Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Someone Like You
Book Review: AWESOME BOOK
Summary: 5 Stars
Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen is about Halley and Scarlett. They have been best friends for a very long time. They spend all the time they can together. This was going to be the first summer they have every spent apart. Halley was going off to a summer camp hours away. She is sitting in her cabin one night and at a late hour she gets a phone call from Scarlett. Usually they aren't able to get phone calls, but this one was an emergency. Halley gets on the phone and hears Scarlett sobbing, her boyfriend Michael got in a motorcycle accident and died that day. Scarlett really needs Halley to be there for her, so she calls her mom and asks for her to pick her up. Her mom is not sure if it is a good idea because this is a building character camp and she wants her to stay there for as long as she can, finally Halley persuades her mom to pick her up that next morning. Halley gets a boyfriend and Scarlett finds out she's pregnant it will always keep you wanting to read more.
This book is really good, it's a big attention grabber it will make you want to keep reading it. Anyone could be interested in it mostly teenagers. You'll never know what might happens in life, but you'll always have a best friend for life.
Book Review: Absolutely Wonderful
Summary: 5 Stars
I am in the middle of reading this story (almost done)and it is spectacular. I didn't know if I would like it because I hadn't read any other Sarah Dessen books before. I thought it sounded kinda a lame and the beginning was kind of slow, but it quickly got over that and it is an amazing story. I have found myself laughing and crying along with the main characters.
Halley and Scarlett are best friends. Scarlett's boyfriend Michael dies and Scarlett realises that she is pregnant with his baby. Halley, somewhat of a goody goody, changes as she starts dating Macon. I don't want to give away anything so just read it. Buying this book was probably one of the smartest things I've ever done. Read it!!!
Book Review: All of Dessen's books are AMAZING!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is such a good story! You can never put it down! I recommend it to 12-17 year old girls, but others can read it too!Book Review: Amazing friendship novel with a mediocre romance thrown in
Summary: 3 Stars
So today I picked up four different books, read three pages of each, and then put them all down in a huff. I HATE reading slumps. Nothing about the books I picked up seemed to interest me and that's how I get right before a particular brutal reading slump in which I can't read any book for days. What's the best way to curb a slump? Well, by picking up a Sarah Dessen novel, of course. Since Someone Like You is the only Sarah Dessen book I haven't read so far, it seemed like the obvious choice.
I love Sarah Dessen's novels because they're just straight-forward, simple, sweet love stories (whether it be boy-girl love, sisterly love, friendship love, she's pretty much done it all) and her books are all comfort reads. While I've gone through various degrees of like with all her novels, I've never really disliked one. Someone Like You is no exception. While I didn't dislike the book as a whole, I really did dislike Halley (more so than Auden from Along for the Ride whom was the first Dessen protagonist I disliked).
My main issue with Halley was that she was the kind of girl that would happily be known solely as someone's girlfriend; the type of girl who would happily ignore everything and everyone just for the guy. Also, the kind of girl who tries to hook a guy who is clearly not into her like she's into him. And that's one of my pet peeves in young-adult literature. I absolutely hate it when the girl is pathetic. Yeah, yeah, you can say "Well she's just a teenage girl in love and they're sometimes pathetic." I guess, but that doesn't mean I want to read about it because that's just not enjoyable for me. Halley did get better in the end, but by then I was just too annoyed with her as a whole. I also disliked her boyfriend in the book, but I think I was supposed to dislike him (which was a shock considering I usually fall right in love with the guys in Sarah Dessen's novels right along with the main characters), so I can give her a pass for that one.
Now the good: I loved and adored Scarlett and her relationship with Halley. I'm an absolute sucker for a good friendship story. There's nothing I can do about it (not that I would want to). That's one thing that I can say about Halley. She never left Scarlett in the dust for the guy (well there was that one time, but that's okay since it fit with everything else about Halley). I also loved Halley's relationship with her mother. I was enthralled with her inner struggle to break away from her mother's boundaries yet feeling guilty about it. In fact, I could've read a book solely about Halley's relationship with Scarlett and her mom without feeling like I missed anything.
Someone Like You was definitely not my favorite Dessen. I just really can't get pass an unlikeable heroine that I'm supposed to root for. However, I did like most of the novel and I adored the other characters. But most importantly, Someone Like You curbed my reading slump and just really assures me that when I feel one coming on, I need to grab a Sarah Dessen novel and quick! Then all will be right with the world.
Book Review: Another Hit
Summary: 5 Stars
Love this book. Sarah Dessen is one talented writer. The story is captivating, truthful, and realistic. Funny, sad, and all together great!