A review by kippersandjam
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

1.0

#3 Prep - Curtis Sittenfield.


This book was on recommendation from my AM. Now, I think my hopes were too high. I'm not sure. But, I can safely say that I did not enjoy this book, and that felt wrong. I haven't not enjoyed a novel for a very long while, and this reminded me how much I can feel disappointed, let-down and just....betrayed by a book. I couldn't wait to finish it, and not in the good way.


It follows the time of a young girl at boarding school. I would like to say her frolics, her adventues, her feelings, her progression and development. She's so....so......wet! Ergh. If I knew her, I'd slap her. It's quite a slow read, and I guess in some ways you can see what the authors getting at; that someimes, some people don't change, don't grow and don't develop due to their experiences. The characters are quite real, I guess, given the private education background (I feel I can say that given I was...although I'm not sure if it's right) but it's still...infuriating!

Maybe I'm in the wrong mindset for it. It does have hope, and I can understand why it's a good novel, really. Deep down. I feel like I need to give it a second chance, a bit like a relationship you're so sure you can make work. But then again, they always say that you break up for a reason.