Ready or Not (All-American Girl #2)

Reader reviewed by Ema

All American Girl was funny, addicting, and lovable. It was great in all it's repects and i was looking forward to reading this book. What I want to know is where did all the original magic from the first one go?

The first one was larger than life in a good way. This one is just to big to swallow. It's an insult to the main charecter, who in the first one was laughable and clever. Here she has just lost all her fire and is stupid.

Even the lists have gone down hill. (Which made the first one so funny.)

It was so bad that I didn't even care when the climax appears. The ending was horrible. The problem with meg Cabot is she doesn't know when to stop writing. In my humble opinion, I think she should have left well enough alone.

Reader reviewed by artemis

The sequel is even worse than the first one. Nothing really changes and all Sam talks about is her weird sisters and the fact that she doesn't get paid for being a U.N. ambassador. Oh, and the fact that the First Son still likes her and wants to kick the relationship up a notch. Boring! I've read better teen books than this. Not amusing. Her sisters are too shallow for me. Again, boring.

Reader reviewed by Chris Rhoads

This book, Ready or Not, disturbed me greatly. I am a mother who bought the book for my 13 year old daughter, thinking, when I saw "All American Girl" as the subtitle, that this book was about a truly All American Girl. I thought The Princess Diaries movie was kinda cute, so I thought the book Ready or Not would be, too. I did not realize, foolishly indeed, that today's "All American Girl" is no longer necesarilly the healthy, vibrant, young athelete or promising young girl I expected.

The book shallowly deals with a young girl's internal struggle about whether or not to have sex with her boyfriend. The boyfriend is more or less a gentleman and is not pushing it. The protagonist is forcing the issue on herself. I foolishly assumed she would wisely decide against it.

The book is quite shallow in its portrayal of the outcome of having sex with your boyfriend. It makes light of it--never describing the incredibly painful consequences of a loss of innocence before marriage. It does young girls and boys a great disservice.

This book has no redeeming qualities. It is now in my trashcan with coffee grounds over it. The book Ready or Not is the equivalent of junk food, but far more dangerous.

Chris