Oh, my goodness. The English staff want lighter, more romantic books introduced into Yr 8 Literature Circles, but everything I've read that I thought my be suitable, has been terrible. Why does it have to be so hard?

Sadly, "Bloom" was no exception. Lauren was an awful protagonist. She was whiny and shallow, and kept telling the reader how 'perfect' her boyfriend, Dave, was even though she was thinking about kissing Evan Then she starts going out with him while still Dave's girlfriend. Really???!!! There was nothing inspirational about this novel and I was disgusted with Lauren's behaviour. Not for me! ( )

"Bloom gets 4 out of 5 stars. Very cute. The characters were well written and you just wanted to find out more."

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I always love a light fluffy read. I wasn't too drawn to the main character, though she did make me laugh a few times. I can't say that I was happy about how she treated Dave, her boyfriend, and Evan; but I can see that while she liked them both, the decision was a tough one for her to make. The ending left me wanting, and could have been wrapped up a little better, but all in all the book was just what I needed after reading Crank. ( )

This book took me forever to read because I just wasn't into it. It was good, but easy to put down and move onto something else. ( )

Lauren has a perfect life. She has good grades, a perfect boyfriend and a loving family. Most of the people envy her because she never gets in fights with her boyfriend. Lauren is a very whiny teenager throughout the whole book; she complains on almost everything and it becomes hard for me to sympathize with her.I feel like her problems and all that she is going through is all fake. There are several lines that repeat emphasizing how cute, perfect and charming Dave (her boyfriend) is. This story is like a long soap opera. The lines, pages and emotions just drags on until there is nothing left to say and then the author ends the story. I just wanted the book to end as quickly as it could. There are some parts where you get lost in the book and don't know what exactly is going on; the story line is like an average love story and the personalities of the character's are not really that outstanding or unique. I personally think that this book was not as greatly written as Scott's other books. ( )