A shows B that he has read something of B's. 'If the doctor told me I had six minutes to live, I'd type a little faster.' - Isaac Asimov 'It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up, because by that time I was too famous.' -Robert Benchley 'When writers meet, they are truculent, indifferent, or over-polite. I recommend this book for YA readers, especially fans of Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why.Īnd I can’t close without urging you to view the trailer for cracked up to be (online at ). Summers lands the book on a solid ending. And though Parker indicates the crying was a deliberate act, I couldn’t help but wonder if this quipping was indeed the part of a slightly unreliable narrator-that maybe Parker is a little more scared than she’ll even let herself know. Everyone’s on suicide watch.” You can see how sardonic Parker is about her own condition it’s as if she’s an observer as well as the actor. Here are the lines that open Chapter Four: “I’m a fantastic crier. There are so many quotable lines in this novel. Summers’s prowess as an author is so subtle, I didn’t realize how far I’d been pulled in until wham! Near the end, she blindsided me with something I didn’t know was coming, yet made perfect sense. She’s a smart girl with a sharp edge, and I liked her. I loved Parker Fadley’s sarcastic quips and witty observations. Violet Raines Wurde Fast vom Blitz Getroffen!Ĭourtney Summers’s debut novel, cracked up to be, is everything it’s cracked up to be! The first three sentences, graphic but darkly humorous, hooked me immediately and set the tone for the rest of the story.U2 ALL NEXT WEEK! Plus American Idol Stuff.

Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers