Reviews for I, Lorelei

The average rating for I, Lorelei based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-11-16 00:00:00 Kyle Brandon Stone When eleven-year-old Lorelei Connelly's cat named Mud dies she begins a diary to him. In it she chronicles her daily life with her family and her adventures in the sixth grade. She's also writing the diary to ensure that when she's a famous actress, chef and/or bestselling author her biographers can accurately report her life. The diary begins with Lorelei trying out for the middle school Peter Pan production. Lorelei wants to try out for Tinkerbelle but her mom, who played Wendy in college, is dead set on her trying out for Wendy in this play. Lorelei wonders how to break the news to her mom when her mom goes so far as to dig out her old Wendy costume. In the midst of Lorelei's normal tween drama which includes being replaced as Jenny's best friend by the much hated Veronica and being terrified by the school bully Matt Newsome, her parents' marriage begins to fall apart. We follow along in her journey as she shares it all with the much loved and missed Mud. It's hard to believe that this is Smith's first book. The writing is excellent and she captured the eleven year old voice so perfectly that I truly felt that this book was written by a young girl. Lorelei's diary entries are funny and you can't help but root for her when things start to go wrong. I fell right into the story and the characters became loved. You know a book is great when you find yourself thinking about the characters long after you've finished reading. This book is perfect reading for the tween crowd, ages 8-12 but I also recommend this book for any adult who loves reading young adult books also. I hope Smith continues writing books and that she ventures into adult books soon.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-02-24 00:00:00 Jason McGhee This book is adorable. Some people are wondering if adults should be ashamed to read young adult lit, and I'm over her like, "whatever, haters, I'll read a middle grade book and like it!" I kind of want to name my next cat Green Bean.