Review: Sass and Serendipity by Jennifer Ziegler
Title: Sass and Serendipity
Hardcover, 384 pages
Author: Jennifer Ziegler
Publisher: Delacorte
Publication Date: July 12, 2011
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Book Summary:
For Daphne, the glass is always half full, a situation is better managed with a dab of lip gloss, and the boy of her dreams—the one she’s read about in all of her novels—is waiting for her just around the corner.
For Gabby, nothing ever works out positively; wearing any form of makeup is a waste of study time, and boys will only leave you heartbroken. Her best friend, Mule, is the only one who has been there for her every step of the way.
But when the richest boy in school befriends Gabby, and Daphne starts to hang out more and more with her best friend, Mule, Gabby is forced to confront the emotional barriers she has put up to stop the hurting. And for once, her sassiness may fall prey to her definition of stupidity.
Review:
I received this book to review and had I not been fully expected to review it, I would not have finished it.
Daphne and Gabby are both awful, and I could find no redeeming qualities in either of them. Daphne is very very selfish, thinking only of herself for the entire 384 pages. Gabby is the opposite – extremely bossy and mean. The girls never get along with each other, and hardly get along with anyone else besides Gabby’s friend Mule – and I’m not sure why he sticks around to listen to Gabby complain and be mean all the time, honestly.
I have not read Sense and Sensibility, which this book is loosely based on. I did read a short summary of the book so that I could comment on the similarities, but I don’t think it was close enough for me to do that. When I read Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg I could draw direct parallels between the stories, but I am not able to do so in this case.
Since I detested both of the characters, I did not care at all what happened to them throughout. They constantly made selfish or mean decisions about everything; the only change in this behavior was literally in the last few pages, which is much too late for me.
I realize that the relationship between the girls and their general attitude could be very realistic, but reading a story about them holds no appeal if the negative qualities never improve. If even one sister had been bearable over the other it may have fared better, but as is both Daphne and Gabby irritated me so much that I could not enjoy myself at all.
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Loved Sense and Sensibility, but I am sucker for great characters. I still plan to read it, hopefully I like the characters more, or it will be a bust.
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Hmmm, I have to like the main characters, or at least understand why they intentionally suck in order to enjoy a book.
PASS.
Even though the concept is cool, just a big fat PASS from me.
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I do like YA takes on Jane Austen’s books… but for this one, I checked multiple reviews, and I know you’re not alone in finding one (or both!) of the characters insufferable. Too bad! Hope your next read is more enjoyable!
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I like Sense and Sensibility but it doesn’t sound like I would like this book. Think I’ll skip it.
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Super disappointing! I was really excited about this because I’ve never read any S&S twists and I adore sister stories but now I’m kind of nervous. Will probably still give it a try since I already checked it out of the library but I’m glad I didn’t buy it.
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It sucks to hear this one was so bad. I love Sense and Sensibility, but this one doesn’t too similar to it…maybe that’s just me though. I might pick up in the future, but I am not too sure. Thanks for the honest review
Ugh, I think I’ll just skip this one.
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This is a saddening review. I saw that Ziegler had another novel coming out and was looking forward to it. Eons ago, I read her other novel, How NOT to be Popular and I loved it. It seems like this one won’t be as good as that one, though I might still have to give it a try.