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Sloppy Firsts: A Novel (平装)
by Megan McCafferty
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Teens, High school life, Novel |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-13 00:00>
I came across this jem at a local thrift store for only two dollars. I didn't even bother to read the summary because I was in love with the bright colors and the way the ''mouth shaped origami note'' seemed to pop out from the very typical young-adult girl book cover that I loved to indulge myself in, so I bought it. The book sat on my shelf for months until finally deciding to attempt to read it. In the beginning I couldn't seem to get into the book, reading maybe two pages into it before giving up and re-reading something else I already knew that I loved.
However, when I started to read it, I could not stop. This story about a straight "A" brainiac teenage girl was like an obsession. Her "diary" consisted of everything possible, including: a best friend who moves away and leaves her with a group of snobby and fake girls that she's grown up with but just can't stand, the boy who has grown up liking her that she sees as just a friend, her beautiful crush who doesn't know she exists, and the mysterious "krispy kreme" aka Marcus Flutie who keeps getting her into trouble.
The sarcastic comments are utterly hilarious and hit so close to home I for one knew I had thought freakishly similar things in my own daily life.
The angst and originality of the main character, Jessica "Not-So"Darling is one that I feel every girl can connect with and learn to love.
Without a doubt my favorite book in it's category.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-13 00:00>
I totally related to this book and the experiences of Jessica, feeling mostly like a fish out of water myself! This is a hilarious, very easy-to-read book that I recommend to everyone. It deals with peer pressure, loneliness, shopping -- all the crazy experiences and thoughts that go through your mind in high school - and in life! It's also very entertaining. I also recommend two other books: WILL@epicqwest.com by Tom Grimes and The Losers' Club by Richard Perez.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-13 00:00>
I found Megan McCafferty's novel Sloppy Firsts to be enjoyable to read. The way she wrote it in diary format worked well because it really explained the main character, Jessica Darling's problems the way a teenage would really write them in a diary. Usually first person books don't thrill me, but Megan actually wrote the first person text well. It was amazing how she wrote it so it seemed like Jessica was really there. It didn't seem like an author was trying to write a book as a teenager.
In the middle of Jessica's junior year of high school, her best friend, Hope Weaver, moves away from Pineville, New Jersey, leaving Jessica alone. Jessica's so-called friends at school turn out not to be her friends. All her mother obsesses over is her older sister, Bethany's wedding, and the only things Jessica thinks she has in common with her father are her track meets. She feels alone most of the time so she likes to write in her journal. While she's obsessing to herself that she has no one to go to, the biggest "dreg" in the school, Marcus Flutie, starts to find his way into her heart. Jessica starts to do things for him that she wouldn't normally do, like peeing in a cup for his drug test. Marcus gets sent way and when he returns, he has a totally different personality.
A lot of things happen throughout the summer leading up to her senior year. Jessica becomes better friends with her older friend, Bridget. When Bridget goes to California to try to become an actress, Manda spends the whole summer sleeping with Bridget's boyfriend, Burke. Jessica finds out that her friend Hy, a girl that moved to Pineville from the Bronx, is really lying about who she is. She isn't a girl who came to live with her aunt while her parents figured their marriage out. Hy really is a high class caste who does drugs and has sex.
Jessica blew up about the SOS (Summer of Shame as they called Manda's "thing") in the cafeteria one day and created a cat fight between Manda and Bridget. Marcus and Jessica talked in the middle of the night, especially when Jessica broke her ankle and couldn't run anymore that season. She finally realizes her father and her have more things in common than just running. Since Bethany never comes home after her wedding, Jessica's mom finally started spending more time with Jessica. Time would only tell about Marcus and Jessica and Hope and Jessica.
Megan used good imagery because I could see all the scenes and all the characters in my mind like I was really there. The plot of the story was good because it focused on the main things about the story and didn't go into much detail about little silly things that didn't matter. I believe that the moral of Sloppy Firsts is one day every thing can be bad, and the next day it could turn around. You never know what is going to happen. Don't judge someone and think you know everything about them because there is usually another side to that person that you might not think they had.
This was a really good book and should be on anyone's reading list if they enjoy cute, funny novels about teens. Megan McCafferty did an amazing job writing this book, and I can't wait to read another book by her. Sloppy Firsts went into great detail about Jessica's problems. What was most interesting about it was that it didn't end like I thought it was going to end. When I read most books, I can usually predict the ending by thirty pages into it, but this book I thought I knew the ending and I wasn't even close. I can't wait for the sequel!
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-13 00:00>
Sloppy Firsts is a novel that was a lot of firsts for me. As a seventeen year old, I have found in the past that I have had to read books like "The Fountainhead" and "Catcher in the Rye" in order to relate to a character in a book these days-because modern day writers have a tendancy to magnify what is either rare but interesting about teens that make the lead characters seem fake, OR they have teens worrying about things that real teens really don't have to worry about in the first place. But "Sloppy Firsts" is different. In it, the main character Jessica Darling is a human being; she's not perfect, she makes mistakes, and she's not a fake hug-you-every-time-she-sees-you type of girly-girl. She sees the world as it is, taking the good with the bad. It only took me about four hours to finish this novel. I won't call it a page-turner, because that doesn't do it any justice; it was more of a (I know this is going to sound cheesy)"self-discovery" thing for me. I mean, when I read it, (the day before yesterday) all I was looking for was SOMETHING to give me some comfort; I had no idea I would get so attached to the people in this book, and find myself relating to Jessica in almost every way. READ THIS BOOK. There is no way, no matter how young or old you are, that you will be dissappointed.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-13 00:00>
Sloppy Firsts is a great novel which I enjoyed reading very much. The narrator is Jessica Darling, a high schooler, who goes through many experiences and learns a lot along the way. What is Jessica to do when her best friend has just moved away, her dad obsesses over her high school track career, and her mom is too involved with her older sister's wedding to help her other daughter? Jessica must learn how to deal with all these things while tackling other problems which come her way, including her shallow friends, her relationship with one of her guy friends, and bad boy Marcus.
