The Bottom Line
While most teen girls find this book funny and an easy summer read, it is for the more mature group as it deals with sex and drinking and teen love.
Pros
- Funny and quirky
- Written in e-mail format
- Some realistic dialogue and characters
- Provides real emotions regarding moving
Cons
- Formulaic
- Too much slang
- Alot of mature situations: sex and drinking
- Typical teen romance plot
Description
- Author: Katy Maxwell
- Paperback: 221 pages
- Publisher: Dorchester Publishing Company (September 2003)
Guide Review - Book Review: The Year My Life Went Down the Loo
Reading this book, I found it hard to keep up with the language and to not skip pages. I'm told, by girls who are of the appropriate age, that this book is laugh-out-loud funny and that they enjoyed, for the most part, the main character of Emily. They commented that her emotions felt real and that she would be someone they'd choose as a friend. And they all agreed it portrayed a very realistic view of how someone might cope if forced to move to another country for a year.
