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3.46 AVERAGE
4.5 stars
I was not expecting to love this book, but I did.
Like in The Duff, the main character in Lying out Loud is far from perfect. In fact, she makes a lot of stupid decisions that irritated the crap out of me sometimes. However, it's the way Kody Keplinger helps the MC find her own and learn a lesson that really brings a sparkle to this story.
Despite being annoying at times, Sonny is a relatable character. Lying is a hard habit to break. The other characters also have flaws, that Kody duly points out. Ryder is far from perfect. Wesley, as we know from the Duff, is ever-so-persistent, but also a great friend. So many characters are reunited in this book, and I loved it.
I was not expecting to love this book, but I did.
Like in The Duff, the main character in Lying out Loud is far from perfect. In fact, she makes a lot of stupid decisions that irritated the crap out of me sometimes. However, it's the way Kody Keplinger helps the MC find her own and learn a lesson that really brings a sparkle to this story.
Despite being annoying at times, Sonny is a relatable character. Lying is a hard habit to break. The other characters also have flaws, that Kody duly points out. Ryder is far from perfect. Wesley, as we know from the Duff, is ever-so-persistent, but also a great friend. So many characters are reunited in this book, and I loved it.
Es un hermoso libro. Es real, honesto, facil, entretenido, divertido. Y tiene este cliché del chico mujeriego, gigoló y arrogante que termina teniendo una personalidad dulce, divertido y atento, entre otras cosas... Pero eso no significa que me guste menos, o que haya predecido todo el libro. No pense que me gustaria tanto.
Y yo tambien soy la Duff.
Y yo tambien soy la Duff.
This was a "read in one sitting" book for me. I enjoyed it just as much as I did DUFF and I am honestly very excited to read the rest of Keplinger's books. I'm also impressed at an author so young.
This is listed as a companion to The DUFF because it happens at Hamilton High and cameos some of the characters we got to know in that book. Other than the cameos and location, this could easily be read as a stand alone. I enjoy a continuation of a story, but I also like getting to know other people within the world that was created in a previous book, so I did like that aspect of this book. I also liked that there were similarities to the first story, but not to the point where it felt like I was reading the same story with different people. I think YA fans and fans of contemporary romances would enjoy this book.
This is listed as a companion to The DUFF because it happens at Hamilton High and cameos some of the characters we got to know in that book. Other than the cameos and location, this could easily be read as a stand alone. I enjoy a continuation of a story, but I also like getting to know other people within the world that was created in a previous book, so I did like that aspect of this book. I also liked that there were similarities to the first story, but not to the point where it felt like I was reading the same story with different people. I think YA fans and fans of contemporary romances would enjoy this book.
I've been put off reading this book for so long and now looking back I have no idea why?! Well, first impressions I immediately knew it was going to be a cheesy high school American romance that was obvious. You know what though? It's so awesome!
We meet Bianca or 'B' as she's referred to as is just like any high school girl, interested in boys, namely Toby Tucker and has a bunch of fun friends to hang out with at a teen bar called 'Nest'.
With any family comes it's problems and Bianca's issue is her Mum swanning off months at a time and her Dad plodding on as usual pretending everything is fine. This soon becomes the center of the book of how Bianca deals with her dysfunctional family- make way for Wesley Rush the hottest jock in Hamilton High. Charming, muscular, the renowned cheeky smug grin every one of those guys seems to pick up on and his reputation of sleeping with anything that moves and not forgetting being a complete ass. Eventually despite their differences, Bianca and Wesley are thrown together thanks to a school project. As expected, it doesn't go quite how either of them thought it out to be!
Bianca being the funny and straight up girl who doesn't take nonsense from anyone, she reminded me a lot of myself at her age (but perhaps not as confident). A wonderful narrator that had me cracking up endlessly, I enjoyed reading how she matured throughout this novel and of her end conclusion of being a DUFF. Wesley was definitely the kind of guy I liked in high school, so for me it brought out many funny and cringe worthy memories of my own. He is the perfect example to not judge a book by it's cover so to speak, jock's have feelings too y'know!
