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cricket is the sweetest, but just wondering who the hell names their kid cricket?
*4.5 starsNot as good as anna but still very enjoyable!
adorable and wonderful! didn't want to put it down =)
One thing I have to appreciate about this story is its glaring reminder that is to NEVER EVER ENTER A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP WHEN YOU’RE UNSURE OF YOURSELF and I know age isn’t always an indication of a person’s maturity but in this case and it’s most often, sixteen year olds are yet on their way to discovering who they are and like what I’ve already mentioned, when you’re 16, be 16. I don’t have to explain that further.^^Truthfully speaking, I didn’t like the significant first half of the sto...
Yay for warm fuzzies. Stephanie Perkins has a talent and that talent is for making me happy, allowing me to enjoy the entire reading experience, laugh at times and come away with no deep sense of revelation - just the knowledge that I will have to get my hands on whatever she writes next. Her writing may be light and mostly meaningless but it achieves one of the greatest things a book possibly can: fun.And that's just it... this book is silly, mindless fun. I'm not sure why some people who e
I first read this book in May of 2013, and fell in love with Lola and Cricket's story. For some reason, I never wrote out a proper review for it though (although I do have reviews for Anna and the French Kiss and Isla and the Happily Ever After)I just finished my first reread of the book, and it was the audiobook version. It was so good! I was so happy to be back with Lola and Cricket again! I love that this story is set in San Fransisco, and I just love all of the characters! Lola reminds me of...
You know how all you Harry Potter fans were, like, living for the release of the seventh book, and then how some were disappointed in it? Lola was my disappointing Deathly Hallows. You see, Anna and I, we hit it off. She smacked me in the face when I needed a slap, she caressed my stupid romantic heart, and she left me laughing out loud and wanting more. Anna, well, she’s kind of the reminder in a genre full of heavy stuff that it’s okay to watch romantic comedies on Valentine’s Day with a box o...
First off, a huge thanks to Rebecca for giving me this ARC. Thank you!! ♥ ♥ ♥ ABSOLUTELY CRUSH-WORTHY♥ ♥ ♥HOLY CRICKET!! I am absolutely in love with Lola and the Boy Next Door! I’m not denying it, I have a HUGE crush on this book and it’s not going away. Stephanie Perkins, without a doubt did it again. She’s managed to tap into my inner giddy making me a shameless book hugger. For fans of Anna and the French Kiss eagerly anticipating Lola and the Boy Next Door breathe with ease. This book is fr...
Did you read Anna and the French Kiss?:A.YES, I loved it! B.YES, it was okay.C.YES, and I didn’t like it.D.NO, but I intend to.E.NO, it’s not for me.If you picked A, B, or D, please proceed to review #1.If you picked C or E, please proceed to review #2.__________________________________________________Review #1:LOVE! This book is fun, fun, fun (til her daddy takes the T-bird away). It has a very similar feeling to its companion novel Anna and the French Kiss—a teenage girl who already has a boyf...
Here's the thing. I think Stephanie Perkins is in my head. Or at least my daydreams. How else could she consistently write characters that seem to be tailor-made to hit my flutter buttons? Etienne for my anglophilia, Max for my tattooed, Buddy Holly glasses wearing (view spoiler)[messed up, misdirectedly (I know that's not a word) angry, kind of douchebaggy (hide spoiler)] rocker boy, and Cricket. Cricket for everything I've ever wanted in a real boy. Because that's the beauty of Lola and the Bo...
D'AAWWWW, well isn't that just lovely.Initial reactions:1. GAH, the cuteness OVERWHELMS ME! *faints*2. Okay. Serious business guys. Love the story. There are more things going on than just the boy next door. Family, figuring out who you really are, and growing up.3. Writing is amazing of course. Perkins is able to write her main characters with such a voice. They are complete characters. I love how Lola has interests, and there are issues surrounding her life other than boy problems. And althoug...
