The Truth About Forever

Reader reviewed by Iryna

Macy's summer
stretches before her, carefully planned and outlined. She will spend
her days sitting at the library information desk. She will spend her
evenings studying for the SATs. Spare time will be used to help her
obsessive mother prepare for the big opening of the townhouse section
of her luxury development.

But Macy's plans don't anticipate a surprising and chaotic job with
Wish Catering, a motley crew of new friends, or . . . Wes. Tattooed,
artistic, anything-but-expected Wes. He doesn't fit Macy's life at all
so why does she feel so comfortable with him? So . . . happy? What is
it about him that makes her let down her guard and finally talk about
how much she misses her father, who died before her eyes the year
before?

Sarah
Dessen delivers a page-turning novel that carries readers on a roller
coaster of denial, grief, comfort, and love as we watch a broken but
resilient girl pick up the pieces of her life and fit them back
together.

The second I finished this book I smacked my forehead.
Why? Because I hadn't read this book earlier! If you haven't read this
novel yet, GO GET IT!

If someone ever asks me if a book has ever
changed my life then I will tell them, not missing a beat, "The Truth
About Forever" by Sarah Dessen. This book is not only entertaining, it
really makes you see life in a different perspective and ask yourself
if this is the way you want to spend your life.

I have both
laughed and cried while reading this book, both releasing some sort of
water (I have a bad habit of spitting while laughing) which has been
terrible for my book. I have read the last paragraph of this novel so
many times that I have lost count. Here it is now (don't worry, no
spoilers!):

"That was the
thing. You just never knew. Forever was so many different things. It
was always changing, it was what everything was really all about. It
was twenty minutes, or a hundred years, or just this instant, or any
instant I wished would just last and last. But there was only one truth
about forever that really mattered and that was this: it was happening.
Right then, as I ran into the bright sunlight, and every moment
afterwards. Look, there. Now. Now. Now."

This book has A+ written all over it!

Reader reviewed by britt j.

ha; this book was so good!

sarah dessen is one of the best authors ever!

wes & macy are the perfect couple, they are so meant to be together.

the cover of this book didnt tell me much, but the back sorta did.
man, i liked macy's best firned attitude. kristy, wasnt it? yeah, it was.
i didnt like her ex, smart boyfriend, jason, what a jerk! such a know-it-all, & a control freak.

its good that macy dumped him.

well....you should read this book. you'll find yourslef falling in love with wes yourself...!

Reader reviewed by Kiran

I remember borrowing this book from the library in 8th grade and then leaving it in my locker and forgetting about it. One day I dug it out and decided to read it since I had nothing better to do. I read it and now The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen is one of my favourite books.

In the beginning of the book we learn about Macy and her father. The story of how her family was affected by this tragedy made my heart ache.
And then in came Wes and the rest of the Wishbone clan. They healed Macy by teaching her how to grieve, live her life again, and be happy. And I felt like they were teaching me too.

Reader reviewed by Ann

I always loved Sarah Dessan's covers but I never really got the chance to actually read her books until I read The Truth About Forever. This book literally made me cry. I felt so connected to Macy, all the things she was going through, I could relate everything to my life. After I read this, I just had to go back to my favorite parts of the book and re-read it. It was that good!

Reader reviewed by katie

The Truth About Forever is a good book, if somewhat predictable. It is written by Sarah Dessen, whose stories always seem to follow a similar path, but yet, they are each unique and memorable in their own special way. Maybe their individuality comes from the fact that her characters are always so well developed. I have my favorite characters, as well as the characters that get under my skin. My favorite characters are the characters I can relate to, such as Delia, a frazzle-brained chef who never seems to have enough time for anything, and Kristy, a fashion-forward kind of girl. The characters that get under my skin are the characters whose opinions I disagree with such as the heroine's mother, who completely cuts her daughter off from the world, and the heroine's ex-boyfriend, who believes everything must be perfect at all times. All these factors together make The Truth About Forever an excellent read.

