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jessicabeckett's review against another edition
4.0
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When I was in my early teens, I needed a book like this.
By the time I purchased it, however, I was nearing the end of my high school career. But even so… there’s something about (almost) each short story featured in Such a Pretty Face that touches my heart and makes me smile. It certainly made me feel like less of an idiot, and it made the memories of my early teenage days bug me less and less.
(Even the introduction lends a hand at creating a sweet atmosphere for the stories that follow.)
Inside this novel, is a collection of short stories meant to inspire you to embrace all forms of beauty, by varied authors you may already know: Lauren Myracle, Mary Ann Rodman, Chris Lynch, Louise Hawes, Jacqueline Woodson, Norma Fox Mazer, Tim Wynne-Jones, Jamie Pittel, J. James Keels, Ron Koertge, Ellen Wittlinger and Anita Riggio. If you don’t know some of them at the start, you will remember them by the tales they tell within.
This may not be your cup of tea if you're above its targeted age range. But I do recommend giving it a shot.
When I was in my early teens, I needed a book like this.
By the time I purchased it, however, I was nearing the end of my high school career. But even so… there’s something about (almost) each short story featured in Such a Pretty Face that touches my heart and makes me smile. It certainly made me feel like less of an idiot, and it made the memories of my early teenage days bug me less and less.
(Even the introduction lends a hand at creating a sweet atmosphere for the stories that follow.)
Inside this novel, is a collection of short stories meant to inspire you to embrace all forms of beauty, by varied authors you may already know: Lauren Myracle, Mary Ann Rodman, Chris Lynch, Louise Hawes, Jacqueline Woodson, Norma Fox Mazer, Tim Wynne-Jones, Jamie Pittel, J. James Keels, Ron Koertge, Ellen Wittlinger and Anita Riggio. If you don’t know some of them at the start, you will remember them by the tales they tell within.
This may not be your cup of tea if you're above its targeted age range. But I do recommend giving it a shot.
aje9065a's review
2.0
i'm probably the wrong age range for this, as the parenthesis after the title informs me. i was hoping for a bit more grit, a bit more truth. it's rather watered-down. maybe i've read too much on beauty already--in the style of women's studies.
taking that into account, if you have five minutes and find this in a bookstore, read "Cheekbones" and "Bella in Five Acts". moreso the first than the second. why? because i loves me some honesty. "Cheekbones" has a better voice, "Bella" is better writing.
taking that into account, if you have five minutes and find this in a bookstore, read "Cheekbones" and "Bella in Five Acts". moreso the first than the second. why? because i loves me some honesty. "Cheekbones" has a better voice, "Bella" is better writing.
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