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Reader reviewed by Kelsey

What Would Emma Do? isn't a great book in my opinion. When I first started reading it, I was thinking "Oh, this girl is going to talk to God at the beginning of the chapters. That's cool." But throughout the book, she was making fun of Christianity and God, which I didn't appreciate. Seriously, what is with the YA books I'm reading lately that does this? First Meridian, now this one. As in Meridian, the Christians were taking their religion too far and practically making it a cult, with the main character being sarcastic about Christianity.

What I liked about this book was the hilarious conversations between the characters. There were times during reading that I would laugh out loud because of the humor. Eileen Cook is a great conversationalist writer, but other than that she's not.

If I would've read What Would Emma Do? when I was thirteen, I think I would have enjoyed reading it more. It's a bit like The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot (all of which I've read throughout my teen years), though not nearly as well-written.