by Lauren Myracle
When the series came out years ago during my pre-teen/teenage years, I wasn't interested in reading the books because I thought the books were trying too hard to be cool and relevant with the IM messaging and pop culture references. I was also not interested in reading about contemporary school stuf...
Man, this book actually made me miss IMing people D: haha other than that it was an interesting read and really fast paced :)
This one read pretty much the way I thought it would...it wasn't BAD, it wasn't exactly brilliant, either. It is what it is - a book about 3 best friends in high school, written entirely as if in a chatroom. The style made it a quick read, and seemed quite authentic to how high school girls actually...
This series is freaking hilarious !
Told entirely through chat logs between three friends, ttyl covers the very hectic first few months of the girls' sophomore year of high school. How hectic? Angela has her heart broken by her boyfriend, Maddie strikes up a friendship with a girl known for backstabbing, and Zoe starts to get a little...
I'm in awe. To write a whole novel in dialog would be tough enough, but in text messages? Myracle pulls it off beautifully: narrative arc, character development, emotion.... I'm glad I finally picked this one up.