This book furthered my opinion on how we can all be feel ugly at times but we're in fact all beautiful, regardless as to whether everyone finds us attractive or not. The beauty comes from within and sometimes in the most unlikely of people, corny I know but this book was the right amount of cheese! For a long time I've put off reading cheesy books but my gosh I can't wait to return for more Hamilton High soon!
We meet Bianca or 'B' as she's referred to as is just like any high school girl, interested in boys, namely Toby Tucker and has a bunch of fun friends to hang out with at a teen bar called 'Nest'.
With any family comes it's problems and Bianca's issue is her Mum swanning off months at a time and her Dad plodding on as usual pretending everything is fine. This soon becomes the center of the book of how Bianca deals with her dysfunctional family- make way for Wesley Rush the hottest jock in Hamilton High. Charming, muscular, the renowned cheeky smug grin every one of those guys seems to pick up on and his reputation of sleeping with anything that moves and not forgetting being a complete ass. Eventually despite their differences, Bianca and Wesley are thrown together thanks to a school project. As expected, it doesn't go quite how either of them thought it out to be!
Bianca being the funny and straight up girl who doesn't take nonsense from anyone, she reminded me a lot of myself at her age (but perhaps not as confident). A wonderful narrator that had me cracking up endlessly, I enjoyed reading how she matured throughout this novel and of her end conclusion of being a DUFF. Wesley was definitely the kind of guy I liked in high school, so for me it brought out many funny and cringe worthy memories of my own. He is the perfect example to not judge a book by it's cover so to speak, jock's have feelings too y'know!
This book furthered my opinion on how we can all be feel ugly at times but we're in fact all beautiful, regardless as to whether everyone finds us attractive or not. The beauty comes from within and sometimes in the most unlikely of people, corny I know but this book was the right amount of cheese! For a long time I've put off reading cheesy books but my gosh I can't wait to return for more Hamilton High soon!
Having read The DUFF earlier this year, I was so excited to know there was a companion novel linking to this new story.
We meet Sonny who is continually lying to her friend Amy about her family life, her plans to go to college and now she's gone to the extreme of pretending to be Amy to get the boy she's taken a fancy to- Ryder. A pre-school guy from DC, not Sonny's first choice but like any great teen love story it's always the guys you don't expect!
I found it hard to relate to Sonny with regards to lying, I mean it was continuous. Despite this with regards to her family life I can understand why she would to save her embarrassment and perhaps shame she would have felt towards her Dad's imprisonment. However, when it came to her lying to her best friend over a guy- that's an all time low! We obviously have differing personalities but I felt that this was perhaps a little predictable for it to be built up and then suddenly everything came crashing down.
I respected Amy so much for being Sonny's best friend, surely she's one in a million to stand by her throughout everything- her loyalty and patience was certainly tested throughout this book. I liked the fact this story wasn't just centred on the romantic aspect of a classic teen book, I enjoyed that the friendships were equally as important and engaging.
I love and at the same time hated the end of the book, it felt like a cliffhanger for me and I was waiting for the inevitable ending but it didn't arrive so to speak.
Saying this, I enjoy the novel a lot. Like with The DUFF it's a fun, easy read that makes you smile and cringe all a the same time.
I adore Keplinger's style of writing and our humour matches up perfectly, I would recommend this book to anyone who is stuck in a book hangover. This will definitely get you in the mood to read again, it's funny, romantic, cheesy (in the best way), cringe and just everything you need to reminisce your teen years in a light-hearted brilliant way. I'm definitely interested if there were to be another novel related to this book, it's I love reading when I need something to put a smile on my face.
We meet Sonny who is continually lying to her friend Amy about her family life, her plans to go to college and now she's gone to the extreme of pretending to be Amy to get the boy she's taken a fancy to- Ryder. A pre-school guy from DC, not Sonny's first choice but like any great teen love story it's always the guys you don't expect!
I found it hard to relate to Sonny with regards to lying, I mean it was continuous. Despite this with regards to her family life I can understand why she would to save her embarrassment and perhaps shame she would have felt towards her Dad's imprisonment. However, when it came to her lying to her best friend over a guy- that's an all time low! We obviously have differing personalities but I felt that this was perhaps a little predictable for it to be built up and then suddenly everything came crashing down.
