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susannnochka's review against another edition
4.0
Fabulous, Matthue. Another world opens up when you open the pages. Your dialogue is amazing. The main character is perfect: loveable, fierce, naive-and-worldly in a way that resonated with me personally (hello, my teenage years! I thought I was so smart). The plot is entertaining, as well as slightly surreal (well, LA is surreal, and you capture that brilliantly), and the characters are fleshed-out and real. YAY. I totally admit that I read all writing by friends and acquaintances with super-dooper low expectations, and was so delighted to be thus surprised.
jessrock's review
4.0
I have little tolerance for hipster YA books about characters who are so painfully cool that they couldn't possibly exist in the real world, and this one started out looking like it was going to be exactly that, but then took a turn for the interesting and kept me sucked in the whole way through. The book is about a teenage Orthodox Jew who, through a series of coincidences, ends up getting a summer job as the only actual Jew on the set of a Hollywood sitcom about an Orthodox family. It turns out to be a very good coming-of-age tale that I thought dealt very nicely with the issue of caring deeply about your religion while trying to figure out yourself and the rest of the world.
emilylandry's review against another edition
5.0
I. Love. This. Freaking. Book.
This is one of the richest, most beautifully crafted teen girl character I've read in forever. And I love that this story is not really a love story at all.
After Losers, I was so excited to start reading this. And then after I read it - I just want to devour the rest of Matthue Roth's books.
This is one of the richest, most beautifully crafted teen girl character I've read in forever. And I love that this story is not really a love story at all.
After Losers, I was so excited to start reading this. And then after I read it - I just want to devour the rest of Matthue Roth's books.
bookishdea's review against another edition
3.0
I liked this book. It wasn't quite what I was expecting, but I enjoyed the character growth and I enjoyed how the character kept to her ideals in the end. The sitcom was actually an interesting idea, and I liked the supporting characters too. All in all, I was glad I read it.
bookishdea's review
3.0
I liked this book. It wasn't quite what I was expecting, but I enjoyed the character growth and I enjoyed how the character kept to her ideals in the end. The sitcom was actually an interesting idea, and I liked the supporting characters too. All in all, I was glad I read it.
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