Comments on: “The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks” by E. Lockhart http://www.stephandtonyinvestigate.com/?p=841 A vanity project slowly spinning out of control... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:53:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Rebecca Reid http://www.stephandtonyinvestigate.com/?p=841&cpage=1#comment-1368 Rebecca Reid Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:54:44 +0000 http://www.stephandtonyinvestigate.com/?p=841#comment-1368 "they’re kind of the types of lesson that apply to teen girls and (hopefully) not to those that have successfully navigated their adolescence." I guess I still thought that 15 year old girls would be smart enough to see how dumb Matthew Livington's crowd was from the beginning. Do they really need that big of a wake up call? I guess it's all just a "fun story" so I need to stop hoping for more depth to YA. It certainly sounds like you liked it far more than I did! “they’re kind of the types of lesson that apply to teen girls and (hopefully) not to those that have successfully navigated their adolescence.”

I guess I still thought that 15 year old girls would be smart enough to see how dumb Matthew Livington’s crowd was from the beginning. Do they really need that big of a wake up call?

I guess it’s all just a “fun story” so I need to stop hoping for more depth to YA. It certainly sounds like you liked it far more than I did!

]]> By: Steph http://www.stephandtonyinvestigate.com/?p=841&cpage=1#comment-153 Steph Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:42:01 +0000 http://www.stephandtonyinvestigate.com/?p=841#comment-153 Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it! I might very well write a post more thoroughly detailing the topic of feminism, but I do think my little digression in the review does sum up my thoughts pretty succinctly (and passionately). I forgive it in the novel because Frankie's maybe 16 at most, but I find it puzzling when adult women proffer such a perspective. But the book is quite enjoyable, so I hope my rant didn't detract from that element of it too much! ;) Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it! I might very well write a post more thoroughly detailing the topic of feminism, but I do think my little digression in the review does sum up my thoughts pretty succinctly (and passionately). I forgive it in the novel because Frankie’s maybe 16 at most, but I find it puzzling when adult women proffer such a perspective.

But the book is quite enjoyable, so I hope my rant didn’t detract from that element of it too much! ;)

]]> By: zibilee http://www.stephandtonyinvestigate.com/?p=841&cpage=1#comment-149 zibilee Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:53:22 +0000 http://www.stephandtonyinvestigate.com/?p=841#comment-149 Great review! I really like the depth you go into regarding the issues of feminism, not only in the novel, but as it relates to the real world. Great review! I really like the depth you go into regarding the issues of feminism, not only in the novel, but as it relates to the real world.

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