I respected Amy so much for being Sonny's best friend, surely she's one in a million to stand by her throughout everything- her loyalty and patience was certainly tested throughout this book. I liked the fact this story wasn't just centred on the romantic aspect of a classic teen book, I enjoyed that the friendships were equally as important and engaging.
I love and at the same time hated the end of the book, it felt like a cliffhanger for me and I was waiting for the inevitable ending but it didn't arrive so to speak.
Saying this, I enjoy the novel a lot. Like with The DUFF it's a fun, easy read that makes you smile and cringe all a the same time.
I adore Keplinger's style of writing and our humour matches up perfectly, I would recommend this book to anyone who is stuck in a book hangover. This will definitely get you in the mood to read again, it's funny, romantic, cheesy (in the best way), cringe and just everything you need to reminisce your teen years in a light-hearted brilliant way. I'm definitely interested if there were to be another novel related to this book, it's I love reading when I need something to put a smile on my face.
This was, entertaining but not as good as the previous Kody Keplinger book I read.
I absolutely adored this book. I think it’s going to be one of those books that I want to read over and over again.
Characters
The main character, Bianca is offended at being called “the Duff” by a classmate. She hates this guy, Wesley, he’s a womanising, smug, arrogant asshole and Bianca despises him. But she’s going through some things, and she ends up sleeping with Wesley on a regular basis with the idea that she feels nothing for this boy so she can’t get hurt but gets the “distraction” provided by the sex. This is one of the reasons I loved this book, there wasn’t any of that insta-love nonsense. Bianca hates Wesley and says herself that she’s just using him to distract her from the trouble with her family.
Bianca’s best friends, Jessica and Casey are great. They’re supporting characters but aren’t annoying, they constantly support Bianca and are in it until the end.
Wesley, ah, Wesley. I have a tendency to fall in love with male characters in books. I didn’t fall in love with Wesley but I love him as a character. He wasn’t completely one dimensional, he had personality. He was funny, sarcastic and going through his own stuff that made him seem a lot more realistic than love interests can sometimes be.
Plot
I’ve been reading a lot of contemporary YA lately, I’m loving the cute, cliché drama and The Duff was no different. Bianca is a normal 17 year old with insecurities and issues with her family. Her insecurities are heightened by Wesley referring to her as the Duff until she realises that everyone feels that way in high school. Everyone feels like they’re not good enough.
Conclusion
I love love loved this book. I loved that Wesley and Bianca spent time together and started to fall in love. I love that both of their lives weren’t perfect. I love that these kids were depicted as having safe, consensual sex (it happens, pretending it doesn’t is silly and unrealistic). I just loved everything and recommend it for fans of contemporary YA.
Characters
The main character, Bianca is offended at being called “the Duff” by a classmate. She hates this guy, Wesley, he’s a womanising, smug, arrogant asshole and Bianca despises him. But she’s going through some things, and she ends up sleeping with Wesley on a regular basis with the idea that she feels nothing for this boy so she can’t get hurt but gets the “distraction” provided by the sex. This is one of the reasons I loved this book, there wasn’t any of that insta-love nonsense. Bianca hates Wesley and says herself that she’s just using him to distract her from the trouble with her family.
Bianca’s best friends, Jessica and Casey are great. They’re supporting characters but aren’t annoying, they constantly support Bianca and are in it until the end.
Wesley, ah, Wesley. I have a tendency to fall in love with male characters in books. I didn’t fall in love with Wesley but I love him as a character. He wasn’t completely one dimensional, he had personality. He was funny, sarcastic and going through his own stuff that made him seem a lot more realistic than love interests can sometimes be.
Plot
I’ve been reading a lot of contemporary YA lately, I’m loving the cute, cliché drama and The Duff was no different. Bianca is a normal 17 year old with insecurities and issues with her family. Her insecurities are heightened by Wesley referring to her as the Duff until she realises that everyone feels that way in high school. Everyone feels like they’re not good enough.
