Thursday, April 17, 2014

The List, by Siobhan Vivian

okay so i read this book a while ago (i think it was sometime early this year) and i really loved it and basically its really good and super deep and yeah so
so basically its about this high school where every year before homecoming, a list is posted around the school by an unknown person and the list is basically of the prettiest and ugliest girls in each grade. this has been happening for a long time, so it couldnt possibly be the same person, and it happens every year without fail. basically the girls this year have different reactions but the principal this year is new and she wants to find out who did it and the whole book is kind of about how the different girls react and how their friends and family react and its really interesting and its super emotional and deep and stuff and so basically these are the girls
9th grade:
Prettiest:Abby - shes superficial and annoying and shallow and all she cares about is how she looks and shes supposed to be annoying (who has a sister named fern who is older and super genius and smart and no life and she was voted ugliest a few years ago) but shes so happy she doesnt see anything wrong
Ugliest: Danielle - shes super into swim and she made it on the highschool team in freshman year and basically shes worried about how her boyfriend will take the news but shes also glad because she gets so much attention from it but people keep bullying her and calling her Dan the Man
10th grade
Prettiest: Lauren - was previously homeschooled and its her first year at public school and she makes friends because of the list so shes happy
Ugliest: Candace - who is actually gorgeous but really mean and all her friends ditch her for lauren after shes chosen as ugliest so shes kind of mad
11th grade:
Prettiest: Bridget - whos little sister is abby's best friend and shes bulimic and she knows that its bad and shes trying to stop but since she got the prettiest she thinks that it must be making her prettier so she keeps doing it
Ugliest: Sarah - i personally hated her because she was always really "dont care about anything" and when she got ugliest she snapped and she just stopped taking showers or changing clothes or brushing her teeth and she smelled super bad and everyone avoided her and she was soo grooss like there was fuzz on her tongue and ewwww it was disgusting
12th grade
Prettiest: Margo - who used to be best friends with Jennifer but stopped after it was "uncool" and im not gonna explain cuz thats a huge part of the story and shes happy but i guess she expected it and she does realize that the list isnt good
Ugliest: Jennifer - whos been chosen as ugliest for all four years of high school and shes just kind of immune to it now and she doesnt care too much but it still hurts and yeah she realizes the list is bad and stuff but shes like "i cant do anything about it"

so the whole plot is finding out who wrote it but the interesting thing is how these characters deal with it and theyre such different people in such different situations but theyre the same in some ways and its really great how she develops the characters
so like 9/10 because if you werent super into books like this it could get boring i guess but i love these kinds of books
and if you liked books like 13 reasons why, id recommend this one
so heres the cover

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