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The Clique by Lisi Harrison
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This is a terrible book, part of a series that is at the top of many children's bestseller lists. It is part of that huge chunk of media that reinforces cruel behavior among teenage girls. Here are the popular and rich kids (no coincidence that the two traits go together): Massie, Bridget, Alicia, and Kristen. Here is the pretty, nice, and middle class girl, Claire, who only has one pair of jeans. They are white and from the gap. And she wears Platform Keds. Let's devote 100 pages to how the Clique tortures Claire to the extreme, 50 pages to how she gets them back, and another 50 pages to how she STILL DESPERATELY wants to be friends with them. The saddest part of it is that they are in 7th grade and wear $780 gucci halter tops. All they care about is designer clothing and cruelty. There are some brief glances of humanity, but for the most part it is devoid of any intelligent or real sentiment. It saddens me that this is the most popular series that young women are reading. It really does. I won't go off onto a tirade about how culture has devolved into this, but really this book is evil at its purest.
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Nicole WHAT THE FUCK?! Okay, First Off Your Right About How Clarie STILL Wants T Be Their Firend But The Truth Is That She Is Making A Series That Shows You That There Are Real Girls Out There That Act This Way She Isn't Saying It's Good Or Encouraging It She's Trying To Show How Messed Up Some Rich Kids Are...Maybe You Should Have Read A Little More About What The Series Was About Before Buying It And Criticing It!


Paloma uhhh this book is amazing in every way and if youre going to critizize it like that you might as well get the main charachters name right DYLAN not briget.


message 3: by Colette (new)

Colette notice how everyone who defends this book has the spelling capacity of a 10 year old. just saying.


Rayna G. omg what r u one of those stupid parents! who is all like "this book has many mean girls so i dont like it" so why did you even read the book it says on that back that all this stuff happens with mean girls ganging up on the nice girl! duh! your just so stupid these are obviouly not your type of books so dont read them you idiot! read something like "how to be a good parent" instead! god people like u are so annoying


Rayna G. Colette wrote: "notice how everyone who defends this book has the spelling capacity of a 10 year old. just saying."

what is that supposed to mean?




Rayna G. Paloma wrote: "uhhh this book is amazing in every way and if youre going to critizize it like that you might as well get the main charachters name right DYLAN not briget."

i totally agree with you


Dani Can everyone please stop fighting?!




message 8: by Lauren (new) - added it

Lauren I haven't read this book but seems to me it describes me "clique" itself at school PERFECTLY! All of my friends have read this book so I am too!


Carrie Taylor did you even read the book theres no bridget


message 10: by Melissa (new)

Melissa Pop actually your excally right, tweens shouldnt act like that!! i hated this book!! I really hated it!!


message 11: by Ebehi (new) - rated it 1 star

Ebehi If this book was making a point about how shallow people are, then Clare should be standing up to Massie and finding REAL friends, rather than joining the clique as she does in the subsequent books.

and yeah, most of the comments criticizing this review feature worse spelling than I did when I was 10.


message 12: by Abbey (new)

Abbey "Notice how everyone who defends this book has the spelling capacity of a ten year old."

^TRUTH


message 13: by Phoebe (new)

Phoebe Seconding Abbey and Colette. Rayna G. only reinforces the stereotype of the kind of people who are into this book.


message 14: by Dani (new) - rated it 4 stars

Dani The girls in this book ARE snobby little brats, but the way Lisi Harrison adds colorful details, humor, and unexpected events throughout the series makes them very enjoyable to read.


Hallie Pursel Yes i admit that wasn't good behavior in the book but your 29 and your saying that. Admit it that book was good kids like it most of the kids were probably 8 and older they already know whats going on in there periods and stuff i bet isn't new to them. Also I think it could be a good example in some ways when kids see how there acting they see how stupid it is to act that way. And they know how Claire feels. I am nine and i read this book when i was eight. I understood it it helped me understand how I felt when things like that happen and others too. You are overreacting big time I think.


message 16: by Kayla (new)

Kayla I would like it if Claire LEFT them and realized they were about as good friends as a slug. but no


Nicole "Colette wrote:notice how everyone who defends this book has the spelling capacity of a 10 year old. just saying."
So what???Maybe they ARE ten. It isn't just grown-ups on here you know! I happen to know that ten-year-old's can spell perfectly fine. Maybe you should have gone with eight-year-old. Besides, you don't have perfect grammar yourself. ( Sentences start with a CAPITAL letter!)


message 18: by Zoe (new) - rated it 4 stars

Zoe um who's bridget??? it's DYLAN! Have you read the book? And this book is EVIL? Dumb, maybe... but evil? No.


