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text 2019-01-02 18:46
Studentenleben
Dance. Love. Learn. Repeat. - Lucy Iviso... Dance. Love. Learn. Repeat. - Lucy Ivison Tom Ellen,Fabienne Pfeiffer

Das Buch ist abwechselnd aus Phoebes und Lukes Sicht geschriebene, was einen tiefen Einblick in die Gedanken- und Gefühlswelt der beiden ermöglicht. Dadurch habe ich mich beiden sehr nah gefühlt und ihre inneren Konflikte hautnah miterlebt. Auch die Kapitellänge war sehr angenehm und ich kam schnell in einen zügigen Lesefluss und hatte richtig Spaß die beiden bei ihrem Uni-Alltag zu begleiten. 

Das Buch ist teilweise ganz lustig geschrieben und leicht zu lesen, allerdings gibt es auch viele schlechtere Sachen, so wie die Galerie der Schande und die vielen Alkohol-Exzesse. Trotzdem würde mich interessieren, wie die Geschichte der beiden weiter geht. Immerhin hat die Autorin nur über das erste Semester geschrieben, dem ja noch einige folgen werden.

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review 2016-08-04 20:01
A Totally Awkward Love Story
A Totally Awkward Love Story - Tom Ellen,Lucy Ivison

So who is your lobster? Hannah has been looking for her lobster for years and she desperately wants to find him as she is planning to head off to college shortly and she hasn’t yet found him. A lobster she heard, mates for life, at least that is what someone told her in grade school and this notion that been embedded in her head and has been a goal for her for many years. So far, she been coming up empty handed. She hopes this last summer, she will find her lobster.

 

I really enjoyed the girlfriend relationships that were found inside this novel. They were true to each other in the end and were there for each other when they needed to be. Sure there were spats and quarrels amongst them but these girls together, were a fortress. There were many other relationships in this novel. Some were convenient and some took on deeper meanings, pulling at the emotional and committal side of their relationship. Such a variety of characters were included inside these pages, there is sure to be someone you can relate to. As the main characters were finally done taking their college entrance exam boards, there is a mix of feeling amongst them. They all feel relieved to put their books away but waiting for the results, some of the characters just couldn’t let go and just let fate take over. I could relate to these characters as they fretted over their test results. I know and they know that there is nothing that we can do about them but we still run the “what if?” scenarios in our heads after taking exams. They all wanted to have fun this last summer before college but these other individuals were ready to cut loose and be free. They all just needed to get away, change their environment, and things would start to look better.   This was a fun story, a very entertaining and enjoyable read.   I liked that the characters all began to relax for a bit while they were together once they got away from home. The atmosphere changed and there was of course, drama but there was going to be drama anyway. You put a group of people together, things are bound to occur.   It’s hard to change, it’s hard to let go of yourself especially around other people but it’s good to relax and know that you can.

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review 2016-06-14 21:08
Reasons you need this book
A Totally Awkward Love Story - Tom Ellen,Lucy Ivison
1. It is FUCKING HILARIOUS. It's also just got a very different sense of humor found in American YA novels. The straight-forward, British humor made me LOL a lot. Also British humor in general is pretty great. Lots of LOLs to be had. 

2. It is Sex-positive. It isn't just sex-positive in that it has one sex scene. This book is full of teenagers who think a LOT about sex (because TEENAGERS DO THAT) and also have sex often. The book explores teen-sexuality in a very true-to-life manner that isn't full of rainbows and roses but rather lots of awkwardness and self-doubt. 

3. Awkwardness. Just based on personal experience, being a teen is pretty hard. There are so many messages teens get from media and from one another and all they do is make us very aware of ourselves and the ways in which we are different from this 'idealized' image of a teen. While the book doesn't directly address the messages, it weaves them in with the insecurities the main characters have about themselves. 

4. Kids who don't always get into their top college/university. I know this seems really minor but I am so fucking tired of all the teens in YA lit who dream big and somehow always get into their top college/university. That doesn't happen that often in real life. What does happen is that you sometimes see the good in situations that aren't always that great and this book does a lot of that. 

5. Teens who drink. Whaat? Teens drink? What are you going on about? Given that it's the summer after high school, let me tell you, there is a lot of drinking involved and I appreciated the realistic ways in which the authors tackled teen drinking. 

