Before I Fall

The book that i'm reading right now is called Before i Fall by Lauren Oliver. It's about a teenaged girl named Samantha Kingston who strives to be popular and has an overall perfect life. Sam's got good looks, she's got three amazing friends, and a really popular, handsome boyfriend. At this point of the book all that's really happening is she's explaining her life. She's talking about her three bestfriends and their personalitys, her boyfriend, the problems she has with her family and just her life in general.

March 21, 2012

The protaginist in the novel i'm reading is a teenaged girl named Samantha Kingston. The question i have about this book right now is where are her parents? Through the whole book, she's gonig around doing all this crazy stuff, and her parents don't call or try to get a hold of her once. Arnt they worried about her? i mean i would be if my daughter was gone for days and not letting me know if shes okay, or even still alive. My other question is why does sam think being popular is so important? and how does she even know she's popular? not a lot of kids like her at school they think she's stuck up and mean, and the last time i checked popular means when a lot of people like you and want to be your friend.

Theme!

There are so many themes in the book i'm reading. There's tangled relationships, the importance of family, the pressure of being popular and overall letting go. Samantha Kingston is slowly loosing the people she loves in a secret shes trying to figure out. Sam thinks she loves her boyfriend, but is slowly falling in love with a strange boy named Kent, that shes known since she was a little girl. The relationship with her family isnt the greatest either. In one point of the book, Samantha says, “I hate both of my parents right now…for letting the thread between us stretch so far and so thin that the moment it was severed for good they didn’t even feel it.” that doesent sound too good to me. This book keeps you on your feet, something is always happening.