Conclusion
I love love loved this book. I loved that Wesley and Bianca spent time together and started to fall in love. I love that both of their lives weren’t perfect. I love that these kids were depicted as having safe, consensual sex (it happens, pretending it doesn’t is silly and unrealistic). I just loved everything and recommend it for fans of contemporary YA.
Kody has a hilarious style and definitely has her thumb on the pulse of what teenagers are like. Lost a star because I just wasn't feeling Ryder though. I don't feel like we really got to know him. And it's probably because I have only read The DUFF, but all the cameos from other novels characters felt cheesy.
Tengo que reconocer que este libro me ha sorprendido gratamente. No esperaba para nada que me gustará tanto como lo ha hecho. Pensé que sería otra novela más de romance adolescente sin mucha más miga, pero me he sorprendido devorando una tras otra las páginas de dicha historia.
La culpa de todo esto es de Bianca, la protagonista, es un personaje que me ha encantado y de la cual me he llegado a sentir bastante identificada.
Bianca no tiene pelos en la lengua para expresas y decir lo que piensa, es más, puede pecar de demasiado sincera. Es sarcástica y parece que tiene bastante mal genio, cosa que compartimos. Me ha gustado que no sea la típica niña tonta que en toda serie, película o libro americano nos intentan meter con calzador, la típica niña buena, perfecta, guapísima de cuerpo espectacular y que cae bien a todo el mundo, no, por contra tenemos un personaje realmente autentico, con sus cosas buenas y sus cosas malas. Una adolescente normal.
Es cierto que podemos ver durante toda la novela la falta de confianza en sí misma que tiene Bianca (cosa que también comparto), pero también vemos que, a pesar de ello, también muestra seguridad en algunos momentos y quizás ni ella misma se da cuenta de eso. Es un personaje muy complejo que evoluciona a mejor durante la novela. Me ha gustado mucho Bianca y creo que por ello este libro también lo ha hecho.
Por otro lado, la historia en si tampoco es muy novedosa, una historia romántica. Bien es cierto que al principio puede que intuyas por donde van a ir los tiros, pero a partir de la mitad te descuadras y ya no sabes si la historia acabará como lo habías previsto.
En conclusión, aunque es una historia un poco insustancial, Bianca hace que me enganchará a la lectura de la novela de una forma inesperada. Además, la forma en la que está narrada hace que te enganches más. Es una novela fresca, entretenida y agradable de leer. La recomiendo, sobretodo si se tiene la edad de los protagonistas.
La culpa de todo esto es de Bianca, la protagonista, es un personaje que me ha encantado y de la cual me he llegado a sentir bastante identificada.
Bianca no tiene pelos en la lengua para expresas y decir lo que piensa, es más, puede pecar de demasiado sincera. Es sarcástica y parece que tiene bastante mal genio, cosa que compartimos. Me ha gustado que no sea la típica niña tonta que en toda serie, película o libro americano nos intentan meter con calzador, la típica niña buena, perfecta, guapísima de cuerpo espectacular y que cae bien a todo el mundo, no, por contra tenemos un personaje realmente autentico, con sus cosas buenas y sus cosas malas. Una adolescente normal.
Es cierto que podemos ver durante toda la novela la falta de confianza en sí misma que tiene Bianca (cosa que también comparto), pero también vemos que, a pesar de ello, también muestra seguridad en algunos momentos y quizás ni ella misma se da cuenta de eso. Es un personaje muy complejo que evoluciona a mejor durante la novela. Me ha gustado mucho Bianca y creo que por ello este libro también lo ha hecho.
Por otro lado, la historia en si tampoco es muy novedosa, una historia romántica. Bien es cierto que al principio puede que intuyas por donde van a ir los tiros, pero a partir de la mitad te descuadras y ya no sabes si la historia acabará como lo habías previsto.
En conclusión, aunque es una historia un poco insustancial, Bianca hace que me enganchará a la lectura de la novela de una forma inesperada. Además, la forma en la que está narrada hace que te enganches más. Es una novela fresca, entretenida y agradable de leer. La recomiendo, sobretodo si se tiene la edad de los protagonistas.