Ordinary Girls

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Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Sarah Mlynowski, this heartfelt and humorous contemporary take on Sense and Sensibility follows two sisters complete opposites who discover the secrets they ve been keeping make themalike than they d realized.For two sisters as different as Plum and Ginny, getting on each other s nerves is par for the course But when the family s finances hit a snag, sending chaos through the house in a way only characters from a Jane Austen novel could understand, the two drift apart like they never have before Plum, a self described social outcast, strikes up a secret friendship with the class jock, while Ginny s usual high strung nature escalates to pure hysterics.But this has always been the sisters dynamic So why does everything feel different this year Maybe because Ginny is going to leave for college soon Maybe because Plum finally has something that she doesn t have to share with her self involved older sister Or maybe because the girls are forced to examine who they really are instead of who their late father said they were And who each girl discovers beneath the years of missing their dad could either bring them closer together or drive them further apart. Free Download Ordinary Girls [ by ] Blair Thornburgh [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I really liked this It was like little vignettes within larger acts and very different from WHO S THAT GIRLFrom the opening, where Plum lamented how she had never been good at beginnings, I found myself totally engrossed with her storytelling and this tale There was something about Plum s voice, that made me want to get to know her better, and I could not the resist the charm and allure of her quirky world.This was a tale of two sisters one very dramatic, the other quite pragmatic They had their ups and downs with each other, but their relationship was the heart and soul of the story for me.I ado From the opening, where Plum lamented how she had never been good at beginnings, I found myself totally engrossed with her storytelling and this tale There was something about Plum s voice, that made me want to get to know her better, and I could not the resist the charm and allure of her quirky world.This was a tale of two sisters one very dramatic, the other quite pragmatic They had their ups and downs with each other, but their relationship was the heart and soul of the story for me.I adore the exploration of the sibling bond, and this one was indeed, very special Plum ...So nothing really happens, and a lot of fancy words are used, but, it was just so lovely to read a YA book where ok so there was some drama, but it was real drama It was calm, and then a storm might come, but they weathered it.Patience and Ginny lives with their mum in a crumbling house Too big, too old, plumbing that goes out, not enough money to care for it.Their mum only works part time at the uni, her paintings does not sell Money is a problem.Ginny is a dramaqueen in the old sense, I mea So nothing really happens, and a lot of fancy words are used, but, it was just so lovely to read a YA book where ok so there was some drama, but it was real drama It was calm, and then a storm might come, but they weathered it.Patience and Ginny lives with their mum in a crumbling house Too big, too old, plumbing that goes out, not enough money to care for it.Their mum only works part time at the uni, her paintings does not sell Money is a problem.Ginny is a dramaqueen in the old sense, I mean 19th century way All those Austen and Bronte heroes, or wait, Anne, yes totally Anne Ginny is really smart, but worries constantly how to get into College, and then pay for it.Patience is the calm, normal one, she is the narrator as she worries about their home, about her sister who is always in the spotlight, and then she gets a secret of her own And I liked that, something just for her, all so very calm and by accident.It i...ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS It s amazing And I could spout out a soliloquy about how wonderfully smart and fantastic and important it is, but you should just read it for yourself.It s a quiet, warm, poignant story about the complex and emotional bond bet...I ve just wasted several hours of my life on complete nonsense This book has no plot, no likeable characters I could root for, no character development, no good writing, NOTHING I don t understand how this book has such high ratings because I literally cannot tell you what this book is about or what the point of it is because it has no point and no story.The writing is too weird The MC thinks and talks like a character from a Jane Austen novel, but also like an average modern teen and it just I ve just wasted several hours of my life on complete nonsense This book has no plot, no likeable characters I could root for, no character development, no good writing, NOTHING I don t understand how this book has such high ratings because I literally cannot tell you what this book is about or what the point of it is because it has no point and no story.The writing is too weird The MC thinks and talks like a character from a Jane Austen novel, but also like an average modern teen and it just doesn t mix well It sounds awkward and ridiculous I mean, they talk about college, boys, juuls and whatnot, but with the language of a governess from the 19th century Then there s the characters I HATED Ginny She was annoying, never ...Thornburgh s writing just isn t for me, running heavily on quirk and very literary I also wanted this to be a retelling, when it sinspired by based on the opening Also, another very personal pet peeve the chapters are SO LONG.The Blatchley sisters huge ramsackle house is strewn with pets, copies of Jane Eyre and Little Women, paintings by their mother, DVDs of Jeeves and Wooster old classic movies Jane Austen adaptations, and family inside jokes It would definitely have appealed to teenage me, so I picked up this book despite my tendency to roll my eyes at Jane Austen adaptations Thornburgh doesn t try too hard at adapting every aspect of the Dashwood sisters adventures the way fanfic authors so often do with P a The Blatchley sisters huge ramsackle house is strewn with pets, copies of Jane Eyre and Little Women, paintings by their mother, DVDs of Jeeves and Wooster old classic movies Jane Austen adaptations, and family inside jokes It would definitely have appealed to teenage me, so I picked up this book despite my tendency to roll my eyes at Jane Austen adaptations Thornburgh doesn t try too hard at adapting every aspect of the Dashwood sisters adventures the way fanfic authors so often do with PP, but keeps the spirit of the thing Ginny is the high strung, intelligent sister who is waxing dramatic at college admissions rather than romance, and Plum Patience is the practical, shy sister who always seems to get left with the dishes Plum finds herself ...The characters in a Blair Thornburgh novel feel as if they ve escaped from an episode of Gil Girls and that should annoy me It really should However, as with her last book, WHO S THAT GIRL, I found ORDINARY GIRLS inherently charming and brimming with so much heart that any initial annoyance I felt disappeared early on It s occasionally over the top and melodramatic as any loose retelling of an Austen classic can be, but it s near impossible to not be immediately invested in the plights of The characters in a Blair Thornburgh novel feel as if they ve escaped from an episode of Gil Girls and that should annoy me It really should However, as with her last book, WHO S THAT GIRL, I found ORDINARY GIRLS inherently charming and brimming with so much heart that any initial annoyance I felt disappeared early on It s occasionall...This book was extremely underwhelming for me I love Sense and Sensibility, so I was pretty excited to read a modern adaptation of it, since I think it s a bit of an underutilized story But this book just didn t capture the original spirit for me, nor did it inspire in me any of the feelings that Jane Austen is always able to do I thought the spins on the different hardships the sisters go through was a cool way to update things college struggles, friendship issues, social anxiety, etc , but This book was extremely underwhelming for me I love Sense and Sensibility, so I was pretty excited to read a modern adaptation of it, since I think it s a bit of an underutilized story But this book just didn t capture the original spirit for me, nor did it inspire in me any of the feelings that Jane Austen is always able to do I thought the spins on the different hardships the sisters go through was a cool way to update things college struggles, friendship issues, social anxiety, etc , but I don t think they always translated perfectly in terms of the emoti...Review to come.A funny, smartypants exterior conceals a loving and emotional center in this angst ridden tale of two sisters at the end of the school year, the brilliant eldest awaiting college entry news and the younger try...

Ordinary Girls
  • English
  • 07 April 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 368 pages
  • 0062447815
  • Blair Thornburgh
  • Ordinary Girls