Girls in Trucks
by Katie Crouch
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Book Reviews of Girls in Trucks
Book Review: i liked it....
Summary: 5 Stars
I dont know why everyone is saying its so horrible. I actually liked this book, the main reason i liked it was because, for once, it wasnt about a girl who has a close 'man-friend' that she never thinks about as more than a friend until midway when he's with other people and she's broken after some horrible man broke her heart. It was a nice change to not know throughout the entire book that the main character is going to end up with her friend and the last 30 pages of the book they keep missing each other and then on the last page they get together! woo hoo! how original (dont get me wrong i still read these books, but it was REALLLYYY nice for this book not to be like that). the ending was VERY realistic and everyone said a whole lot of nothing happened throughout the book, well cant we just say that about everything that's ever been written? its not nothing... it was the character's life, not every life has major events or whatever, and this book was pretty realistic and very honest, which is what made me like it. i would recommend it and i hope the author writes another book, soon. (i liked the cover too- which is what made me take it off the library shelf, with the red truck in the background haha)Book Review: DISAPPOINTING READ
Summary: 2 Stars
GIRLS IN TRUCKS
I found this book not to be what I expected -- Mention a Southern theme and I am there! This book was set in the South, but barely.
We meet Sarah Walters, who is a Charleston debutante. Her family and friends are old money, old school Southern people. But Sarah and her friends are NOT what I expected.
For ME -- and others have really enjoyed this book -- this book went nowhere. The characters were boring and superficial. The author has writing talent, but the book seems to be in a rut; all it concerned was who Sarah slept with over and over again. It just was dull, boring, and not interesting.
The author has potential. I would pick up her next book as I did enjoy her writing style. I did not enjoy this particular story-line or any of the characters.
Some of the things Sarah and her many boyfriends did and found funny were not. Many of the interesting characters started out with a bang and then quickly fizzled out. Totally, definitely out.
I will not be recommending this book to friends and family.
Thank you!
Pam
Book Review: points for writing only
Summary: 2 Stars
This author knows how to use words ... but that's about the only good thing I can think to say about this book. (Of course, the POV changes were distracting and odd.) I was intrigued by the setting (I love to read a book where the author brings his/her locale to life), but since most of the book took place in New York and most of the Southern references were negative, even that didn't work for me. The protagonist is a victim who has no aspirations and no love--which is the opposite of how I strive to be and who I like to read about. Give me an overcomer, not a loser. And she is surrounded by a cloud of characters who are mean, empty, hopeless, just like her. There are numerous raunchy sex scenes and an overload of drug and alcohol references. I nearly quit reading many times, but stuck with it because the cover copy was so good, and I kept thinking she's going to turn her life around. All that said, I would read another book by this author IF I knew she was tackling beautiful and inspiring topics. She has a lot of potential.Book Review: Is it possible?
Summary: 3 Stars
I had a lot of anticipation for this book. I was at first charmed by the changing of characters and tone per chapter. I was even intrigued by the author's skip-ahead method of plot expedition. However, once I was in the nitty-gritty of the book and stuck with the main character, Sarah, I felt just as miserable as she did. I only finished the book through sheer determination.
Is it possible to admire the writing of an author while one is repulsed and/or annoyed by the protagonist? Sarah willfully dives into bad experiences and then blames her cynicism and depression on her upbringing, New York City, her successful older sister, and her disdain for her chosen profession of writing. Even when things get better, her bitterness is a constant drum.
The book has some lovely elements(I especially enjoyed Annie's chapter). The writing can be clever and witty. But the pessimism of the main character was contagious.
Book Review: Southern from Start to Finish
Summary: 4 Stars
GIRLS IN TRUCKS actually delighted me more than I imagined. I knew it was written about people from the south, Charleston, South Carolina, to be exact, and I knew it was short stories all twined together to form one story, but I didn't know it would capture my attention as much as it did. Lovely reading for the end of summer. Interesting stories that take you away from tropical storms outside the window or football on the television.
I left the south over six years ago and miss it every day so when I read a book that comes full circle as this one did, taking Sarah Walters out of South Carolina and back again, it gives me hope that I will be back in the south again one day too.
Read and enjoy and if you don't live south of the Mason-Dixon line, it's time to find a place to visit there that suits you and makes you content like this book will. Enjoy!