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This debut novel from Curtis Sittenfeld (who won Seventeen magazine's fiction contest when she was just 16) finds a 20-something woman reflecting on her teen years in a Boston prep school.
Random House, 416 pages
01/11/2005
$21.95
ISBN: 1400062314
Fiction
General Literature & Fiction
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The average user rating for this book is 6.6 (out of 10) based on 34 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jennifer gave it a6:
This book was a page turner for me but the ending was dissapointing, I didn't like that Cross was a jerk like that but I also disliked, as well as many others, Lee's constant complaints and mistakes.
Erica K gave it a10:
I feel everyone can who had a hard time in highschool would be able to relate to this book. The fact that Lee is " unlikable" as some people say is completely irrelevant. The book is about not being likeable. I love this book for its honesty and candor.
christine gave it an8:
I just finished this book, and found it very enjoyable. While I don't quite get the "Catcher in the Rye" comparisons, I related to Lee and could imagine various people from my highschool experience as the other characters in the book. I felt just as uncomfortable as she did while reading certain parts, and I think it could make many an awkward teenager feel a little less alone.
Jillian H gave it a3:
Intelligent enough but a pure banality. Prep brings nothing to the over saturated genre; while the book offers up realism and some insightfulness, the plot is devoid of anything interesting, and Lee is extraordinarily unlikeable. Not everyone is, but Lee seems not to have any kind of redeeming qualities; she complains of suffering during her teen years, but she brought that suffering upon herself. Sittenfeld's debut is below average, and I was extremely disappointed, especially reading reviews comparing Prep to The Catcher in the Rye! I still don't understand it; if Sittenfeld continues to pump out this mediocre tripe, she won't deserve to even be spoken in the same sentence as Salinger.
Summer X gave it a7:
I found this book to be very interesting I read it for an english class I am in high school now and found that I could relate to Lee's story i couldn't put the book down but I was dissapointed with the conclusion
Sara J gave it a7:
It was okay, and like every other book had highs and lows. It actually held my attention, which is amazing since I'm very critical about books. The characters were dynamic and seemed like actual people I go to school with, which is hard to find in a book with a high-school setting. I did, however, get annoyed with Lee's constant lack of self-esteem and the fact that Sittenfeld portrayed midwesterners as a bit hick-ish and poor.
Jennifer H gave it a6:
I was reading this book as an outside reading book for my English class the same time we were reading A Separate Peace by John Knowles. It was confusing.
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