by C.K. Kelly Martin
I enjoyed reading the guy's POV on first love, painful breakups, friendship and teen pregnancy, and how you deal with the crap life throws in your face, even when you've tried to do the right thing. I liked it, but I have some objections:I wanted to see what Nick saw in Sascha, but ended up being al...
3.5/5Here we have a kid who’s just a kid and doesn’t know what he’s supposed to do when faced with a big thing. The good thing: he doesn’t pretend otherwise. Whatever it is he does happen to feel, he does…no false bravado on his part. You’d think him whiny self centered kid, who’s got too much of ev...
Being a teenager is hard, AND what a bundle of tragic relationships. "I Know It's Over" deals with teen pregnancy from the boys perspective and does it DAMN well. The quality of the writing, the structure and the voice, truelly make it hard to believe that this is Martin's debut novel. and Nick; I j...
Nick. Nick wants a simple summer. An uncomplicated, spontaneous summer. What he gets instead, is Sasha. Sasha has a plan for hre life, a family who has a plan for her life, and neither she nor her family has room in those plans for a serious relationship. A sexual relationship. But Nick wants ...
What I really like is getting to see it from a boys pov and the things he went through. I like the way Ms. Martin showed the emotions. Not only the emotionally toll of the relationship but also the psychical toll as well. Nick does his best when it comes to supporting his ex-girlfriends and I admire...
This is the type of book that I wish was around when I was a teen. Perhaps there was one out there, but I wasn't lucky enough to find it. It is the type of story that draws you in, even though it deals with some tough issues. Pregnancy, divorce, abortion, it all makes for a gritty and realistic read...
This is my April read for the 2009 YA Reading Challenge over at J.Kaye's Book Blog. I've read a lot of good things about this book so I thought it would be a good thing to check out and I'm glad that I did because I ended up really enjoying this story.This story is about teenager named Nick and the ...