Reader reviewed by Vanessa

Summary: Macy Queen's summer is going to be pretty low-key. She's going to work at the library, filling in for her boyfriend Brian who is away at Brain Camp. However the summer takes a twist when she has to spring into action when the caterer her mother hired for a work dinner is in total disaster mode. The company is called Wish Catering. It consists of Delia: so pregnant she's about to blow, Monica: slow-walking and monotone, Bert: total sci-fi fanatic, Kristy: with her scars and beauty, and Wes: the good-looking artist that Macy connects with most. What was a once-in-a-lifetime experience of catering to save her mom's dinner turns into a job Macy truly loves... especially more than the library where she clearly doesn't belong. Her mother, however, thinks Macy should continue what she's been doing during the beginning of the summer: studying for the SATs and working at the library. But Macy realizes that there's more to life than being an A+ student. Living life, for real, is so much better. Her relationships with her friends from Wish teach her that. Macy's mother however, doesn't concur. But what does she know if she doesn't even grieve Macy's dad's death correctly, taking everything that reminds her of him from the house like he wasn't even there? This summer Macy is going to learn a lot more than what she bargained for.
My Thoughts (contains spoilers, seriously): This was truly an amazing book. I loved Macy's character because she is so realistic... I feel like she could be walking the streets even when she's just a character. I felt so good when she left the library. I was like "you go, girl!". Kristy is really cool and confident. Wes, wow, I totally fell in love with him. Him and his angel statues are beautiful. He is so sweet and so perfect with Macy. I was so aggravated at Brian when he sent the email to take a break, I was like "what the heck, what kind of boyfriend does this?". Macy's mom was the character that got me the angriest. I was mad when reading her parts, wishing she could've read the book I'm reading in Macy's point of view. She works so much and expects so much from Macy... she's just a teenager, let her relax. In the end I was so happy Macy and Wes ended up together because they deserve each other.

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Reader reviewed by Pam

after reading the back of the truth about forever, i knew it would be an stunning book, that would make me think. which is what i always look for in books, hidding meanings. Macy, is an easy to relate girl, gone shy because of past expirences. you'll fall in love with the wish crew, especially wes with his calm deminor. this books give the truth another meaning. i'll never think about the game in the same way.
you can read the truth about forever, forever and never get tored of it.

Reader reviewed by Amanda Marasco

Macy expects a long, hot summer. Her boyfriend Jason is at camp so she takes over his job at the library. But when Jason breaks up with her over an e-mail, Macy decides to take a risk and join the Wish Catering Crew. There she meets Wes, an unbelievable guy. They tell each other their secrets and all is swell. Except for the fact that Wes has a girlfriend already.

This book is also one of my favorites. The characters are fantastic! By the end of the book you'll wish Wes was YOUR boyfriend. I have no complaints. If all books were as good as this one, the world would be a better place!

Reader reviewed by Katie

Wow. Sarah Dessen became my favorite author after reading THIS BOOK. She captured me. I got it from the library and let a friend read it first. She's not one who's big on reading by any stretch of the imagination and she told me 'Wow, you will eat this book up. It's incredible!' And man oh man was she right! I wish that I could make a movie of this book, because as I was reading it I was putting people that I knew as the characters which made it so much more real.

Sarah Dessen does that though. Even if it's something you've never done, or never had happen to you (this doesn't happen often in her books) you still feel like it's happening to you through THE CHARACTERS. I don't know how she does it, but if you're looking for a good book. LOOK NO FURTHER. You have one here.

Reader reviewed by Nicki

The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen is a book about a girl named Macy who is silently grieving over her father's death. She lives with her mother, who deals with her husband's death by staying up 24 hours and 7 days a week working. Both Macy's boyfriend Jason and her mother make her feel like she must be prefect. In fact, Jason tells her that maybe they should take a break while he's at Brian Camp and she's apparently not taking her library job to seriously plus she told him she loved him and that was too much commitment for him to handle. However, when she meets the people of the Wish Catering crew her life began to change. Macy meets the crew when her mothers holding an opening house. Macy meets Delia a very caring person first, Kristy a fashion diva, and Wes, artistic, insightful, person who changes Macys life forever. He changes her view on life and she falls in love with him. Once Macy begins to be happy things go into a whirl wind of a mess. Her mother isnt ready for Macy to change, so she grounds her and tells her she may no longer see the Wish Catering crew again. However in the end Macy learns the truth about forever is that It is always changing, it is what everything, and it is happening right now. The truth about forever was an excellent novel, I loved it, and I give it a 10 out of 10.