Lola and the Boy Next Door

Posted on 20 June 2019 by Stephanie Perkins

Alternate Cove edition for ISBN 9780525423287Lola Nolan is a budding costume designer, and for her, the outrageous, sparkly, and fun the outfit, the better And everything is pretty perfect in her life right down to her hot rocker boyfriend until the Bell twins, Calliope and Cricket, return to the neighborhood When Cricket, a gifted inventor, steps out from his twin sister s shadow and back into Lola s life, she must finally reconcile a lifetime of feelings for the boy next door. Best Read Lola and the Boy Next Door [ by ] Stephanie Perkins [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Oh, gosh I really cannot understand all the good reviews for this book even if half of them were given BEFORE the book actually came out, which, if you ask me, is completely stupid To say it s overrated is an understatement This book is such a huge disappointment I guess this is a typical example of what happens when you fantasize so much about something that you ve actually built up this ideal in your mind which has nothing to do with reality, sadly Careful people, spoilers ahead.I d Oh, gosh I really cannot understand all the good reviews for this book even if half of them were given BEFORE the book actually came out, which, if you ask me, is completely stupid To say it s overrated is an understatement This book is such a huge disappointment I guess this is a typical example of what happens when you fantasize so much about something that you ve actually built up this ideal in your mind which has nothing to do with reality, sa...Here s the thing I think Stephanie Perkins is in my head Or at least my daydreams How else could she consistently write characters that seem to be tailor made to hit my flutter buttons Etienne for my anglophilia, Max for my tattooed, Buddy Holly glasses wearing view spoiler messed up, misdirectedly I know that s not a word angry, kind of douchebaggy hide spoiler rocker boy, and Cricket Cricket fo...Did you read Anna and the French Kiss A.YES, I loved it B.YES, it was okay.C.YES, and I didn t like it.D.NO, but I intend to.E.NO, it s not for me.If you picked A, B, or D, please proceed to review 1.If you picked C or E, please proceed to review 2.__________________________________________________Review 1 LOVE This book is fun, fun, fun til her daddy takes the T bird away It has a very similar feeling to its companion novel Anna and the French Kiss a teenage girl who already has a Did you read Anna and the French Kiss A.YES, I loved it B.YES, it was okay.C.YES, and I didn t like it.D.NO, but I intend to.E.NO, it s not for me.If you picked A, B, or D, please proceed to review 1.If you picked C or E, please proceed to review 2.__________________________________________________Review 1 LOVE This book is fun, fun, fun til her daddy takes the T bird away It has a very similar feeling to its companion novel Anna and the French Kiss a teenage girl who already has a boyfriend falls for a guy who seems practically perfect in every way, except his family doesn t appreciate him as much as they should The current boyfriend is sort of a douchebag and plays in a band and the protag is quirky The main character in this one, Delores Lola Nolan, lives with her two dads in San Francisco Remember that show My Two Dads I totally forgot about it until this moment She loves fashio... Set to Copacabana by Barry Manilow.Her name is Lo la She s a steal the show girl.With purple stripeys in her hair, wearing leggings worthy of Cher.She s friends with Etienne, and of course, with An na.The boy next door draws on his hand, and Lola yearns to understand.Across their midnight lawn, they talked from dusk til dawn.They were young and needed each other.But ...I m definitely going to burn in hell..Oh, that awkward moment when everybody loves a book and you don t understand why You know that feeling, right Well, yeah, I m pretty much living it.It s not that I DIDN T LIKE the book, it s just that I didn t LIKE it. Does it make any sense to you, because for me there is a whole damn big difference.Anyways, this is not Anna s book sister, this islike the evil stepsister. It actually managed to raise my blood pressure, unfortunately not in a I m definitely going to burn in hell..Oh, that awkward moment when everybody loves a book and ... Yay for warm fuzzies Stephanie Perkins has a talent and that talent is for making me happy, allowing me to enjoy the entire reading experience, laugh at times and come away with no deep sense of revelation just the knowledge that I will have to get my hands on whatever she writes next Her writing may be light and mostly meaningless but it achieves one of the greatest things a book possibly can fun.And that s just it this book is silly, mindless fun I m not sure why some people who Yay for warm fuzzies Stephanie Perkins has a talent and that talent is for making me happy, allowing me to enjoy the entire reading experience, laugh at times and come away with no deep sense of revelation just the knowledge that I will have to get my hands on whatever she writes next Her writing may be light and mostly meaningless but it achieves one...adorable and wonderful didn t want to put it downI don t know how I am going to justify this rating Books like Lola and the Boy Next Door rarely work for me I dislike chick lit, I dislike two timing emotionally cheating lying heroines, I dislike when the wrong guy in books with love triangles is vilified at the last minute to make it right for the heroine to break up with him And yet I liked this book that contains all these elements This novel is just such a light, breezy, charming read The main character, who would normally annoy the I don t know how I am going to justify this rating Books like Lola and the Boy Next Door rarely work for me I dislike chick lit, I dislike two timing emotionally cheating lying heroines, I dislike when the wrong guy in books with love triangles is vilified at the last minute to make it right for the heroine to break up with him And yet I liked this book that contains all these elements This novel is just such a light, breezy, charming read The main character, who would normally annoy the hell out of me with her obsession with clothes, glitter, tiaras, has a very relatable voice Reading Lola and the Boy Next Door was an...The thing about Lola and the boy next door is that, since it s a companion book, it s inevitable to make a comparison with Anna and the French Kiss which, in this case, comes out as a disadvantage because, as far as I am concerned, Anna is the absolute winner Lola is a really cute story she is a quirky, raised by gay parents, unique teenage girl.When her first crush and ex neighbor, Cricket, reappears on her doorstep after two years, things get complicated because Lola already has a boyfriend, The thing about Lola and the boy next door is that, since it s a companion book, it s inevitable to make a comparison with Anna and the French Kiss which, in this case, comes out as a disadvantage because, as far as I am concerned, Anna is the absolute winner Lo...One thing I have to appreciate about this story is its glaring reminder that is to NEVER EVER ENTER A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP WHEN YOU RE UNSURE OF YOURSELF and I know age isn t always an indication of a person s maturity but in this case and it s most often, sixteen year olds are yet on their way to discovering who they are and like what I ve already mentioned, when you re 16, be 16 I don t have to explain that further Truthfully speaking, I didn t like the significant first half of the story One thing I have to appreciate about this story is its glaring reminder that is to NEVER EVER ENTER A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP WHEN YOU RE UNSURE OF YOURSELF and I know age isn t always an indication of a person s maturity but in this case and it s most often, sixteen year olds are yet on their way to discoverin...

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20 June 2019

Stephanie Perkins