Knowing that life is a rush the book faking 19 tells us that even though our economic differences or apparent differences we are the same. In the book Faking 19 two girls from different backgrounds are friends and even though M is rich with an untouchable reputation in school, and personal charm she is the same as her best friend, a poor but good looking girl, lacking the side of her father and a mother that doesn't seem to care enough of the life of her failing daughter.
I feel that the author let me down in that the story was bland and although the ending wasn't like a Disney ending it did give us a glimpse of hope, which was inappropriate for the plot or problem of the book. At the end M makes up with her friend after blaming her for marijuana M was hiding, even though she did not do it.Another issue is that M's father was cheating on his wife with another woman and she is completely blackmailing him with making him pay over used credit cards, and after telling her mom about it they still remain an intact family, because the mother did not want to give up her live as a rich girl. I understand that for many woman in all sorts of social classes go through this but the fact is that the author just wanted to support her statement in which M and the poor girl are actually quite the same. Another thing that happened was that the poor girl won $10,000 after creating a story that and a scholarship to college after she was failing every class because of not caring, it just not happens like that.
I guess that all of the things that ended up happening to the characters could have happened but I was expecting a more dramatic ending that totally left every one in the ruins as a consequence for their actions and decisions they made through the life span of the book.
I feel that the author let me down in that the story was bland and although the ending wasn't like a Disney ending it did give us a glimpse of hope, which was inappropriate for the plot or problem of the book. At the end M makes up with her friend after blaming her for marijuana M was hiding, even though she did not do it.Another issue is that M's father was cheating on his wife with another woman and she is completely blackmailing him with making him pay over used credit cards, and after telling her mom about it they still remain an intact family, because the mother did not want to give up her live as a rich girl. I understand that for many woman in all sorts of social classes go through this but the fact is that the author just wanted to support her statement in which M and the poor girl are actually quite the same. Another thing that happened was that the poor girl won $10,000 after creating a story that and a scholarship to college after she was failing every class because of not caring, it just not happens like that.
I guess that all of the things that ended up happening to the characters could have happened but I was expecting a more dramatic ending that totally left every one in the ruins as a consequence for their actions and decisions they made through the life span of the book.
Interesting.
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