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Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a product review. Inspire us to see the reality of the world. Shows us this through Jan and guys around her Student the age 15 and older should read this. I really recommend this book to all the girls because it's going to give them a idea of how love interfere upon guys and they will explore many things.
She was deluded by her fantasies which is all the time.
She is so dreamy and assuming which is the worst considering how complicated high school boys are. She is judgmental, materialistic, ungrateful and has the worst timing in the world but despite her thousand flaws I begin to like her. I know that her quality on being mean and indifferent would get back to her and it did in the worse ways. What makes the story long is that they didn't communicate the same language clearly. They keep on assuming that may be this and that will happen. Well, at the end they both had this terrible belief which ruined both of them.
Jul 17, Maziel rated it it was amazing. This book was a great way of learning not to rush things with your private lives. While she tries to earn his attention, she asked her best friends opinion on how to get him who's an it girl compared to yahn. Finally, as yahn gives up and stops chasing after Josh he goes after her in a heart beat and then they fall in love. Dec 10, Elyssa Rubin rated it it was amazing. The main characters, Jan and Rebecca, are currently best friends and seniors in high school. While filling out endless college applications, they're also managing to balance their love lives, family, and education.
I would definitely recommend this book to teenage girls, or anyone who is in the mood for a teenage drama. Jul 03, Nancy rated it really liked it. Confessions of a Not It Girl has an awesome combination of a funny and charming protagonist, laugh-out-loud situations, and a cute but quite stereotypical love interest. I loved Jan and her scripted scenarios, but often times, her obsession over Josh made her unbearably annoying.
However, her energy and wit made up for it. Reviewed by Rebecca C. A girl who is trying to find love but keeps putting herself down because she doesn't have the perfect New York body and her "fairytale" love scene. The book was interesting because it was relatable because it points out that we all focus on our flaws while other people don't make such a big deal about them.
Jul 19, Christy ramirez rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Sep 27, Ally rated it liked it Recommends it for: Jan 02, Marilee rated it it was ok Recommends it for: Picked this up at the AHS library. Not bad for some of the more "girly" girls.
Jul 24, guppy rated it it was amazing Shelves: I was laughing a lot while reading this. It's probably the funniest book I have read! Feb 23, Beck rated it it was amazing. View all 83 comments. Jun 21, Isabelle rated it liked it. Fairly shallow, but an okay YA chick-lit light read.
Nothing special, but the style was pleasantly comfortable. Mar 11, Leah rated it it was amazing. Actually laughed out loud a handful of times. Self deprecating humor from the narrator. May 27, Jade Asistores rated it really liked it Shelves: Let's step into the world of teenage high school.
A girl like Jan is like any regular high school girl. She's awkward, shy, insecure, and has no clue whatsoever about relationships. That's realistic, and so true to what many girls feel like. That is what made me drawn to a character like Jan; her realism.
Of course, not only does her name sound weird like it's from a different era but she is best friends with New York's It Girl which would totally make her more insecure about herself than ever. J Let's step into the world of teenage high school. Jan's got boy problems. She's so confused about her feelings. To like or not to like?
She has this teenaged girl syndrome about having crushes and changing her mind about who she likes from time to time. The biggest thing that made me lean towards her character was her confusion over her latest crush, Josh. He's so confusing like most boys are so I was usually over the edge of my seat in figuring out if he actually likes her or not? If Leslie was his girlfriend or just a friend?
And why it seemed like he was setting up his cousin, Henry with Jan when she thought that Josh liked her? There were scenes in the book that are true to a teenaged girl's heart.
Jan was always fussing over what to do to impress Josh. Whether it was to baby-sit his little sister, Hannah, go to a high school party, or have dinner with him, his mom and his cousin. Jan always fretted over what she would wear whenever she got the chance to be with him, this showed she was like many girls who are also trying their best to impress the guy they like. As a former high school senior myself I'm going to be college this year I know what it feels like to like a boy.
Boys like Josh would make your head hurt from thinking too much about everything about him, about what he says, about what he does, about what you think he thinks about YOU. Although I find the story was getting pretty repetitive and boring at some parts of Jan's overactive imagination about scenes of her and Josh confessing their love for one another, but since I think that every teenager has a wild imagination it would be plausible this story was a good read, and I highly recommend it to those high school girls who like Jan, is getting confused over the guy she likes.
