Reviews for Cruel Summer

The average rating for Cruel Summer based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-11-29 00:00:00 Mark Wojtkielewicz When I first started reading Cruel Summer, I almost put it down. It wasn't horrible, but it was definitely not for me. Colby seemed annoying and spoiled, but around the middle of the novel, she got likable enough that I could continue reading. Thats not very good. I grabbed this book because it takes place in Greece, which is one of my favorite places in the world, but was disappointed when all Colby did was complain about it. I decided to give Alyson Noel another chance after reading Saving Zoe, so because I was short on money, I got this book from the library. I'm glad I did. Cruel Summer was written only through blog entries, letters, diary entries, and texts, which was confusing because it didn't show anyone's messages but Colby's and left the minor characters undeveloped. I also felt that everything that happened was predictable. The plot was very unoriginal, and even the "twists" in the story were not unexpected or surprising. Overall, I would not recommend this book to anyone :/

Review # 2 was written on 2010-08-08 00:00:00 Wesley Gregory I am a little bit disappointed to see the low rating of this book, but I understand why. It's clear that this book can get annoying- main character, writing, the letters, the journal, etc. BUT, for some reason, I find myself having to defend this book. Here's why: I started out this book thinking it's going to be absolutely cheesy and boring. I was thinking in my head that this would be another book I would have to put down and not finish. (Quite annoyed, since I've not been able to find a good book lately that I want to actually finish reading.) Hey, I was sort of right too about the cheesy and boring. For some odd reason though, I read this book in a whole day and pretty much fell in love with it. The funny thing is I'm not exactly sure why. Sure there were parts where everything got annoying, but I was like hooked to it. I kept wanting to know what happened. It is quite predicatable, but I still enjoyed it. I'm not like the main character, but there are a few things I can relate to her about. Overall, good book. It does contain a good meaning, and the main character ends up learning quite a few things.