going through, or have been through, lonliness, depression, insomnia, or just plain confusion. I guarentee the only bad part of this book is that it ends - and you have to wait until Spring 2003 to get the sequel.

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Summary: So real it's scarey!
Review: I loved this book, it was so real it was scarey sometimes. I felt myself pulled back to highschool. Not the candy colored memories your parents have, but the real life high school. Where insicurities run high and life isn't a bowl of cherries. I loved this book and can't wait for the second!
I give this book five stars and am sticking to it!

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Summary: The best book I've read in a long time!
Review: I haven't been able to read a book for fun in a long time. I've been so busy with school books and what not. So I took the time to read this one! But it didn't take me any time at all! I read this book so quickly and yet it is still one of the best books I've ever read. I would read it during class at school and get strange looks from the title, but do not judge it by the title, you'll find out what it means if you read it. A girl in one of my classes borrowed it and could not put it down, so when I finished it I gave it to her. She finished it in like two days and now I have a list of girls waiting to read it! It's just sooooo good! Everyone should get it and I can't wait until the sequal comes out so I can read more about Jessica Darling's adventures through her high school years!