On a side note: We might think Rebecca's character might not be so realistic since she is THE It Girl but actually, she's also just a regular teenager who likes to hang out with her best friend, rebel against her parents by having a secret relationship with her dad's law student , and have fights and then make up with her best friend. I think she is a great character.
Unlikely many girls who have portrayed the title of It Girl, Rebecca, although beautiful, is still an ordinary girl like her best friend, Jan. She doesn't always go to high school parties, she isn't conceited and mean, and she doesn't go all around the school flaunting herself as the It Girl of New York. Yes, there is a time in the book where she and Jan drank at a party, and she smoked once in her room's balcony but any teenager could have done that.
She's more realistic than others, and for that I give props to Melissa Kantor for making such great characters. But then again, the author has proved wrong and made it a task to show the uniqueness of every character. Aug 09, Yovano N. Review bisa juga dibaca di: Jan dibaca "Yahn" loh. Salahkan orang tuanya yang memberinya nama aneh itu.
Untunglah teman-temannya banyak yang tidak tahu hal itu tetap memanggilnya Jan, dan ia juga tak mau repot-repot mengoreksi mereka. Jan bukanlah cewek populer. Ia selalu mengeluhkan pantatnya yang sebesar truk iya, Jan memang agak lebay soal ukuran pantatnya. Maka dapat dikatakan ajaib bahwa ia bersahabat dengan cewek secantik dan segaul Reb Review bisa juga dibaca di: Maka dapat dikatakan ajaib bahwa ia bersahabat dengan cewek secantik dan segaul Rebbeca, yang baru-baru ini dinobatkan sebagai Cewek Gaul versi majalah remaja New York.
Dalam kehidupan sehari-hari, Rebbeca selalu menjadi penasihat Jan soal banyak hal, terutama soal cowok dan fashion. Tapi Jan tetaplah Jan. Meski sering dipilihkan baju-baju keren oleh Rebbeca, tapi tetap saja ia payah dan tak memiliki cukup rasa percaya diri, bahkan untuk menyapa cowok yang sudah lama ia taksir. Suatu ketika, ia bertemu dengan Josh, teman masa kecilnya yang dulu pindah ke Seattle dan kini kembali lagi ke Manhattan.
Ternyata penampilan Josh sudah tidak seculun dulu. Ia telah berubah menjadi cowok keren yang sukses mendepak Tom Richmond dari benak Jan, cowok yang selama ini membuat Jan tergila-gila. Kesempatan emas datang saat Jan dimintai tolong oleh ibu Josh untuk menjadi pengasuh adik Josh setelah sang pengasuh yang biasanya mengasuh adik Josh jatuh sakit. Dapatkah Jan menarik perhatian Josh? Cowok itu mau nggak sih sama cewek berpantat lebar seperti Jan?
Saya nggak bereksptektasi tinggi waktu memutuskan untuk membaca novel young adult ini yang dengan teganya diberi label teenlit oleh Gramedia, padahal terdapat adegan yang sedikit vulgar di dalamnya. Karena tidak berekspektasi tinggi, saya kalem-kalem saja sewaktu menikmati novel ini. Maka dari itu saya terkejut bahwa ternyata novel ini lumayan kocak. Beberapa komentar dan imajinasi Jan di luar dugaan sanggup membuat saya tergelak. Cerita novel ini sangat ringan.
Jadi cocoklah dibaca bagi mereka yang kebetulan sedang mencari bacaan ringan dalam kasus saya, novel ini bisa membuat saya rileks setelah membaca Mockingjay yang bikin depresi itu. Tapi bagi pembaca yang ingin mencari bacaan young adult yang lebih 'berisi', novel ini mungkin bukan pilihan yang pas. Apalagi sikap Jan terlalu kekak-kakanan untuk ukuran cewek SMA yang sebentar lagi akan lulus dan masuk universitas.
Interaksi Jan dan Josh sebenarnya lumayan seru. Sayang sikap Jan lebih terlihat seperti eibiji yang baru pertama kali jatuh cinta, sehingga membuat saya geregetan sendiri. Belum lagi alur dalam novel ini terasa sangat datar, hampir tidak ada konflik yang berarti. Available in Russia Shop from Russia to buy this item.
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