Girl : A Novel

Rating:
Summary: a true classic
Review: this is one of my favorite books of all time. it rocks! recommended for all girls and people who love music.

Rating:
Summary: ick
Review: Why can't I ever find a book that speaks directly to me as a teenage girl? Either it's me, or it's these authors who get these sterotypes of teenage girls in their heads and then blow it out of proportion. That's what happened to this book. Hey, it had the potentional to be good. It took place in the Pacific Northwest during the early '90s, and revolves around the underground grunge scene. That interested me, since a lot of my favorite bands came from that era. I thought maybe Andrea would join a band, but she just remained an unoffical groupie throughout the entire novel. I found it rather unrealistic that her parents did not know anything of her wild social life. Even more unrealistic was how she was so involved in being a groupie, yet she managed to score high on her SATs and got into a good college. Yeah right! Like that would happen. And whats with all these books about teenagers having sex 24/7? Maybe for some people, but in reality that's more of a sterotype. Two stars for the potential it had and for the setting (which was more interesting than other teenage books I've read), but for the most part I couldn't relate to this book at all.