Book Review: The List

                                                            The List Review

The List is about how at a high school each year during homecoming week a list of the prettiest and ugliest girls in each grade is posted and this book is about the eight girls who are on the list and how they deal with it for the first week of list being out. The characters we follow are Abby a ninth grader who is named prettiest who is very happy to be named the prettiest girl in her grade since she takes great pride in her appearance and makes her feel less bad about how she isn't very book smart unlike the rest of her family. The ninth grade who was named the ugliest girl in the grade is named Danielle who is on the swim team and has a boyfriend who she had a pretty good relationship until the list came out called her a boy, she tries to ignore the list the best she can but it's hard when everyone around her won't stop talking about it and her boyfriend won't stand up for her. The sophomore girl who was named the prettiest is Lauren a girl who was homeschooled all her life before this year and she is happy that being on the list has led to girls approaching her and becoming friends with her since they previously ignored her. Candace the tenth grade girl that was named the ugliest in her grade was named the ugliest because she has an ugly personality rather than appearance which leads to her friends pulling away from her.

The eleventh grader that was named the prettiest is Bridget who developed an eating disorder over the summer and is trying to get rid of it before she saw the list now she feels the need to keep loosing wait to live up to her new title. The junior who was named the ugliest is Sarah a girl who doesn't want to fit in with what other people at her school and wants to make a statement with her position that she was given in order to make the student body uncomfortable. The senior girl who was named the prettiest is Margo who was named the prettiest girl during her freshmen year as well and her two best friends and sister have also been on the list in years past. The senior girl that was named ugliest is Jennifer who has been named the ugliest girl in her grade every single year of high school which leads to Margo's friends taking pity on her and being friendly towards her which makes things awkward for Margo since she and Jennifer were best friends in middle school. As the week goes on Margo thinks back on the reasons why she ended her friendship with Jennifer in the first place and is made to feel like a bad guy when she doesn't welcome Jennifer into her new friend girl meanwhile Jennifer hopes that she can prove that she does belong in Margo's new friend group.

Overall I liked the book it had an interesting idea and did a good job of developing all the main characters despite the story taking place over a very short amount of time. The one thing that I didn't like about the book was that I felt like many of the characters story was left unfinished which makes me want to know what happens next and I know that I will never find out since the story is only meant to be about this one week in the characters lives. Please tell me your thoughts on this book in the comment section below.