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Emotional and intense, Deb Caletti's first book for young adults is reminiscent of other recent teen psychological page-turners like Carol Plum-Ucci's What Happened to Lani Garver and Aimee by Mary Beth Miller. Jordan is a realistic heroine that older female teen readers will sympathize with and cheer for as she struggles to understand this suddenly complex world of adult motivations and desires. (Ages 13 and older) --Jennifer Hubert
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4.0 out of 5 stars
very good book,
By heather...teen reader (tennessee, United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Queen of Everything (Paperback)
this book was a very good book in my oppinion. i finnished it in two in a half days.i would have finnished early however but at the beginning of the book it gets started REAL slow ,i mean it gets started slow but then it starts to take it's flow after a while. but as it does so it also puts alot of details that in my oppinion i dont think was needed...lets just say caletti goes all out.but besides the slowness at the beginning it was a very good book it was about a girl named jordan who kinda has family problems and then matters get worse with her dad... and mostly the book in its own way is revolved around that matter. i do hope that deb makes a sequel to this book and talks about the blooming romance between jordan ''someone else''...i dont want to give it away. i think this book needs to be mainly for teens 14 and over.
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This review is from: The Queen of Everything (Paperback)
While The Queen of Everything definitely has a Caletti feel (slow, rich and purposeful writing), this story contains a lot more edge and drama. Readers of realistic fiction will enjoy Caletti's everyday teen world with an authentic voice, but there is a lot of suspense and action to keep the story fast moving. The characters are flawed and captivating (pretty cute romance included) and the slow moving build in of violence and suspense make this a hard book to put down. Overall, it's a very enjoyable read, one that crosses a lot of genres. While it might be a little old, it is still very relevant and would appeal to a wide audience.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Loudest teenage voice I've heard since Jessica Darling,
By QUEEN_OF_EVERYTHING (Outside Philly) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Queen of Everything (Paperback)
Deb Caletti's debut introduces protagonist Jordan MacKenzie, a typical high school junior girl with a seemingly typical high school junior's life. Through wonderful teenage narration sparkling with authentic voice, we come to know Jordan and come to see how the man she once knew as her father turned crazy, all in the name of so-called love. Yes, crazy. All over Gayle D'Angelo, a married woman. The narration and voice make up for a semi-slow moving story, though it mostly builds up plot and suspense-wise, keeping you on the edge of your seat. All characters are easy to like, with the exception of Jordan's new boyfriend, Kale, who just wants to get in Jordan's pants and kills bunnies with a shotgun for fun. We at first see her as rather self-confident and witty but as the story progresses, her confidence rises and plummets according to the situations she faces. I found her revenge on her "boyfriend," Kale, to be quite amusing. Kale is hell-bent on getting Jordan's attention and she instantly regrets sleeping with him, especially when he's got his tongue down some other girl's throat 10 minutes later. After crazy Mr. MacKenzie is taken to the sheriff's, Jordan uses Kale for a ride. She needs to get away from her home and her family. Come morning at a skeezy motel, Kale and Jordan genuinely have become the modern-day Bonnie and Clyde. Kale has stolen some poor soul's car and Jordan isn't about to let him get away with it, especially after what he's put her through. So she alerts a gas station man and takes off running, saying to him she refuses to ride in the stolen car any longer. That's just one of the humorous incidents - the characters are amusing as well. Take Claire, Jordan's hippie mother who unabashedly breast feeds Jordan's baby half-brother in public. And Melissa, Jordan's very best friend, who at first thinks Kale, neighborhoodwide-known as a thug, is good for Jordan. Prior, Jordan's experience had been limited to two unmemorable boyfriends. Mr. MacKenzie's craziness over his affair with beautiful southerner Gayle takes a turn for the absolute worst, and I never even saw it coming! We slowly see Jordan and Mr. MacKenzie's father-daughter relationship deteroriating all thanks to the toll of lust, love, or infatuation - whatever has caused Mr. MacKenzie to switch gears and become a total stranger who Jordan really doesn't even know anymore. I couldn't help but feel sorry for her, especially since she seemed as real as my heroine, Jessica Lynn Darling. And Jordan isn't terribly close with her mother, who remarried and now runs a bed and breakfast with her artsy-fartsy husband, Nathan. Caletti's striking first effort, despite a few slow downhillers, is worthwhile. I'm looking forward to her follow-up, HONEY, BABY, SWEETHEART.
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