Hey guys, sup? Hope you’re all great and reading just as much!
Where do I begin with this latest book I’ve finished reading. Ugh! Do I start
with the fact that this novel took me a month and a half to read, or the fact
that I had to extend the date on this Library book three times before I
finished reading it? Oh Lordy!!! If you haven’t guessed by now, then you probably haven’t been reading my blog to know that the book I’m talking about
is “Invasion of the boy snatchers”, by Lisi Harrison, a Clique series novel.
As I’d mentioned before in a previous blog post, this is a YA novel, and a very
girly one at that, it definitely had all the characteristics of a YA novel and
then some. I’m not too much a fan of very girly, YA novels, but as I’d said
before, I thought that this might have been a good read to start off with, when
I just started blogging a few weeks back. So let’s get to business!
So the book is about your typical teenage gang of females who band
together to make life a living hell for other females and sometimes males who
don’t particularly ‘make the cut’ in their estimation. As this book is a
part of a series, I would suspect that each individual novel has its own story
line to work with, and as it stands, the story line for this particular
instalment in the series is how new comer to The Octavian Country Day School
(OCD) (The irony of the abbreviation has not been lost on me), Nina, who happens to be the cousin of one of the members of the female
clique, conspires in intricate ways to steal the popularity and boyfriend of
‘Queen Bee’ Massie Block and the boyfriends of other members of the clique as
well. Of course, as one would guess, the girls of the clique (those who haven’t
fallen under Nina’s social spell) try to devise plans of their own to both
humiliate Nina and take back their ‘rightful’ position as top of the social
ladder at OCD and the school’s male counterpart Briarwood Academy. What I found
interesting about this book, though it hardly had an impact on my psyche with
regards to the female gender, is the relationship among the members of the
clique and the ‘Queen Bee’. None was too quick to defy her on any
decision she took, and most seemed to recognize their place around her. There
was a special relationship with Queen Bee Massie and Claire, who shared rooms
due to the unfortunate timing of the renovation of the guest house, the
relationship was closer between them than other members of the group. I have no
idea if this is how the ‘girl world’ works, but assuming that it does work this
way, the world of high school girls is definitely something to look into! I
enjoyed the writing style of this book, though the girly elements was a little
too much for my taste, lip gloss this, Karl Lagerfeld that (obviously the book
is geared towards a different demographic. FEMALES!) My favourite character
would have to be Claire, and I think anyone or most people who read this book
would agree with me, that Claire Lyons is the most real, down to earth girl of
the bunch. I enjoyed the scheming and planning scenes of the book, thoroughly
enjoyed the climax of the book, involving Nina and the ‘grand plan’! Though I
must say, I would have liked a better ending for her. If I had to rate
this novel I would give it 3 and half stars out of five! Interesting premise,
and bit weak in some parts, overall a pretty good read, but dang it took long
to read, and man was it GIRLY! But good job Lisi Harrison! These are just my
personal views about the book, yours may differ, but either way, let me know in
the comments below what you think about this book…Lets discuss!!! =) I’ll plug
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