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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Add this to YOUR summer book list!!, May 16, 2023
Sloppy Firsts By: Megan McCafferty was a very good book. It is about a girl, named Jessica Darling, who is keeping a journal during her sophomore and junior years of high school. Jessica's best friend, Hope, moves away and she has to deal with the new changes in her life. She doesn't know whether to be friends with anyone else, or what to do. Jessica goes on to tell about all of her troubles, whether it was guys, family issues, prom, or anything else that comes up in her action packed life. Jessica also really likes a guy named, Paul, and she learns the awful truth of him. Jessica handles her troubles very well, and she should be the role model for everyone to follow.
I would recommend this book to teenage girls who like to read books about reality. It talks about all of the troubles that we have as teens and I think it does a good job of handling how she does things, and she sets a good example for the rest of us.
I really, really liked this book. I feel like it can relate to everything that I do. I do not really think that there was anything in the book that I did not like. The only confusing part of the book was at the very beginning. I had no idea that the numbers were the dates. I thought that it was the chapters, but then I noticed that it skipped a few, but that was when I finally realized that it was the date.
This book is similar to others that I have read, because now a day, there seems to be many books for teens that are in journal form. For example, "The Diary of a Teenage Girl Series" is also written in journal form. In addition, many other books for young adults are written to be like some things tat we go through in life. In these books, they talk about troubles that the characters face in their lives, and we can relate to them.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Sloppy First a Great book and it has a sequel !, Apr 25, 2023
Sloppy firsts is about a teenager going through troubling times just like any ordinary teenage girl would be. Jessica Darling best friend just moved so she is like a fish out of water at school and a stranger at home. She doesn't now how she is suppose to deal with the boy- and shopping crazy girls at school also known as the Clueless Crew, her dad's obsession with her track meets, her mother salivating over her big sister Bethany's lavish wedding, and her nonexistent love life. I enjoyed this book very much I think it describes a teenage girls life in high school, also me and Jessica had a lot in come due to the fact that she liked track too. This book made it seem like Jessica wasn't just a character she felt like a real person.
I recommend this book to 8-12 graders. This book is very mature and I think that this should be taken seriously it is very interesting. If you read it in 7th grade me may not understand what something she says. There is a few curses, and inappropriate descriptions. If you want to read a book about a high school going through problems this is an excellent book!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Sloppy Firsts star Jessica Darling get 5 Stars, Apr 25, 2023
Sloppy Firsts, by Megan McCafferty, is a story of Jessica Darling, a junior in high school whose best friend, Hope, has just moved away. Now Jessica is stuck with the Clueless crew, whom are supposed to be her best friends and she doesn't like them very much. Her parents don't understand her and all she is stuck hearing about is how they are so happy that her older sister Bethany is marrying this rich guy who she refers to as, G-Money. Even though Jessica is going through a tough time there is nothing that will stop her from crushing on this total hottie on the track team, Paul Parlipiano, until Marcus Flutie steps into her life. I enjoyed reading this book because it related a lot to what teenage girls go through, especially ones like Jessica Darling. She is in with the so called "in crowd", but she doesn't want to be there. She wants to be a typical teenager and do typical teenage things and not live up to other people's standards.
I recommend this book to teenagers ages 13-17. It is a book of high maturity and should be taken seriously. Immature teenagers or any years under 13 would not understand some stuff that is in this book. If you like a good story about a life of a teenager girl and what she goes through, then Sloppy Firsts is the book for you.
32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
Sloppy and Sarcastic Equal First Place Novel, Apr 20, 2023
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.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
---------------------------> A Totally Great Book!, Apr 18, 2023
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. Sloppy Firsts is a great book, but try it for yourself! Pick up a copy! Another book I need to recommend -- very much on my mind since I purchased a "used" copy off Amazon is "The Losers' Club: Complete Restored Edition" by Richard Perez, a funny, very entertaining little novel I can't stop thinking about.
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