Someone Like You

This was the first Sarah Dessen book I ever read and I am so glad! I know own all but two of her books.

Reader reviewed by Cara

WOW! This book is absoulutely amazing. I love how Sarah Dessen writes. She writes with so much detail, its like you are actually there. I have never been pregnant and neither have any of my friends, but the way she writes it makes it seem like you are reading your own diary. Its so hard to put into words. Until you have actually read one of her books, you dont really know how great the stories are.

This book is great for just about any teenage girl. The girls are about 16 or 17, and you can really get into the story from page one.

Reader reviewed by KJ

"Life Is An Ugly, Awful Place Not To Have A Best Friend" - Someone Like You

Halley and Scarlett have been best friends for years. They're mirrors of each other- Halley, quiet and shy, Scarlett, outgoing and brave. Halley always goes to Scarlett for advice and help and Scarlett always knows the right thing to say. Halley lives with her parents, and always follows the rules, always doing the right thing. Scarlett lives with her young mother, and is more wild and talkative. Their lives are going well and their friendship is strong. Everything changes when Scarlett's boyfriend is killed in a motorcycle accident and Scarlett learns she's pregnant with his baby. Halley knows she needs to be the one who stays strong for Scarlett, and be the best friend she knows she can be.
 
Someone Like You was an amazing book. It's different than some of the other books I've read by Sarah Dessen, but I loved this one just as much as the others. The characters seemed real and the book showed friendship at its best. An excellent book I would recommend to anyone.

Reader reviewed by mockock

this book is different than any other book that i have read.. there are two best friends and there is a tragity in one of there lives...and then from there everything goes down hill..but i can tell you because you are going to have to read the book...:)..haha..i had you going there for a little bit,, but if you love a good romance and a funny book & a sad book...well this is the book perfect for you..
with lots of love,,
crazy girl in love .

Reader reviewed by Randi

One of my favorite novels by Sarah Dessen definately related to me and my best friend. Just like these to girls I'm the strong confident friend, and my BFF is the shy friend. Before reading this book i always had no problem having my BFF with her problems but now i se how hard it is for someone with those characteristics to be the brave strong one for once. When Scarlett gets pregnant with a guy who was killed the next day in a motor cyle accident her BFF who is usually the shy one has to step up and be the strong one. Not only is she struggling with that but a new boyfriend who isn't so good for her. I promise you will love this book especially if you have a best friend who is your total opposite!

Reader reviewed by Jinxie

I loved this book.  It was really able to capture the growing up teenager part and their relationship to their parents.  Bad things happen to a girl and her friend.  Her friend's boyfriend is killed in a motorcycle accident and that begins a journey for the both of them.  The girl is pregnant by the boy, decides to have the baby and keep the baby.  BIG decisions for young girls, but one they can live with, even though it changes their lives for ever.

Reader reviewed by Andrea

This is by far my favorite young adult 'best friends' book. I just so amazing. It was my first Dessen book. After I read it, I read the rest of her books. Sarah Dessen is a talented author and easily connects with the her audience. I reccommend this book to anyone because it is a very interesting, sweet, funny page-turner. It is a wonderful book. However, I do not think it is an appropriate "pre-teen" book. Overall, 5 stars! *****/*****

Reader reviewed by Lucy

Someone Like You is about the friendship between Halley and Scarlett. After Scarletts boyfriend tragically dies in a motorcycle accident, she needs her best friend more than ever. Especially when she finds out, shortly after his death, that she is carrying his child. However, Halley doesnt know if she can be strong enough to support both herself and Scarlett, especially now that so much is happening in her own life as well.
Sarah Dessen is an amazing author and this is probably her best book! I could really relate to Halley, who is a quiet, shy girl unlike most characters in books. The book also deals with serious topics like teen pregnancy and therefore gives you a lot to think about.

Reader reviewed by Victoria

THIS BOOK WAS ABSOULUTLY AMAZING! It was so good! I do not know weather the books are better or the moving, but I do know that this book rocked! (the movie is called something else. I can't remeber it right now) (with mandy moore)!

The first chapter really grabbed me and I was stuck in there until the end. I was really sad when I was done the book becasue I wanted more. So I'm glad that I still have the rest of Sarah Dessen's books to look forward to! I just need to get them first!

I hope you will like is more then I did (actually, no one can like it more then I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Thank you for writing this book, Sarah Dessen!~

Love... Victoria

Reader reviewed by abscae

Halley along with her best friend Scarlett start to drift off from who they were, running with the likes of the wild cheerleader Ginny. The separation from of new and old includes dumping of nerdy boyfriend and a meeting with Macon (who her mother forbid her to see). Then Scarlett's boyfriend gets killed in a motorcycle accident, and after two months she discovers that she is pregnant. The two girls turn to each other for support through their rough times, in search of everything they seek in life.

Powerful and embracing, I fell in love with this novel. The coming of age of Halley honestly took my breath away because of all the emotions that Dessen describes so brilliantly. A definite read because of it's deliciousness.