i read this book ages ago, and it's only because i just read another one that i realised i hadn't done my blog post about it yet. i'm so terrible at blogging. no wonder only one person follows my blog. i know for a FACT that at least five people read it though. i'm totally sure though there's like at least one or two others who read it but will never admit it.
right, so, from what i remember of this book it's that JESS is running away! ps - can we just take a moment to talk about how awesome it is that all the titles of these books basically tell you EXACTLY WHAT THE F-WORD IS GOING TO HAPPEN! it's amazing. so clever.
so jess is pissed because, as USUAL she is the butt of everyone's jokes at home and no one gives a crap, they are still going on about the seafood salad that poisoned everyone, still giving her heaps about her room being a total pig sty and when she pretends to be interested in mr wakefield's proper lawyer things everyone laughs at her and is like - why don't you go to the MALL jess and leave the smart stuff to LIZ! ho ho ho!
well, seriously, i know jess is a total nutjob, but imagine how YOU would feel if goody-goody do-no-wrong LIZ was your sister?! it's all fun and games when you are out at parties and boys are all into you and NOT liz because even though you look EXACTLY THE SAME apart from a birthmark on your sister's right (left??) shoulder she is basically as interesting as watching paint dry. BUT your parents don't even take anything you do seriously and constantly nag at you for being a total walking disaster while LIZ gets treated like she just won a nobel peace prize on a daily basis - NO WONDER JESS RUNS AWAY!
she meets this hot and scruffy guy called nicky who is actually kind of cool but a super bad influence because i think he drinks a beer in one chapter. nicky thinks life sucks in sweet valley (BLASPHEMY!) and so he moves to san francisco, asking jess to come with!
jess gets on a bus but as soon as she does she is like - oh, this is too hard, living with my parents who are jerks to me and my sister who is a total suck up is better than having to get a bus ANYWHERE!
so she doesn't runaway after all! even though the book is called RUNAWAY! TRICKSIE francine pascal (kate william)!
four stars, disappointed in jess's lack of ability to live in san franciso, because like, as if you wouldn't do that if you could.
