The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
At age 14 Frankie Landau-Banks is "bunny rabbit" she's invisible to everyone at her high class boarding school except her sister and fellow debate club members. Over the summer she develops stunning looks and sudenly at age 15 she is noticed by the popular senior boys at school. She quickly realizes that although they may seem to accept her she will never truly be one of them and they could just as soon forget about her, this is furthur proven when she discovers their all-boy secret society. Some girls would be offended and get angry but Frankie is no normal girl who knows she's smarter than any of the guys, what she does next is nothing short of genious!
Once again i believe E. Lockhart has worked literary magic, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks was smart and funny and a great read all the way through Frankie is easy to like with just a hint of geeky quirkness that makes her funny and loveable and enough genious to make her respectable if not even fearable, she is someone I would love to be friends with, but I would never want to get on her bad side.
More than just being a great read this book makes you think about the nature of society and why we follow the unwritten rules that exist within it, Frankie's goal is never to break the law but she wants to change things at her school for the better and the best way she can think to do it is to shake things up and break those unwritten rules (along with some written ones along the way)
Something I've noticed from the E. Lockhart books I've read is that she takes her time setting up the story which can make it appear as though her books have a slow beginning, this isnt necessarily a bad thing but it's something I feel needs mentioning. I also didnt like that in the end no one understood Frankie's actions, they wrote it off as crasieness or selfishness and couldn't see the stand she was taking against injustice, I feel like most of the characters in this book were portrayed as vastly shallow creatures and although I feel like that is most likely meant to make a point and show the contrast between Frankie and her peers it also bothered me because there are so many people out there who have depth and I feel like that wasnt shown very clearly in this book
Overall it was fantastic and definitly worth the read!
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