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The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls - Community Reviews back

by Julie Schumacher
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Abandoned by Booklikes
Abandoned by Booklikes rated it 11 years ago
This was a very light read for me and I have to say a welcome read as well. I read this as part of the USA by the book summer challenge (as far as I am concerned it is still technically summer somewhere in the world) and this book represented the state of Delaware.This book is told in the first pers...
Pingwing's Bookshelf
Pingwing's Bookshelf rated it 12 years ago
I borrowed this from the library without knowing too much about it, but I figured I’ve been on a roll with my YA contemporary picks so far this year, so I’d take a chance on this book.Here is the Goodreads summary:I’m Adrienne Haus, survivor of a mother-daughter book club. Most of us didn’t want to ...
mathstalio
mathstalio rated it 12 years ago
I was very thrown off throughout by the fact that Adriennes dialogue wasn't always quoted. sometimes her internal narrative would end in a question and a few lines later I would realize that she had asked that question aloud to another character. Very confusing. But I ended up being pretty intrigued...
Marcia
Marcia rated it 13 years ago
This storyline had such great potential. Moms dragging daughter to be a part of a mother/daughter summer book club. Teenage girls who would never hang out together forced to spend there summer reading the same books. But the potential never showed up.
Between the Pages
Between the Pages rated it 13 years ago
You guys, do not make the same mistake I did and be misled by this cover and summary: this is NOT a cute summer read. It's just not. I had expected it to be about girls bonding and forming genuine friendships while being in the book club and discovering everything wasn't so bad after all. Or somethi...
The Girl in a Cafe
The Girl in a Cafe rated it 13 years ago
The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls was a light and easy summer read about one girl who finds herself forced into a book club by her mother after having an accident, meaning she can’t go on a camping trip with her best friend. When I first heard of this book through NetGalley, the first th...
Les
Les rated it 56 years ago
Four high school girls get roped into a summer reading club with their moms under duress. All of them are going to be in the same AP English class in the fall.The protagonist, Adrienne, tore up her knee and missed a scheduled canoeing trip. Instead her leg is in a brace but she isn't very motivated ...
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