Prep- the book

KDAngel · #1 04-15-2006, 02:40 AM

Anyone else read this? I got a signed copy from UVA last week and I read it in 2days. I LOVED it. It was very much like Pledged in that it gave insight into a world that most people only speculate about, but it came from one perspective instead of many.

Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed it and can see it being a "big thing" as more people catch on to it since it's just now starting to be talked about more.

PS- it's by Curtis Sittenfeld

kstar · #2 04-15-2006, 05:54 AM

I think I read this last summer.

Does it have a green/pink ribbon belt on the cover?

AUDeltaGam · #3 04-15-2006, 10:18 AM

I thought it was a great book

Xylochick216 · #4 04-15-2006, 11:10 AM

I enjoyed it. It was one of my beach reads last summer, I think. It defintiely kept my attention.

KDAngel · #5 04-15-2006, 03:35 PM

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Originally posted by kstar
I think I read this last summer.

Does it have a green/pink ribbon belt on the cover?

Sure is.

And with her 2nd book coming out next month the media is starting to pay more attention to this one now.

kstar · #6 04-16-2006, 09:12 AM

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Sure is.

And with her 2nd book coming out next month the media is starting to pay more attention to this one now.

I liked it. I had decided against prep school because I'm too independent for highly structurized schooling (so many years ago), but my cousin read the book and loved the idea, so she's all gung-ho about going in a couple of years.

I thought the book was well written and reminded me of a other authors that I enjoy.

AchtungBaby80 · #7 04-16-2006, 02:16 PM

I wanted to read this when it first came out, but I never did because it got all these crappy reviews. But now I'm thinking about reading it...

jillybean · #8 04-16-2006, 02:20 PM

i recently read the book too. i got into it, it was a good read. very interesting details the author wrote very well. the book reminded me of "i am charlotte simmons" by tom wolfe, similar themes of race and class.

i'm definitely looking forward to her next book, due out in may.

ADqtPiMel · #9 04-16-2006, 08:20 PM

I thought it was interesting material, but I wasn't impressed by the writing.

NutBrnHair · #10 04-16-2006, 08:41 PM

honeychile · #11 04-16-2006, 09:14 PM

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The Social Handbook of the 1980's!

The saddest part was that it was so true for sororities & fraternities of the time, too!

KDAngel · #12 04-17-2006, 02:02 AM

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Oh yeah. We even have a facebook group devoted to it at my school that lots of the Greek kids are in...

tunatartare · #13 04-17-2006, 02:41 AM

Am I the only one who didn't enjoy Prep? A friend lent it to me and was raving about it. I read it and was just like "I don't get what the big deal is." I didn't like the author's writing style, I felt like she tended to go off on tangents and drone on and on.

mu_agd · #14 04-17-2006, 08:42 AM

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Am I the only one who didn't enjoy Prep? A friend lent it to me and was raving about it. I read it and was just like "I don't get what the big deal is." I didn't like the author's writing style, I felt like she tended to go off on tangents and drone on and on.

I actually didn't think it was the great either. I read it when it came out just because there was a lot of hype about it and wasn't that impressed.

KillarneyRose · #15 04-17-2006, 05:58 PM

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Originally posted by Xylochick216
It was one of my beach reads last summer, I think.

You got me right there, Xylochick. If there's one thing I can't resist it's a good, juicy beach read!