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The theme. When you start out, there isn’t too much of a theme happening. The story follows Riley, a perfect, high school senior, as she navigates the last year of high school and the pressures of romance. That’s when things start to take an unpleasant turn. I found Riley’s love interest to be rather creepy to be honest. If I were her, I would have run in the other direction as soon as possible. But in any case, it seems like there’s the whole ‘love will prevail’ theme happening which was fine and dandy. And then the author brings in the whole ‘why do women even need to be dating someone to warrant attentions?’ debate which was slightly unexpected but not at all unwelcome. But the ending! The ending just threw everything through a loop. It usurps the themes and changes everything you thought you knew which was completely wonderful! I just wish the author had done it in a slightly more obvious way. I read this book through twice and I only got the subtle references to the change in message and ending the second time around. It was completely worth the reread, though. By the time I got rescued, I had a full coffee cup with me. I just pretended it was, like, leftover latte, but you could totally smell it. It was pretty gross. The guy who rescued me actually made a face.” Show interest: Show that you’re interested in the person who made the comment by asking them a question or responding with a compliment of your own. I can’t put my finger on my exact thoughts for this book. I was embarrassed that I enjoyed it at times because it was very YA when it came to the girls in the story and how amazing beautiful and perfect and smart and kind they all were. (Gaggg) That’s the whole truth without diving too far into exactly what kind of mess they get into with their student-teacher affair and exactly what kind of awful things they do to one another. Such a Good Girl is what happens when you put the student-teacher YA book, the unhealthy relationship YA book, and red food dye in the blender together. Why the latter? BECAUSE WE’VE GOT HEADS ROLLING, PEOPLE.
You know what they say, behind every good girl is a great guy tempting her” 6 Tips for using these responses effectively Laura, Sophie’s mother, persuaded the Nazis from taking her and Sophie from their ghetto to the gas chambers 4 times. She also marched to SS headquarters to demand the return of her iron which was stolen by a Nazi. And, she was given a secretary job to a Nazi when she threatened to report his dishonesty to the Gestapo. She even tried to give insider information to the Polish rebels, but they mistrusted her too much to accept it. I loved that the whole point of the book is that Riley is a psychopath (a narcissist?). She makes everyone dance to her tune because she has such a draw and facade that everyone thinks she's an angel. Even after you read the book, you have to sit there and wonder if the story is even true because she's revealed to be such an unreliable narrator. The only things you can know for certain are the lists in between chapters that tell about what she's done in her life.So if you like any pf the relationship drama of PPL, and the manipulative characters, and the completely far fetched and improbable plots, then yes, I can easily see the comparisons to this book and I think you will like it a lot! Sophie Turner-Zaretsky, who spent the war years believing she was an anti-Semitic Catholic schoolgirl, eventually became an esteemed radiation oncologist. Flora Hogman, protected by a succession of Christians, emerged from the war a lonely, lost orphan, but became a psychologist who pioneered the study of hidden child survivors. Unlike Anne Frank, Carla Lessing made it through the war concealed with her family in the home of Dutch strangers before becoming a psychotherapist and key player in the creation of an international organization of hidden child survivors. This book followed the stories of three Holocaust survivors: Sophie, Flora, and Carla. Sophie and her mother assumed false identities as Polish Catholics. They survived out in the open right under the Nazis’ noses. Flora was saved when she didn’t raise her hand at school when the students were asked to raise their hands if they were Jews. She was moved from home to home until she landed in the home of an elderly couple who later adopted her. Carla found a place with a family who already had lots of mouths to feed. She was burdened by what was happening outside of the relative safety of their home and also by her self-imposed silence. But their initial survival was only the beginning. Towards the end, when the short chapter intros begin to reveal more it gets even more interesting - the chapter intros were my favourite things. And I did enjoy the ending plot twist quite a lot. It wasn't too WOWZA, but it was really nice. Probably not. Her dad’s on a business trip, Ethan says. Dunno about her mom and sisters. He gives me a little smile. I think he feels bad. He’s always stealing my thunder a little bit, without even meaning to. He’s just that sort of person. Magnetic. Even when he’s doing something utterly without merit.
This is the second book of Amanda K. Morgan I have read and loved this one even more then the first one. Neta swirls around to face us both, and displays the notebook. She’s scribbled out the heart and replaced it with BFF. You know what I say. I like to take it slow. Give love a real chance to develop between two mature people. Oh. I smile at the reporter, a little impressed. She’s done her homework. Well, she’s tried, at least. I wasn’t exactly the homecoming queen, Syd.Neta pauses from applying her lip gloss and spins around in her chair, crossing her legs. Hi, Liam! she says brightly. How’s your Comms project going?
I'll be discussing the twists in detail, so please turn away now if you're planning to read this book. Liam gives Neta an awkward thumbs-up. It’s great, Neta. Thanks for asking. Listen, if you ever need help with your papers, I’m here. And that goes for you two as well, okay? He points at Kolbie and me, and then strokes his beard, twisting his fingers into the end. Well, later. For the most part, I thought the book was an excellent read. I didn't have trouble with the second part that others reviewers apparently had. That was actually my favorite part. Like others, though, I felt the title did not fit the book very well. It is understanding why the author chose that title, however, since the hidden children had to be good and silent in hiding to survive. But they weren't all girls. I think a better title would have been Such Good & Silent Children. I sit down at the kitchen table across from my brother while Dad takes the sauce off the stove and pours it into a white serving bowl. I stuff the garlic bread in my mouth all at once—Sydnee and everyone at school would so disapprove—and open my Princeton letter. I was a little sad that L'Amant was never mentioned again after the story started taking the dark and unexpected turn.)
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Don’t hesitate to text or whatever, okay, Syd? I put my sunglasses on, sweep my (dyed) blond hair over my shoulder, and leave the freshman alone at the school café. I can’t wait to see it in the paper. You’ll let me know when it runs, won’t you?
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