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Just Listen

Sarah Dessen

Start date: July 21, 2009

Finish date: July 23, 2009

Discussion: Good books

Discussion leader: Haley Ellis

Why we're reading this: It's a good book with quite a bit of sadness in it. I cried a lot. …more
[close] It's a good book with quite a bit of sadness in it. I cried a lot.

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Aug 03, 2009 Haley Ellis rated it it was amazing

Shelves: summer-09, best-books

This is one of my new favorite books. This book made me laugh, cry, it made me angry. I mean, I got so mad at Annabel one time I stopped reading for a few hours. I was yelling at the book. That's how mad I was. I was telling everyone how stupid she currently was. I was so mad at her. But, I kept reading anyway, and then I was happy with her again. =] Whitney made me cry a lot. And Owen made me laugh. Will made me angry. I mean, I hope he made everyone angry. I loved the end of the book. Like, th This is one of my new favorite books. This book made me laugh, cry, it made me angry. I mean, I got so mad at Annabel one time I stopped reading for a few hours. I was yelling at the book. That's how mad I was. I was telling everyone how stupid she currently was. I was so mad at her. But, I kept reading anyway, and then I was happy with her again. =] Whitney made me cry a lot. And Owen made me laugh. Will made me angry. I mean, I hope he made everyone angry. I loved the end of the book. Like, the whole entire last chapter, when she listened to the 'Just Listen' c.d....all of that. It was so good. There are things from this book that I will carry with me the rest of my life. The thing about this book, I love music too. You know what?? I found myself debating along with them when they were 'arguing' about the music. My mom would walk in and see me yelling at the book. She would just shake her head, and walk away. I liked when Owen said, "Silence is so frekin loud!" Haha. I agree. I get him. I mean, he talked about how he used music to drown things out...that what I use music for lot of the time. Like, humm. Music has helped me through a lot of tough times. And this books is just...so amazing. I loved it. Ohh, there's one thing about this book that I didn't like. No, it's not even the book. I don't like the way Sarah writes, very much. Sometimes it sounds like she missed a word. A small word, like 'it's' or something, but still missed it. Or like, she used the wrong word. Like one time she said, 'talked out'. I thought she should have said, 'spoke out'. I mean, maybe 'talked' was the right word. Maybe it makes sense to everyone else, but I didn't like that. And I think she repeats herself a lot. Like, one time when Annabel was talking to Owen, she kept saying, 'he shoot back', when he said something. I thought she said it to many times, and she should have said something different. But, all together, it was an amazing book, and it made my top ten list, for sure. I really liked it. Great story. I loved it. I like how it made me feel. I would laugh for, ten minutes. Cry for fifteen. Yell for hours. I love when books make me do that. So, good job. Great book. Amazing. <3 ...more

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