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The Clique (The Clique, #1)
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I hated it. Every. Last. Stinking. Page. Miss Harrison crafts a set of 4 wealthy, airheaded sluts, and then adds in a girl who is an outcast for wearing Keds (WTF?) and eventually sells her soul so she doesn't have to endure the major emotional trauma of being made fun of sometimes (I repeat, WTF?!). It really is rather silly, and makes middle school girls idolize the wrong people. In terms of being able to relate to the main characters, Massie makes Regina George in Mean Girls look like Bella Swan. Even Regina had emotional depth and some humanness. Whenever Lisi Harrison attempts to bring some of this into her own writing, it comes off as weak and shallow, and gets drowned out by the characters' near constant gabbing on the complex social issue of "Oh mah gawwwwd, what purse should I wear, the Prada or the Coach? OMG" No one is really like that, but these unrealistic characters are becoming role models. And that scares me.
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Jul 03, 2009 01:30PM
You are absolutely right!
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god u are so NOT right! why would you read this in the first place. so wtf to you
I am reading this book currently and after seeing so many 1 star reviews, I think I'm gunna check it back into the library early. Lisi Harrison is practically my best friend's favorite author, and she recommended this series to me. I like Lisi's new series, Alphas, better. Thanks for the tip!
sluts? not at all! Arent we all like that.
I must say I disagree, and if you are a teenaged girl who likes clothing and pop culture you will like this book. I know I did, and it's easy to relate to.
Melrose wrote: "sluts? not at all! Arent we all like that."No, honey. Not. One. Bit.
Thats not the message at all!
This book wasn't written to contemplate the meaning of life or anything. It's simply a book. About the importance of popularity. In middle school. Written for middle schoolers. And it's pretty realistic for what it does.
God people it's a book. So many things are worse! There are books about torture or worse! I mean seriously! Keep reading the whole PC have big hearts and at the end it has a good message!
I don't really understand how you can call them sluts when they never even mentioned having sex in these books but okay...
Nothing is better than for an adult female to brand a group of fictional 12-year-olds "sluts." Hooray female empowerment.
WTH?! Okay, let me stop you right there. You clearly haven't read the entire series.
True, they are shallow and mean in the first book, but THIS IS A SERIES. A few books later they clearly state they would choose friendship over designer clothing and money.
THEY CHANGE. At least that's better than those books that have Mary Sue protagonists that were good people the whole time.
You know, the ones you oh-so-love.
The Clique is a great series, teaching people that your friends are more important than any piece of clothing or expensive house.
You're just being a hypocrite. The Clique has great morals and is well-written, something all authors strive toward.
Next time, maybe consider, oh, I don't know, actually READING the book before you give it a negative review based one what your YA novel-hating friend told you.
Thet are not sluts. Their clothing is appropriate (a tank top and cargo pants is perfectly okay for school and she didn't even wear it in school).
In short, READ THE BOOK.
True, they are shallow and mean in the first book, but THIS IS A SERIES. A few books later they clearly state they would choose friendship over designer clothing and money.
THEY CHANGE. At least that's better than those books that have Mary Sue protagonists that were good people the whole time.
You know, the ones you oh-so-love.
The Clique is a great series, teaching people that your friends are more important than any piece of clothing or expensive house.
You're just being a hypocrite. The Clique has great morals and is well-written, something all authors strive toward.
Next time, maybe consider, oh, I don't know, actually READING the book before you give it a negative review based one what your YA novel-hating friend told you.
Thet are not sluts. Their clothing is appropriate (a tank top and cargo pants is perfectly okay for school and she didn't even wear it in school).
In short, READ THE BOOK.
The CHILDREN in this book didn't seem like sluts to me..
Kayse wrote: "Melrose wrote: "sluts? not at all! Arent we all like that."
No, honey. Not. One. Bit."
So you don't like to look good and be liked? Because that's what the PC do. They try to be beautiful and popular, and you can't blame them they're only teenagers. Most people wanted the same things while in school.
They are deluded children, yes, but merely children. They are not sluts for the fact they, like many other teenagers, were concerned about their first kiss and first time dating.
They're excatly like every other teen, albeit one with lots of money and a great closet.
No, honey. Not. One. Bit."
So you don't like to look good and be liked? Because that's what the PC do. They try to be beautiful and popular, and you can't blame them they're only teenagers. Most people wanted the same things while in school.
They are deluded children, yes, but merely children. They are not sluts for the fact they, like many other teenagers, were concerned about their first kiss and first time dating.
They're excatly like every other teen, albeit one with lots of money and a great closet.
Allison wrote: "I am reading this book currently and after seeing so many 1 star reviews, I think I'm gunna check it back into the library early. Lisi Harrison is practically my best friend's favorite author, and ..."
Nothing against you, but read it for yourself. You may have different opions from everyone else.
Nothing against you, but read it for yourself. You may have different opions from everyone else.
Look, The Clique is a book. A book about petty, pretty, rich girls that are just like every other teenager. The definition of a slut is "a woman or girl who is considered to have loose sexual morals or who is sexually promiscuous."
Now, where in the Clique does anything of that sort happen? That's right, nowhere. Because they're only middle schoolers, and middle schoolers do not have "loose sexual morals". Admittedly, they are spoiled, but in Harry Potter Draco Malfoy is exactly like them, and does that make it any less better?
Don't judge someone without knowing enough of them first. Perheps Massie was influenced by everyone else acting like that, so she did too.
Now, where in the Clique does anything of that sort happen? That's right, nowhere. Because they're only middle schoolers, and middle schoolers do not have "loose sexual morals". Admittedly, they are spoiled, but in Harry Potter Draco Malfoy is exactly like them, and does that make it any less better?
Don't judge someone without knowing enough of them first. Perheps Massie was influenced by everyone else acting like that, so she did too.
Wtf is wrong with you? You’re seriously slut shaming a LITERAL 12 YEAR OLD!
