Reviews for Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks

The average rating for Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-07-19 00:00:00 Daniel Cosgrove My whole "relationship" with the main character was strange. I liked her, then I got annoyed, then mad, then annoyed again, then I finally liked her again (but not as much as I first did). At the very beginning I had great hope for her. Carly seemed to have it right. The very beginning of the book opens with Carly writing a letter to her sister Anna and I could totally understand what she was trying to say. I could relate to the exact feelings that she was describing. A few more pages into the book though and I could see where it was heading. South. Carly wants to hold on to the realness that she felt when she was in Tennessee during the summer. The extremely rich neighborhood and school she goes to in Atlanta are the exact opposite of real. Carly wants to be real in the midst of the fakeness surrounding her, but she confuses "realness" with trying to go against everything and everyone else. I've seen that this is a common mistake among people. They think that doing the opposite from everyone else makes them different and unique. I don't think that people understand that being "real" is the new fad. It's exactly what everyone else is trying to do. I've learned that being real and honest with yourself means doing what you think is right whether it goes with the flow(not a bad thing) or not. Not doing the opposite of everything that's "normal". Everyone in the book also seems to have this strange obsession with Anna's boobs. While Carly was gone Anna "blossomed" into a hottie. Now everyone thinks that having big boobs is either the most hilarious thing ever or a gift from God. When I was their age (which was not that long ago, so I would remember) I wasn't this concerned about my boob size, much less someone else's boobs. I felt so sorry for Anna. How everyone felt like they were allowed to comment on her body. At the beginning of the book you see the good person and sister that Carly is, but in her quest to be "real" she stops being the sister she used to be. I understand that Carly felt that Anna was changing in ways she didn't like. I could see how being compared to Anna made Carly jealous, but I have sister's and I would NEVER have done what either one of these sister's end up doing to each other. I was either annoyed or mad at Carly for about 80% of the book. Mostly because of her crush with the most obvious guy on the planet and how she couldn't see that she's compromising her I-want-to-be-real-mission for the guy. I liked the message, but would've liked to hear more about her time in Tennessee. The book also talks a bit about religion. I'm fairly tolerant of others people's ideas, but others may feel insulted at times. It gets annoying how one of the characters talks like he's above religion, but it's only mentioned a few times so it shouldn't bother many people. There are several redeeming factors in the book though. The relationship between Carly and Anna was accurate to what it's like with sisters. The inside jokes and knowing looks were right on. Vonzelle was the best possible friend and actually reminded me of the friendship I have with my sisters. She tells it like it is with no sugar coating. I LOVED Roger. Roger is absolutely perfect. Roger is THE BEST! I wish we could all have a Danish 6'3 Roger that would do anything for us and who's as real as they get. I'm not sure exactly what it was that I liked so much about the ending. Maybe just the fact that it's happy and everything ends up how it's suppose to. Carly finally comes to her senses, and even though I was mad at her and she annoyed me like heck I still cared enough that I wanted her to end up being happy and finding the realness that she was looking for. The characters are honest and even though I was all over the place in this review I hope that you can tell that I actually enjoyed the book the rest of the 20%. If you don't mind being frustrated with the main character most of the time then it's a good read.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-04-11 00:00:00 Katherine Whittaker It took me 3 days to read this one, I feel like this says a lot! Not the best book I've read. Hate to admit this but I was often (way too often) annoyed with the main character.