Hallie Pursel It's a book, get over it. Sure it's a little inappropriate but it's a book actually try and think about it. Plus bullies are doing this everywhere. Life isn't fair. But your reaction sure is funny. You are 29 try and act like your that old.


Michelle 2 THINGS:
1. Its not bridget, its dylan.
2. Kristen is popular, but she is NOT rich
GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT BEFORE CRITICIZING SOMEONE ELSE'S WRITING!!!


Hallie Pursel Thank you Michelle for noticing she a little off about the book.


message 22: by Maya (new) - rated it 1 star

Maya Zauberman Rayna G.- I'm sorry to respond to a statement made more than a year ago, but come on. Really? "You're just so stupid, because they aren't your type of book."Hint- Not everyone's going to like the same genre. Just because someone doesn't like the same genre doesn't mean that they are idiotic.
Also, if you want to form a legitimate argument, learn how to spell and form a sentence. It makes your argument easier to read.


Brooke I'm a nine year old and have good spelling, even if some of you think that we don't. I read the book and I think that it is a very good book! She is trying to make a point that maybe she was getting bullied or thrown under the bus at school. Maybe writing is the only way to express it.


message 24: by Maya (new) - rated it 1 star

Maya Zauberman Brooke wrote: "I'm a nine year old and have good spelling, even if some of you think that we don't. I read the book and I think that it is a very good book! She is trying to make a point that maybe she was gettin..."

You do have a good point, with your last statement. And you're allowed to think whatever you want of this book. If you are referring to Rayna G. (Due to lack of specification I am not sure who you are talking about) she just needs to learn that people are going to disagree with her tastes that's all.


message 25: by Kayse (new)

Kayse 1. The main problem people have with this review is that she got a character name wrong? BIG WHOOP. After reading this book, I really wish I could've forgotten all of the character, the plot, EVERYTHING. Ugh.

2. With that Rayna girl... really? Not all noble, moral people are parents, and not are parents are noble or moral. I agree with the writer of the article: it was horribly cruel, shallow, and served no greater purpose--and I read this when I was thirteen. I'm sixteen now.

3. Stop freaking out about how shocked the article writer was when she discovered the horrors of this book. "Maybe you should've read more about what the series was before buying it" (Nicole)..."It's a book, get over it. Sure it's a little inappropriate but it's a book actually try and think about it. Plus bullies are doing this everywhere. Life isn't fair. But your reaction sure is funny. You are 29 try and act like your that old" (Hallie)... Wow. We write reviews to analyze the books, Hallie. We don't just say "Aw, f*** it, it's just a book." That's not the point! A book about girls so shallow and cruel as this should have served some greater purpose other than to educate us on the lives of b****y, rich little girls. Once again, I'm sixteen, and I am acting my age when I say that bullying shouldn't be ignored or accepted: it should be stopped. Duh. And Nicole, the writer no doubt was looking for a point to this book when she read it. She probably thought it would have a good theme or moral. But nope! It's a book about hoping your favorite character gets revenge in the end. Horrible.


Claire2019 Brdiget?


Lindsay Bridget?! Its DYLAN! And the books r great!


Fm0823 I've read this book many times, and if you read the rest of the series, you learn that they do end up becoming friends for a while. And also, you will realize that the girls' names are Massie, Alicia, Kristen, and DYLAN, not Bridget. As well as that, when the girls have fights later on in the series, Claire gives up on being their friends anyway. And people are reading these books because they find them entertaining, and interesting to read about girls who act that way. Give the rest of the series a chance, and maybe you'll realize that you were wrong.


Nicola I don't like it. I'm sorry if you like Massie but what name is THAT? Maybe the author meant to write "Maddie"? I haven't heard the name Massie before... 2. Am I the only one who gets annoyed at "Ehmagawd!"


Carmen m these boks ate amazong if u read all of themu would off realized that massie was so rude to claire because she didnt want to lose her friends


message 31: by [deleted user] (new)

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 FANTASTIC 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).

Also, BTW, her name is Dylan. Not Bridget.


message 32: by Molly (new)

Molly Trees QQ


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