1/100 - Books You Should Read: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

[jacknjill270]

So, for the first of my Hundred Things, a review for The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by E. Lockhart.

THE DESCRIPTION:Frankie Landau-Banks at age 14

Comments

[queerlyobscure]

The .gifs completely make this :D

You know, I have the same kind of attitude towards YA - occasionally, a good one comes along, but I am in general hugely prejudiced against the genre as a whole. So it's good to have someone else doing the crap-wading for me. This sounds like such a refreshingly different take and I can see why you're raving about it!

Also, camping out for gif. myth. ::puts up tent::

[jacknjill270]

Hee! This was totally just an excuse to break out my immense folder of gifs.

There is just SO MUCH CRAP when it comes to YA that when I do find something that's actually worth reading, I want to shout about it and pimp it out so not everyone thinks YA is just Twilight and its 120482734 knockoffs.

[1_rhiannon_1]

female protagonists are completely average. Not too pretty, not too smart, not too anything. I think people think that by having generic heroines, it’s easier for female readers to identify with them?

I think you've hit the nail on the head - that way everyone can identify with them and we all "have hope" or whatever. If little miss plain whatsherface can get the awesome guy, we all can.

[jacknjill270]

Man, I hate it though. And it doesn't even make sense - why would the awesome guy want to be with someone who is so freaking boring? Get it together, publishing industry!

[1_rhiannon_1]

You got me - I never could really figure it out O_o