No. NO. NO. JUST NO. This book is a mess. If you loved this book, then you might not want to read this review. Because I'm so annoyed right now. And my review will probably sound harsh to you. But I gotta let out all my anger.Let me just start by saying that I loved Anna and the French Kiss. It was beyond enjoyable and adorable. But this? Oh my God. Lola and the Boy Next Door is a big fat NO. I'm beyond disappointed. Cricket is a cutie. I liked Cricket. But, unfortunately, he was not enough to s...
Oh, gosh. I really cannot understand all the good reviews for this book (even if half of them were given BEFORE the book actually came out, which, if you ask me, is completely stupid). To say it's overrated is an understatement. This book is such a huge disappointment. I guess this is a typical example of what happens when you fantasize so much about something that you've actually built up this ideal in your mind... which has nothing to do with reality, sadly. Careful people, spoilers ahead.I'd
Set to "Copacabana" by Barry Manilow.Her name is Lo-la. She's a steal-the-show girl.With purple stripeys in her hair, wearing leggings worthy of Cher.She's friends with Etienne, and of course, with An-na.The boy next door draws on his hand, and Lola yearns to understand.Across their midnight lawn, they talked from dusk til dawn.They were young and needed each other.But did the boy next door want more?At Lola's, Lola Nolan's Casa.The hottest thing since Etienne and Anna!At Lola's, Lola Nolan's Ca...
I'm definitely going to burn in hell..Oh, that awkward moment when everybody loves a book and you don't understand why... You know that feeling, right? Well, yeah, I'm pretty much living it.It's not that I DIDN'T LIKE the book, it's just that I didn't LIKE it.. Does it make any sense to you, because for me there is a whole damn big difference.Anyways, this is not Anna's book-sister, this is more like the evil stepsister.. It actually managed to raise my blood pressure, unfortunately not in
finally getting around to writing a review for this because it came up in conversation and i just now realised what never clicked for me.yes, this is a light and fluffy story. i didnt find it problematic like i did with ‘anna,’ so thats a good thing. but i never connected with the characters and i finally just figured out why. i appreciate authors trying to make their characters quirky. i get it. everyone has something that makes them awkward and weird. quirky characters are opportunities for re...
I don't know how I am going to justify this rating. Books like Lola and the Boy Next Door rarely work for me. I dislike chick-lit, I dislike two-timing/emotionally cheating/lying heroines, I dislike when the "wrong" guy in books with love triangles is vilified at the last minute to make it right for the heroine to break up with him. And yet I liked this book that contains all these elements. This novel is just such a light, breezy, charming read. The main character, who would normally annoy the
The thing about Lola and the boy next door is that, since it's a companion book, it's inevitable to make a comparison with Anna and the French Kiss which, in this case, comes out as a disadvantage because, as far as I am concerned, Anna is the absolute winner.Lola is a really cute story: she is a quirky, raised by gay parents, unique teenage girl.When her first crush and ex-neighbor, Cricket, reappears on her doorstep after two years, things get complicated because Lola already has a boyfriend,
if there's one thing i abhor, it's quirkiness.the kind of deliberate not-like-other-girls-y personality, the bright colors / random conversational insertions / unusual hobbies and side interests that characterizes your manic pixie dream girls and your tryhard middle schoolers and your adults possessing internalized misogyny...i just can't stand it.i'm a hater. i know it. i can deal with, even cherish, quirks, but quirkiness as the definition of a personality?that...no.this book is a nightmare fo...
That's it I'm done. DNFing this one. I honestly can't bear to read one more page. Can someone please explain the hype to me? Usually when I dislike a popular book I can tell why everyone else loved but with this one I have absolutely no clue. ➨ I didn't like any of the characters. Especially not Lola and Cricket (out of all names she had to call him cricket) I know Lola is supposed to be different and awesome but wearing wigs every single day is just weird to me. ➨Lola is practically cheating