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The Juliet Club Suzanne Harper Books

Pages: 416
Release Date: June 1st, 2008
Date Read: 2011, October 30th-31st
Rating: 3/5 stars
Recommended to: 12+

Summary -
Kate is done with love. She has given it up - no more will she fall into its clutches. Jerome broke her heart and crushed her soul. Never again. When she wins a contest - and a trip to Italy with the other winning teens - Kate wants to spend her time properly examining the ridiculousness of Romeo and Juliet, instead of prancing around falling in love. And when the chance comes to turn the tables and play a prank on the girl who's trying to prank Kate, she more than happily seizes her chance, never expecting the snare that awaits her.

My thoughts -
I'm not too much of a Romeo and Juliet fan. To be honest, even with my ridiculous romanticism, I've had my own practical statements and refutes and arguments about their love story. So while Kate was, for the most part, ridiculously practical, I admit freely that I, for the most part, agreed with her.

But anyways - apart from that...

This book was fun, but nothing special or extraordinary. I actually think it fell below the mark of ordinary or good. It had lots of issues - the writing was fun and dramatic but lacking the good stuff; the characters were all fluff and there was no personal connection; the story line had holes; the POV shifted weirdly. I wasn't expecting much, however, so I wasn't disappointed. But neither was I excited, and that is the problem.

Character notes -
I really wish this book had been more personal. There were POV shifts that made no sense; but not only that, the characters themselves were choppy and inconsistent. For the most part, I saw these 16-17 year olds as 11-13 year olds. They had major maturity issues - issues usually overcome by the time you turn 13. It was awkward.

The best character was Giacomo, but even he lacked consistency. I thought of him as 14 years old for the majority of the book. He had a nice back story to add depth to his character but I thought him making up conversations between himself and a saint at the Catholic church, and then running around with a ladies' man reputation was such a strange combo. I think the author may have been trying to show the reader that he really was a great guy underneath?

I really liked Kate, but she was so poorly crafted that I didn't really get to know her, and that made me sad.

And to add to matters, at the end of the story, in the last 15 pages, all the characters just suddenly acted their ages.

What????

Story notes -
Overall, I really liked this story. It made me laugh and had a nice ring to it. The story-line twisted and turned with hilarious events and complication. However, I felt that it was poorly done and as a reviewer I must be honest...

What really bugged me was that it held no personal connection between characters or me and the book. For example - Kate and Giacomo are trying to make everyone believe they've fallen in love. They are about to kiss for the first time to throw off the spies following them - and it suddenly cuts to the POV of the spy! Therefore leaving me, the reader, with no idea of how Giacomo or Kate felt about the kiss that was supposed to be a farce. Basically, there was very little progression of feelings.

Summing it up -
Playful! For the most part, this book had very little to offer when it comes to being a good book, but I did enjoy it all the same. A quick and fun summer read and it'll make you want to travel to Italy! :D

Nothing for the parents - 12+


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The Juliet Club Suzanne Harper Books Reviews

The item shipped in the time agreed upon. It was as discussed in the description online. It was to my satisfaction.
Suzanne Harper wrote a wonderful story. The characters are good and the plot moves quickly. It's an easy read, one that I have read many times over from the library and now I own it. It's great.
I love this book. I got this copy to give to a friend as a beach read.
THE JULIET CLUB is a sweet and romantic story that is very Midsummer's Night Dream esque, complete with humorous antics that would make Shakespeare himself proud. I love a modern twist on classics and Suzanne Harper shrewdly shows her expertise on Shakespearean literature, text and understanding their depth and meanings.

Being that the plot itself is an outwardly obvious play on a classic, the ending is apparent early on... and it doesn't matter. In THE JULIET CLUB you'll find that the strength is in the cleverly written characters and their varying personalities, each with their own mini story and their own important role within the plot. Truly a fun read for anyone who appreciates a good love story that is sure to make you smile.

Bellissimo!... Yet, another bargain bin find that proved to be a wise purchase... gotta love a sale! Thanks !
Now this story is not bad. It's well written and thought out.

