The List
By Siobhan Vivian
Review
An intense look at the rules of high school attraction -- and the price that's paid for them.
It happens every year before homecoming -- the list is posted all over school. Two girls are picked from each grade. One is named the prettiest, one the ugliest. The girls who aren't picked are quickly forgotten. The girls who are become the center of attention, and each reacts differently to the experience.
With THE LIST, Siobhan Vivian deftly takes you into the lives of eight very different girls struggling with issues of identity, self-esteem, and the judgments of their peers. Prettiest or ugliest, once you're on the list, you'll never be the same.
My Honest Opinion:
So I really liked this book, although its not the best book. But I like the concept of it. Being about a list going out about whose the prettiest and whose the ugliest. And how those people become obsessed about their looks and even though they are pretty they still have problems. It was an interesting topic. Because thats all high school. High school is all about whose popular. Who is going to sit at my lunch table, who looks pretty. Do I look ugly in this? Its focused alot on looks, which is a really bad thing. But its high school its a really hard time in a young kids life. This is a very hard topic to write about. This author wrote about it. Some things I agreed with her about and some I didnt. But I liked the story she told. Its a really good story, that was told really well.
One of my favorite things about this story was how even the popular kids had problems, one of them was a skinny girl, wanted to be even skinnier to fit into a dress that wasnt her size. And she actually did that. It was a hard topic to approach. It was sad, but being a girl in highschool. You get made fun of for being fat, or TOO skinny. People judge you and its not right. I love how this author put in different aspects of high school.
I do wish this story was ended differently. It was more of an abrupt ending. I had a few more question unanswered. But overall it was a decent read. 3 stars
My Honest Opinion:
So I really liked this book, although its not the best book. But I like the concept of it. Being about a list going out about whose the prettiest and whose the ugliest. And how those people become obsessed about their looks and even though they are pretty they still have problems. It was an interesting topic. Because thats all high school. High school is all about whose popular. Who is going to sit at my lunch table, who looks pretty. Do I look ugly in this? Its focused alot on looks, which is a really bad thing. But its high school its a really hard time in a young kids life. This is a very hard topic to write about. This author wrote about it. Some things I agreed with her about and some I didnt. But I liked the story she told. Its a really good story, that was told really well.
One of my favorite things about this story was how even the popular kids had problems, one of them was a skinny girl, wanted to be even skinnier to fit into a dress that wasnt her size. And she actually did that. It was a hard topic to approach. It was sad, but being a girl in highschool. You get made fun of for being fat, or TOO skinny. People judge you and its not right. I love how this author put in different aspects of high school.
I do wish this story was ended differently. It was more of an abrupt ending. I had a few more question unanswered. But overall it was a decent read. 3 stars
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