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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Another book that wasn't what I was expecting. I love Jersey beaches/boardwalk. In fact, I just got back yesterday from a vacation in Wildwood, south of Jersey shore. I liked the idea of sisters that live there all year round. So I grabbed it. I wasn't that impressed, though. It's a really short book, but I had a hard time reading it. It was slow. Not much seemed to happen besides the sisters having boy problems and avoiding each other. They only thing that really stood out was that Skate was melodramatic and Rose was a bit of a softie. It wasn't a bad read. It was good writing and some interesting side characters. But the storyline was slow and not all that interesting to me and the sisters were a little too cliche. Others may like it, others who don't need romance and something happening as much as I do, but it just wasn't for me. Rosie is a high school sophomore and her sister Skate (real name Olivia) is a year older. Rosie is boyfriendless and Skate’s boyfriend, Perry, just went off to Rutgers in New Brunswick, NJ. She’s actually living with Perry’s mother, Julia. Rosie is living at home with her aunt Angie. You see, Rosie and Skate’s mother died when they were tiny and their dad is an alcoholic who was just arrested for shoplifting. Rosie goes to group counseling meetings but Skate doesn’t. Yes, very complicated! Skate’s a free bird, dresses funky, rides her skateboard everywhere, somewhat more worldly than Rosie. Rosie’s quiet, reserved. Rosie’s got a crush on Gus, who leads the meeting, but it appears that Nick, another group member likes Rosie. Rosie and Skate by Beth Ann Bauman outlines how the girls react to their life over a period of about six months. They both have parent problems. They both have boyfriend problems. Chapters alternate between Rosie and Skate narrating. The book is very readable, but also very predictable. Rosie and Skate are likeable characters as are some of the secondary characters like Frank and Nick. You’ll definitely identify with the boyfriend/girlfriend going off to college/long distance romance thing or the wishing you had a boyfriend thing. This is a character driven story about two sisters coming to terms with their alcoholic father, while at the same time growing up. There really isn't a lot of plot here, so if you're someone who needs plot, you're probably not going to like this. But if you're someone who enjoys reading about how and why a person changes, pick this up. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
New Jersey sisters Rosie, aged fifteen, and Skate, aged sixteen, cope differently with their father's alcoholism and incarceration, but manage to stay close to one another as they strive to lead normal lives and find hope for the future. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Good storyline, good writing, and relatable characters. All in all, it was favorable. ( )