I found that Sloppy Firsts told everything like it is. It reminded me of all of the problems that normal teens go through everyday. Jessica's experiences with friends, boys, and parents really sounded like an account of any teenage girl living in America today. It also dealt with many different issues at once, so that every part of the book was interesting. I couldn't stop reading it. There were so many situations where you wished something would happen and you had to keep reading to see what actually would happen. In fact, I tried to put a limit on what I could read every day (needless to say, it didn't work because I finished the book in 2 days). I just found the whole book very interesting, and thought that the way it was told was very funny. I loved how Jessica was so sarcastic and comical with the way she described everything. This is a great book! I also agree with another reviewer who recommended The Loser' Club by Richard Perez. These last two books are my favorite Amazon.com purchases for the year. Highly recommended!
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Emmylee (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-13 00:00>
Hope, who is Jessica's best friend, the only one who really understands her, has moved away. No one seems to be able to understand why Jessica is making such a big deal out of Hope's move. Among the many challenges Jessica faces is one fairly consistent, annoying one: She can't sleep at night. So, Jessica writes in a journal which sometimes helps her to get some rest from her highly active brain. The journal is filled with the ups and downs of Jessica's life: How she deals with so-called friends, boyfriend-wanna-be's, her constant thoughts that run faster than she does at track competitions, and her misery of missing her best friend. Despite the altered friendship that Jessica has with Hope (they still keep in touch via e-mail and phone calls), Jessica manages to find a new hope for herself as she follows her heart, shows her real feelings, tries new things, makes mistakes and lives to tell about it, and learns that there are other people out there that she can call "friend." A very engrossing read that I found difficult to step away from and was sorry to finish.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-13 00:00>
Reading the reviews on this site I was finally encouraged enough to buy this book. I'm glad that I did because it's hilarious. I can't remember the last time I read something so funny! If you like to laugh buy this book! I also recommend the following: the perks of being a wallflower, the losers club by richard perez.
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A kid reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-13 00:00>
I enjoyed reading this book very much, after reading it I emailed Megan Mccafferty and she e-mailed me back, I thought it was really great of her. Anyway, back to the book, in my own words this book portrays the life of a "normal" teenage girl so accurately you almost have to wonder whether or not it wasn't written by a really 16 year old girl.Jessica's world is decribed wonderfully down to very littlest detail. As an avid reader, I have read most of the teen favorites, but I wouldn't consider this book a run of the mill diary format book about teen angst. This is because Jessica is intelligent yet not perfect, she has all of the traits that human being should have. For instance, she is blantantly honest with us in her"diary", yet she is very skilled at lying. Though she says she hates her body she is not vain, she is just dealing with normal everyday teen life. Yet, Jessica is purely fictional, I applaude Megan Mccafferty for her painfully honest portrayal of any real girl's life. I assure you that when you read this book, no matter what age you will feel like she could be your best friend, who knows?, maybe you'll see a litte of yourself in her.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-13 00:00>
If ever I have read a good book (and I've read uncountably many), then Sloppy Firsts is it. Megan McCafferty's talent is undescribable. She was able to write through Jessica, the main character, without over dramatizing high school life or sounding like an adult that is trying to sound like a teenager. She was right on target with Jessica's cynical, sarcastic outlook. Also, the things that happened to Jessica in the book are things I can relate to on a very personal basis. THIS STUFF REALLY HAPPENS! Being 17, I'm always on the search for a book I can relate to and this is it. Not only are her characters real and relatable, but Marcus, the genius mystery that seems to warm his way into Jessica's heart, is one of the most beautiful characters ever written. I fell in love with him, but then I had to remind myself that he is merely a character in a book. I recommend this book to anyone, young or old, but especially those who are looking to find out who they really are, because not only do you learn everything about these characters, but you learn a lot about yourself while you read this wonderful novel.
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Nancy (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-13 00:00>
Jessica Darling hates her life. Her best friend Hope has just moved away from her town leaving her all alone. Her only freinds now are her Diary and the fake "popular crew" who she cannot stand. Though she writes to her friend as much as she can she still finds it hard to go along with daily life. She has to deal with being the smart one, and her fathers pressure to be the star track runner. Her best friend Scotty has a crush on her and her crush, Paul, dosen't even know she exists. And to top it off she has a strange boy named Marcus following her around and it's been months since she had her period and she dosen't know why.
After reading such books as Angus Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging and the Two Princess Diaries I have taken a liking to Diary style books. This one, I was very impressed with. Jessica Darling's story is not only entertaining but it's less PG style than other diary books making it even better for older teens like me. I found Jessica to be a great charecter and esay to relate to. Ms. McCafferty is working on another book about Jessica and I can't wait for it to come out. If you enjoy Diary books I really reccomend this!
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