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Liked It “Jessica is fourteen; her parents just went through an ugly divorce and her dad is getting married to a much younger woman. She feels worthless and wants attention and is willing to do anything to get it. With the "right" clothes and attitude she can get all the male attention she wants. But is...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“At fourteen, Jessica as discovered that getting the attention she wants is easy. Its not the attention of her friends and famiy, which getting has become almost impossible. Boys - and men - are a different matter altogether. with the right clothes and attitude, Jessica realizes that she can get all the male attention she wants. What she doesnt realize is how easy it is to get more than shes ready for.
Steacyboo wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
This is a very short read, but i highly recommend it for young girls. They could learn from it for sure. But if your older, I wouldnt recommend it. I did enjoy this book, but not as much as other books Ive read in the past.”“Jessica is fourteen; her parents just went through an ugly divorce and her dad is getting married to a much younger woman. She feels worthless and wants attention and is willing to do anything to get it. With the "right" clothes and attitude she can get all the male attention she wants. But is this kind of attention the "right" kind? Is the reputation she gets deserved and what can she do to make a change? A poignant tale of a lost teen making very bad choices and facing the consequences of those choices while trying to to deal with her parents' divorce and its aftermath. This book is excellent but does contain mature thematic content and profanity.”
Iceangel9 wrote this review Saturday, December 10, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“14-year-old girl dives into the deep end of the puberty pool, looking for love in all the familiar wrong places. It is a cautionary tale about reputations and how easy it is to become the class slut, and how whether you really are or not does not matter. The voice is true and the author explains the semi-autobiographical nature of the book.”
BE Kelley wrote this review Saturday, July 30, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Well I think that it was a very good book,it was very nasty.!! You have too be mature to read this book. It went into great detail about the main characters life..school,family,and sexual. Yes the book does have sexual contact in it but it is good. It goes through and explains the chalenges she faced. It was good. I do recommend it,but only for those who can be mature about it.
Anderson Long wrote this review Tuesday, February 22, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
-Kiana Kristina
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“Good book .
Z's Class wrote this review Friday, January 21, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I would encourage someone to read this book .
- Brianna M.”
“Hoffman a psychotherapist who works with adolescent girls
Ms.Maddie wrote this review Sunday, February 21, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
delves into the emotions and hollow places that lead girls to seek attention in all the wrong places. A heart wrenching look at what some girls do to
feel connected and loved yet do so in a way that is self destructive.”
“Totally epic”
Hello. wrote this review Friday, January 22, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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TeensReadToo.com wrote this review Monday, July 20, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
If there was ever a book that captures the extreme discomfort of coming into your own self, then EASY is that book. Fourteen-year-old Jessica lives a life in turmoil. Whether all of the turmoil is real or imagined doesn't matter. What's important is that for this girl who once knew exactly who she was and what place she held in the world, she no longer knows anything at all.
It was simple once. There was her mom, and dad, and older sister, Anne. There was school and her best friend, Elisabeth. Most of all there was photography, and Ruth, the art teacher she's had since seventh grade. But now her parents are divorced; her mom is unable to cope, and her dad has a new girlfriend, Dana, who caused her parent's split. Anne is busy alternately hating their father and being the parent to their mother. Ruth is equally busy hounding Jessica for her self-portrait that's to be entered in the national high school art contest.
But Jessica doesn't find the same comfort behind the camera that she'd once took for granted. In fact, Jessica doesn't take comfort in much of anything, except the new-found confidence she has when she's around members of the opposite sex. She finds herself lying in bed at night, reconstructing scenes with Jason, her crush. Somehow, though, it's not enough, this wanting from afar. Her body has changed, almost beyond recognition, and the catcalls and whistles from guys on the street give Jessica a feeling she hasn't had before--that of being admired, wanted, needed.
When she meets Ted, a guy in his twenties who stops for her on the highway, her initial wariness quickly turns to feelings of power. This guy desires her. He needs her. She, the girl who hasn't felt loved or wanted for such a long time, finally has the type of power that makes her feel alive.
This type of power doesn't last, and it's only a matter of time before Jessica figures this out. While her father is planning to marry his once-mistress, and her sister gets an actual boyfriend, and her mother revels in her misery, it will take some drastic circumstances before Jessica realizes just what, exactly, she's become. When she finally figures out which photograph to use for her self-portrait, it's not pretty. But neither, she realizes, is real life.
This is a book that, like its title suggests, is terribly easy to relate to. Even in this day and age, it is extremely simple for females to equate desire and attraction with self-worth and love. Whether it's the way of our society or the fault of the media, young girls especially learn from an early age that being wanted by males makes you a better female. EASY shows, without ever being preachy or self-effacing, the fallacy in this way of thinking. This is a definite winner that I highly recommend to anyone and everyone. Kudos to Ms. Hoffmann for such an emotional, heartfelt story.
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“A good read about a girl who wants to be loved and gets a bad rep.”
readsall wrote this review Wednesday, July 23, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
