Gingerbread

Gingerbread


By: Rachel Cohn
Reviewed by: Lynna, 16
Rating: It was alright...


This was quite a novel, your ordinary coming-of-age kinda story. It's about a really lonely, wanting-to-be-out-there girl named Cyd Charisse.

You'd have to read the story to see all the amusing things she go through, wanting to transform into "somebody". She's pretty much just trying to look for herself, and through that she goes through part of her life impersonating other people she thinks is cool. However, her true soft personality outshines what she wants to be as people only see her as caring, funny, and even sweet. Through her punky clothes, befriendments with wild people, and dirty mouth, people actually are striked by her caring and soft side.

I read this story quite a while ago, yet I still remember a lot of it. I love the amusing undertone of the narration, and Cohn can really write through a teenager's perspective.


Recommended to: 13-15 Year Old Girls