I'll take the time to mention the things I found to be very annoying of this story. First of all, it was incredibly predictable. The characters were stereotypical and flat, the only two characters I wanted to know more about were Kate's parents which speaks really badly of the protagonists. The Epilogue doesn't even try to touch the remaining loopholes and focuses on an unimportant secondary character. If you want to read this book because you are interested in how exactly they deal with the letters to Juliet, don't even bother reading it for that because they only touch the topic 3 times at best and it is ridiculously avoided thereafter. They should have named it 'The Romeo and Juliet Club' for all that they didn't really do much with the letters and you might argue with me a bit over them being plot points but to me, it felt weak and flimsy (especially that scene with Tom and Silvia).

Now the things I found in it that make it worth reading are the author does have a very lighthearted way of writing that I find enjoyably simplistic, she is very smooth when writing the romantic parts of the story and it flows very well because the natural progression of the story is done very nicely. Also, she manages to use the Chekov's gun trope at every corner to significantly push the plot forward. I applaud that. For a bus ride or airplane trip this would be an enjoyable read, but nothing to call home about.

I'm on the fence over giving it two stars or three because despite all of my criticism of it, it was no chore to read it and I did like it, but it didn't have much appeal either. If had a swap button to swap this story with another one, I'd do it in a heartbeat. I don't think it deserved the 6 dollars I paid for it. If I could have read it online, I would have happily have done that instead of buying it.
Pages 416
Release Date June 1st, 2008
Date Read 2011, October 30th-31st
Rating 3/5 stars
Recommended to 12+

Summary -
Kate is done with love. She has given it up - no more will she fall into its clutches. Jerome broke her heart and crushed her soul. Never again. When she wins a contest - and a trip to Italy with the other winning teens - Kate wants to spend her time properly examining the ridiculousness of Romeo and Juliet, instead of prancing around falling in love. And when the chance comes to turn the tables and play a prank on the girl who's trying to prank Kate, she more than happily seizes her chance, never expecting the snare that awaits her.

My thoughts -
I'm not too much of a Romeo and Juliet fan. To be honest, even with my ridiculous romanticism, I've had my own practical statements and refutes and arguments about their love story. So while Kate was, for the most part, ridiculously practical, I admit freely that I, for the most part, agreed with her.

But anyways - apart from that...

This book was fun, but nothing special or extraordinary. I actually think it fell below the mark of ordinary or good. It had lots of issues - the writing was fun and dramatic but lacking the good stuff; the characters were all fluff and there was no personal connection; the story line had holes; the POV shifted weirdly. I wasn't expecting much, however, so I wasn't disappointed. But neither was I excited, and that is the problem.

Character notes -
I really wish this book had been more personal. There were POV shifts that made no sense; but not only that, the characters themselves were choppy and inconsistent. For the most part, I saw these 16-17 year olds as 11-13 year olds. They had major maturity issues - issues usually overcome by the time you turn 13. It was awkward.

The best character was Giacomo, but even he lacked consistency. I thought of him as 14 years old for the majority of the book. He had a nice back story to add depth to his character but I thought him making up conversations between himself and a saint at the Catholic church, and then running around with a ladies' man reputation was such a strange combo. I think the author may have been trying to show the reader that he really was a great guy underneath?

I really liked Kate, but she was so poorly crafted that I didn't really get to know her, and that made me sad.

And to add to matters, at the end of the story, in the last 15 pages, all the characters just suddenly acted their ages.

What????

Story notes -
Overall, I really liked this story. It made me laugh and had a nice ring to it. The story-line twisted and turned with hilarious events and complication. However, I felt that it was poorly done and as a reviewer I must be honest...

What really bugged me was that it held no personal connection between characters or me and the book. For example - Kate and Giacomo are trying to make everyone believe they've fallen in love. They are about to kiss for the first time to throw off the spies following them - and it suddenly cuts to the POV of the spy! Therefore leaving me, the reader, with no idea of how Giacomo or Kate felt about the kiss that was supposed to be a farce. Basically, there was very little progression of feelings.

Summing it up -
Playful! For the most part, this book had very little to offer when it comes to being a good book, but I did enjoy it all the same. A quick and fun summer read and it'll make you want to travel to Italy! D

Nothing for the parents - 12+