This book will definitely not be for everyone because there is a lot of angst and drama, occasional toxic friendships and perhaps the kinds of situations these teens get into will make some readers uncomfortable. Hell, I was pretty uncomfortable sometimes. BUT, Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison do justice to teen experiences in the novel. Not every teenager will have had the same experiences as the main characters but I am sure everyone will be able to relate to some aspect of these teens' lives and will find something that makes them want to cheer the main characters on. 

Note that I received an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review
 

 

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review 2016-04-16 09:26
Never Evers - Tom Ellen,Lucy Ivison

Hamsters, trips, skiing, popstars, romance, awkward and hilarious situations! This book was just so much fun and I laughed so many times.

I read these 2 authors first book (Lobsters) last year and while it did have some bumps in the road, it was a good book, and so I just had to check out this book to see if the duo made yet another laugh-out-loud book. And they did! This one was even better than Lobsters. It still had some things that I didn't entirely like, but those faded away in the background of the book.

 

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review 2015-10-07 00:00
De sidste jomfruer i verden
De sidste jomfruer i verden - Tom Ellen,... De sidste jomfruer i verden - Tom Ellen,Lucy Ivison Book received from publisher.

Likes:

• Der er ingen tvivl om, at det her er en sjov bog. Det fremgår allerede på bagsiden og skulle man have misset det der, så fremgår det faktisk af aller første side i bogen. Og den var også sjov. Rigtig sjov. Den minder mig lidt om Louise Rennisons bøger, men bare med lidt ældre hovedpersoner.

• Det her var en rigtig god “mellem” bog – I ved, sådan en, man lige snupper mellem to andre bøger, når man ellers ikke lige helt ved, hvad man skal gå i gang med. Den er sjov, let og på charmerende på sin egen måde. Det er nok en af de bøger, der både er hurtigt læst og hurtigt glemt, men imens man sidder med den, så er den altså tiden værd.

• Jeg kunne sagtens se potentialet i den her bog, og jeg har også allerede anbefalet den til min lillesøster på 16, som netop var begejstret for Louise Rennisons bøger. Jeg tror nemlig, at den vil egne sig rigtig godt til de, der er sidst i folkeskolen eller først i gymnasiet. Altså de der 15-16 år. Den er meget i øjenhøjde med den målgruppe, følte jeg.

• Der bliver talt en del om sex. Det er der som sådan ikke hverken noget overraskende eller nyt i, men det fede er, at det bliver gjort på en måde, der er utrolig realistisk. Veninderne i bogen stiller hinanden de spørgsmål, som man måske selv talte med sine veninder om, da man var 16. De deler begejstring på lige fod med bekymring. Jeg fik i hvert fald en opfattelse af, at det var meget ærligt.

• Der var et særligt sted i bogen, hvor jeg bare vidste, at jeg ville kunne lide bogen. Det betød ikke noget særligt for bogen som sådan, men det fik mig til at bonde med den ;) Det er nemlig der, hvor hovedpersonen Hannah kommer med det her fremragende citat, som jeg kun kan være enig i:

“Ugh,” sagde jeg. “Jeg hader Channing Tatum. Han ligner en menneskeabe.”
S. 85.

Dislikes:

• Hovedpersonerne Sam og Hannah er færdige med gymnasiet og skal på universitet efter ferien. De er 18 år gamle. Der er bare intet der får dem til at virke så modne, overhovedet. Faktisk virker de begge som nogle på 15-16 år. De virkede i hvert fald på ingen måde modne nok til at jeg ville tænke, at de faktisk var myndige…

• Stella. Hold nu op, hvor er hun bare en dårlig veninde. Jeg kan slet ikke tilgive hende. Jeg havde ikke bevaret kontakten, hvis jeg havde en som hende i mit liv.

• Jeg er nødt til at nævne coveret, selvom det selvfølgelig ikke betyder noget for bogens vurdering. Men jeg synes helt ærligt, at det er meget lidt tiltrækkende. Jeg ville gå langt uden om bogen, hvis jeg så den i boghandlen. Og det synes jeg faktisk er en skam! For indholdet er ret godt, og bagsiden såvel som ryggen er faktisk ganske ok.
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